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| A study of the field design and soil properties of agricultural terraces at the Qasr Tilah archaeological site in the Wadi 'Arabah, Jordan | |
| Rice, Amy Diane | |
| 出版年 | 2010 |
| 学位类型 | 硕士 |
| 导师 | Niemi, Tina M. |
| 学位授予单位 | University of Missouri - Kansas City |
| 英文摘要 | Qasr Tilah, located at a hyperarid site 25 km south of the Dead Sea, Jordan, consists of ruins from the 1st to 7th centuries CE. This study focuses on the ancient agricultural fields through GIS-mapping, field wall excavations, and soil pits. The rectangular pattern of terraced fields is constructed of limestone boulder walls several courses high that are supported by a rubble core. The field system was designed to manage overland water flow and to limit soil erosion. The modern practice of flood irrigation from a reservoir via open ditches provides an analog to the technique likely used in antiquity. Most of the vegetation growing around the site are C3, halophytic or xerophytic plants. Phytoliths in the soil and an ash layer indicate cultivation of cereal grasses and potentially of palms. Results of conductivity and ICPMS elemental analyses indicate the soil is depleted of nutrients and slightly saline from over-irrigation. |
| 语种 | 英语 |
| 国家 | United States |
| 来源学科分类 | Archaeology; Paleobiology; Soil sciences |
| URL | https://pqdtopen.proquest.com/doc/749763752.html?FMT=AI |
| 来源机构 | University of Missouri - Kansas City |
| 资源类型 | 学位论文 |
| 条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/244510 |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Rice, Amy Diane. A study of the field design and soil properties of agricultural terraces at the Qasr Tilah archaeological site in the Wadi 'Arabah, Jordan[D]. University of Missouri - Kansas City,2010. |
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