The study presents preliminary results of the renewed excavations at Shivta in the Negev Highlands, Israel. Several trenches were excavated in public buildings, domestic structures, open areas and middens. The goal of the excavations was to fine-tune the history of the site and document changes versus continuity in the Byzantine/Early Islamic transition. Most of the excavated contexts produced material from the Byzantine period (4th–7th centuries CE). Evidence from earlier periods, primarily the Early Roman (1st century CE; ‘Nabataean’) and from the Middle Roman period (2nd–early 3rd centuries CE) is scarce and was encountered only in middens on the outskirts of the site. Several public and domestic structures were abandoned prior to the Early Islamic period; some collapsed as a result of earthquakes after their abandonment. Remains of the Early Islamic period were found only in isolated contexts, indicating that Shivta declined in the Late Byzantine period after having reached its zenith during the 5th–6th centuries CE.

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探索内盖夫的拜占庭/早期伊斯兰过渡：更新的 Shivta 挖掘，2015-2016

该研究展示了以色列内盖夫高地 Shivta 重新挖掘的初步结果。在公共建筑、住宅结构、开放区域和中间地带挖掘了几条战壕。挖掘的目标是微调该遗址的历史，并记录拜占庭/早期伊斯兰过渡时期的变化与连续性。大多数挖掘出的环境产生了拜占庭时期（公元 4 至 7 世纪）的材料。早期时期的证据，主要是早期罗马时期（公元 1 世纪；“纳巴泰人”）和中世纪罗马时期（公元 2 世纪至 3 世纪早期）的证据很少，只能在遗址外围的米登中发现。在早期伊斯兰时期之前，一些公共和家庭建筑被废弃了；有些在被遗弃后因地震倒塌。