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Bruins, H. (1990). The impact of man and climate on the central Negev and northeastern Sinai deserts during the Late Holocene. In S. Bottema, G. Entjes-Nieborg, and W. van der Zeist (Eds.), Man's Role in the Shaping of the Eastern Mediterranean Landscape (pp. 87-99). Rotterdam: Balkema.

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Rubin, R. (1991). Settlement and agriculture in an ancient desert frontier. Geographical Review, 81 (2), 197-205.

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