Biblical Archaeology Review (published by the Biblical Archaeology Society)

Granaries Discovered in Jordan Predate Agriculture
October 28, 2009
The world... Read More’s oldest known granaries have been discovered during recent excavations at Dhra’ near the Dead Sea in Jordan. A recent study co-authored by Ian Kuijt, associate professor of anthropology at the University of Notre Dame, and Bill Finlayson, director of the Council for British Research in the Levant suggests that granaries existed 1,000 years before the domestication of plants and sizeable sedentary communities.
People living from 11,500 to 10,550 B.C. (Pre-Pottery Neolithic Age) had yet to domesticate any plants, but the method used to store the wild grains in a granary leads researchers to believe this is evidence of “low-level food production.” The granaries may be a factor that led to the eventual development of sedentary communities.

Alexander the Great not the First at Alexandria
October 26, 2009
Researchers are claiming there is evidence that Alexander the Great may not have been the first to establish a settlement in the region of Alexandria in Egypt in 331 B.C. Lead traces and ceramic fragments found in the sediment of Alexandria predate the traditional settlement date of ... Read Morethis important ancient port.
A study is underway by the U.S. Geological Survey headed by Christopher Bernhardt that is examining sediment cores from layers of the earth at levels dating back to 8,000 years ago. While looking at pollen grains, researchers found a shift from wild pollen to those closely related to agriculture around 3,000 years ago. Trace amounts of charcoal have also been discovered, and scientists now believe that there was a human presence in this region before Alexander the Great.

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