Experimental crop growing in Jordan to develop methodology for the identification of ancient crop irrigation

World Archaeology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 7-25

  Mithen, Steven ^a   Jenkins, Emma ^a   Jamjoum, Khalil ^a   Nuimat, Sameeh ^a   Nortcliff, Stephen ^a   Finlayson, Bill ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Ancient irrigation; Crop growing experiments; Jordan; Phytoliths

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; BOTANY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; IRRIGATION; PHYTOLITH; WATER MANAGEMENT;

ASIA; EURASIA; JORDAN; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 40449109332     PISSN: 00438243     EISSN: 14701375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00438240701843561     Document Type: Article

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