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DOI	10.1002/gea.21895
	Soil chemical changes in ancient irrigated fields of Udhruh, southern Jordan
	Velasco-Sanchez, Angel; Driessen, Mark J.; Abudanah, Fawzi; Nobels, Peter R.; Comans, Rob N. J.; Hoosbeek, Marcel R.
通讯作者	Velasco-Sanchez, A (corresponding author), Wageningen Univ, Soil Chem & Chem Soil Qual Grp, POB 47, NL-6700 AA Wageningen, Netherlands.
来源期刊	GEOARCHAEOLOGY-AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL
ISSN	0883-6353
EISSN	1520-6548
出版年	2022
英文摘要	Since ancient times, irrigation has been fundamental for achieving large agricultural yields, especially in the more arid areas of the world. An example of this practice is represented by the vast water infrastructures found near Udhruh (southern Jordan). These engineering works were constructed, maintained and restored from the Nabataean to early Islamic periods (first century BCE to eighth century CE). It still remains unknown why the ancient agricultural landscape of the region shifted towards an unproductive desert. In this study, we analysed the soil chemical and physical properties of an ancient irrigated field to assess whether ancient agricultural practices have altered soil properties that are still noticeable today, and might have contributed to the abandonment of the area. Soil samples were taken randomly from within an ancient qanat-irrigated agricultural field and from adjacent surfaces believed never to have been irrigated. Our results indicate that the effects of irrigation are still detectable today; electrical conductivity and total Na, B, Li and Sr in the soil of the ancient fields were significantly lower than those in the undisturbed control soils, which suggests leaching of soluble elements due to irrigation. Our results provide evidence of the mastery of ancient civilizations in their agricultural practices. Engineers and farmers apparently managed to conduct irrigation in the area of Udhruh for long periods of time without causing soil degradation.
英文关键词	irrigation agriculture leaching qanat salinity soil Udhruh
类型	Article
语种	英语
开放获取类型	hybrid
收录类别	SCI-E ; AHCI
WOS记录号	WOS:000720672800001
WOS关键词	ELEMENTAL SULFUR ; TRACE-ELEMENTS ; PLANT ; DRAINAGE ; CLIMATE ; REGIONS ; IMPACT ; BORON
WOS类目	Archaeology ; Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
WOS研究方向	Archaeology ; Geology
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/367733
作者单位	[Velasco-Sanchez, Angel; Nobels, Peter R.; Comans, Rob N. J.; Hoosbeek, Marcel R.] Wageningen Univ, Soil Chem & Chem Soil Qual Grp, POB 47, NL-6700 AA Wageningen, Netherlands; [Driessen, Mark J.] Leiden Univ, Fac Archaeol, Leiden, Netherlands; [Abudanah, Fawzi] Al Hussein Bin Talal Univ, Petra Coll Tourism & Archaeol, Wadi Musa, Jordan
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Velasco-Sanchez, Angel,Driessen, Mark J.,Abudanah, Fawzi,et al. Soil chemical changes in ancient irrigated fields of Udhruh, southern Jordan[J],2022.
APA	Velasco-Sanchez, Angel,Driessen, Mark J.,Abudanah, Fawzi,Nobels, Peter R.,Comans, Rob N. J.,&Hoosbeek, Marcel R..(2022).Soil chemical changes in ancient irrigated fields of Udhruh, southern Jordan.GEOARCHAEOLOGY-AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL.
MLA	Velasco-Sanchez, Angel,et al."Soil chemical changes in ancient irrigated fields of Udhruh, southern Jordan".GEOARCHAEOLOGY-AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL (2022).