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16 1<br />
HUMANITIES/SOCIAL SCIENCES<br />
VINE SEEDS<br />
DISCOVERED<br />
FROM THE<br />
BYZANTINE<br />
PERIOD<br />
Prof. Guy Bar-Oz<br />
Dr. Lior Weissbrod<br />
Dr. Tali Erickson-Gini<br />
Haifa University<br />
This research group was the first to find<br />
vine seeds from the Negev of the Byzantine<br />
period (about 1,500 years ago). The finding<br />
was the achievement of an archeological<br />
dig among the waste mounds of the town<br />
of Halutza, located in the Holot Halutza<br />
National Park. The dig involved advanced<br />
soilscreening methods aimed at locating the<br />
seeds. This discovery will make possible a<br />
genetic study of the seeds’ ability to survive<br />
in the desert climate, and in the future such<br />
abilities may even be added to present-day<br />
vine seeds.<br />
Photo: Roei Greenberg
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