L’agriculture en Arabie du Sud avant l’Islam
This paper aims at recognizing and understanding the various agro-systems of the ancient South Arabia. Archaeobotanical data are confronted with studies concerning pre-Islamic landscapes and agricultural techniques. It appears that, during the Bronze Age and the South Arabian period, new cultivars,...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Centre Français d’Archéologie et de Sciences Sociales de Sanaa
2008-01-01
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Series: | Arabian Humanities |
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Online Access: | http://journals.openedition.org/cy/1627 |
Summary: | This paper aims at recognizing and understanding the various agro-systems of the ancient South Arabia. Archaeobotanical data are confronted with studies concerning pre-Islamic landscapes and agricultural techniques. It appears that, during the Bronze Age and the South Arabian period, new cultivars, coming from the Near-East, Africa and India, have regularly reached the region. Because of their own specificities and of the new associations they permitted, these plants have allowed Man to enrich agro-systems and to be more flexible in order to cope with climatic and environmental changes. |
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ISSN: | 2308-6122 |