The history of olive cultivation in the southern Levant

O Barazani, A Dag, Z Dunseth - Frontiers in Plant Science, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The olive tree (Olea europaea L. subsp. europaea var. europaea) is one of the most
important crops across the Mediterranean, particularly the southern Levant. Its regional …

Beginnings of fruit growing in the Old World two generations later

E Weiss - Israel Journal of Plant Sciences, 2015 - brill.com
This paper reviews our current knowledge on Near-Eastern fruit tree domestication, and
compares this to the data presented by Daniel Zohary and Pinhas Spiegel-Roy in their …

The origin and spread of olive cultivation in the Mediterranean Basin: The fossil pollen evidence

D Langgut, R Cheddadi, JS Carrión… - The …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
Olive (Olea europaea L.) was one of the most important fruit trees in the ancient
Mediterranean region and a founder species of horticulture in the Mediterranean Basin …

7000-year-old evidence of fruit tree cultivation in the Jordan Valley, Israel

D Langgut, Y Garfinkel - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
This study provides one of the earliest examples of fruit tree cultivation worldwide,
demonstrating that olive (Olea europaea) and fig (Ficus carica) horticulture was practiced as …

Analysis of the relationship between tourism and food culture

FJ Jiménez-Beltrán, T López-Guzmán… - Sustainability, 2016 - mdpi.com
In recent years, gastronomy has established itself as one of the key elements for the
enhancement, sustainable and consolidation of tourist destinations. The aim of this paper is …

[BOOK][B] The donkey in human history: an archaeological perspective

P Mitchell - 2018 - books.google.com
Donkeys carried Christ into Jerusalem while in Greek myth they transported Hephaistos up
to Mount Olympos and Dionysos into battle against the Giants. They were probably the first …

Residue analysis evidence for wine enriched with vanilla consumed in Jerusalem on the eve of the Babylonian destruction in 586 BCE

A Amir, I Finkelstein, Y Shalev, J Uziel, O Chalaf… - PloS one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
The article presents results of residue analysis, based on Gas Chromatograph Mass
Spectrometer (GC-MS) measurements, conducted on 13 ceramic storage jars unearthed in …

Early production of table olives at a mid-7th millennium BP submerged site off the Carmel coast (Israel)

E Galili, D Langgut, JF Terral, O Barazani, A Dag… - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
We present here the earliest evidence for large-scale table olive production from the mid-7th
millennium BP inundated site of Hishuley Carmel on the northern Mediterranean coast of …

Climate, settlement patterns and olive horticulture in the southern Levant during the Early Bronze and Intermediate Bronze Ages (c. 3600–1950 BC)

D Langgut, MJ Adams, I Finkelstein - Levant, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
We report results of palynological investigation of a core of sediments extracted from the
bottom of the Sea of Galilee. The core was sampled at high resolution for both palynological …

Current status of the main olive pests: Useful integrated pest management strategies and genetic tools

E Lantero, B Matallanas, C Callejas - Applied Sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
Mediterranean olive cultivation faces challenges in the global environmental change
context. Pests and diseases caused by arthropods such as Bactrocera oleae, Prays oleae …