The agricultural economies of early urban systems in the northern Fertile Crescent
<p>Archaeobotanical investigation of Neolithic-Bronze Age sites in the northern Fertile Crescent has mostly focussed on the Neolithic-Chalcolithic and also on the Euphrates valley. The aim of this study is instead the Bronze Age, especially the later Bronze Age of the second millennium BC. The...
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| author | Kim, H |
| author2 | Bogaard, A |
| author_facet | Bogaard, A Kim, H |
| author_sort | Kim, H |
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| description | <p>Archaeobotanical investigation of Neolithic-Bronze Age sites in the northern Fertile Crescent has
mostly focussed on the Neolithic-Chalcolithic and also on the Euphrates valley. The aim of this study
is instead the Bronze Age, especially the later Bronze Age of the second millennium BC. The three
sites studied, Tell Mohammed ‘Arab, Tell Brak and Tell Atchana, are distributed across the northern
Fertile Crescent, in the Tigris, Khabur and Orontes valleys, respectively, and offer assemblages
mostly dating to the Late Bronze Age. In conjunction with synthesis of previously published
archaeobotanical data from the second millennium BC, this study contributes to a comprehensive
overview of agriculture across the region, including its relationship with social complexity and
climate change. The new data on crop spectra and associated arable weed/wild taxa is analysed using
multivariate statistical approaches, ethnoarchaeological models, functional weed ecology and crop
stable isotope analysis. The results reveal the major crop types used at each site, as well as
pronounced regional variation in staple taxa; crop processing activities; and arable land management
strategies. Overall, a strong correlation is observed among these different dimensions of agricultural
activity, urbanisation cycles and scales and environmental settings.
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:f7c9d3fe-fd08-4774-b18f-f9ad821aad092024-02-23T16:02:03ZThe agricultural economies of early urban systems in the northern Fertile CrescentThesishttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_db06uuid:f7c9d3fe-fd08-4774-b18f-f9ad821aad09EnglishORA Deposit2019Kim, HBogaard, ACharles, M<p>Archaeobotanical investigation of Neolithic-Bronze Age sites in the northern Fertile Crescent has mostly focussed on the Neolithic-Chalcolithic and also on the Euphrates valley. The aim of this study is instead the Bronze Age, especially the later Bronze Age of the second millennium BC. The three sites studied, Tell Mohammed ‘Arab, Tell Brak and Tell Atchana, are distributed across the northern Fertile Crescent, in the Tigris, Khabur and Orontes valleys, respectively, and offer assemblages mostly dating to the Late Bronze Age. In conjunction with synthesis of previously published archaeobotanical data from the second millennium BC, this study contributes to a comprehensive overview of agriculture across the region, including its relationship with social complexity and climate change. The new data on crop spectra and associated arable weed/wild taxa is analysed using multivariate statistical approaches, ethnoarchaeological models, functional weed ecology and crop stable isotope analysis. The results reveal the major crop types used at each site, as well as pronounced regional variation in staple taxa; crop processing activities; and arable land management strategies. Overall, a strong correlation is observed among these different dimensions of agricultural activity, urbanisation cycles and scales and environmental settings. </p> |
| spellingShingle | Kim, H The agricultural economies of early urban systems in the northern Fertile Crescent |
| title | The agricultural economies of early urban systems in the northern Fertile Crescent |
| title_full | The agricultural economies of early urban systems in the northern Fertile Crescent |
| title_fullStr | The agricultural economies of early urban systems in the northern Fertile Crescent |
| title_full_unstemmed | The agricultural economies of early urban systems in the northern Fertile Crescent |
| title_short | The agricultural economies of early urban systems in the northern Fertile Crescent |
| title_sort | agricultural economies of early urban systems in the northern fertile crescent |
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