Salt and Silt in Ancient Mesopotamian Agriculture¶
Jacobsen, & Adams. (1958). Salt and Silt in Ancient Mesopotamian Agriculture. Science.
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- Salinization
- Mesopotamia's ancient irrigated civilisations provide the long-record evidence: pollen and seed assemblages in Bronze Age Sumerian deposits show progressive replacement of salt-sensitive wheat by more salt-tolerant barley over centuries, followed by agricultural abandonment.
This sourceThe centuries-long wheat-to-barley replacement and yield decline in southern Mesopotamia as a salinization record ending in abandonment. That Jacobsen and Adams' 1958 study read the cuneiform crop-yield tablets and field records of Sumer.
- Mesopotamia's ancient irrigated civilisations provide the long-record evidence: pollen and seed assemblages in Bronze Age Sumerian deposits show progressive replacement of salt-sensitive wheat by more salt-tolerant barley over centuries, followed by agricultural abandonment.
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