61 RURAL GALILEE AND RAPID CHANGES show that “the distribution of the Jerusalem-area and non-Jerusalem- area Herodian lamps was not random” 59. At sites known to be largely Jewish (Jotapata, Gamla and Sepphoris), most of the lamps were imported from Jerusalem, whereas the same type of lamp found at Gentile sites (Dora and Scythopolis) were mostly locally produced. A minor percentage was, however, of Jerusalemite origin. This suggests two things: The Jewish Galilean population preferred lamps from Jerusalem despite the extra cost of transportation, and that inter- regional trade took place to some extent. Thus, this new study confirms that trade and interaction were conducted between the various Jewish regions as well as between the Jewish and non-Jewish regions of the area. Finally, in this connection, a recent study by Agnes Choi on pedology and soil distribution can be mentioned. By correlating a pedological map with material finds in rural excavations, Choi is able to argue for what she calls “economic rationalism”, which encapsulates how the ancient Galileans to a certain extent cultivated what grew best on their farming plots and relied on trade and markets in the cities to supply their other needs. Urban-rural relations were seemingly more reciprocal than has been argued from time to time 60. 6. Differentiated Houses and Living Units One further way of measuring the socio-economic climate of rural Galilee is by considering the scale of domestic units encountered in rural settings. Do we encounter a poor, unified body of houses or a diversified picture pointing to social stratification even within the villages themselves? This would to some degree reveal whether funds were stored in the villages, or whether these areas were drained of those funds by absent plantation owners leaving nothing behind but a uniformly poor body of workers and peasants. 59 D. ADAN-BAYEWITZ et al. (eds.), “Preferential Distribution of Lamps From the Jerusalem Area in the Late Second Temple Period (Late First Cen- tury B.C.E.-70 C.E.)”, BASOR 350 (2008) 77. 60 Cf. A. CHOI, “Choosing a Speciality: An Investigation of Regional Spe- cialization in Galilee” (paper presented at the annual meeting of the SBL, Boston 2008). In this Choi utilizes the Central Place Theory of I. Hopkins; cf. I.W.J. HOPKINS, “The City Region in Roman Palestine”, Palestine Explora- tion Quarterly 113 (1980) 19-32.