Article ID: CBB517638709

Agricultural terraces in the Mediterranean: medieval intensification revealed by OSL profiling and dating (2021)

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, The history of agricultural terraces remains poorly understood due to problems in dating their construction and use. This has hampered broader research on their significance, limiting knowledge of past agricultural practices and the long-term investment choices of rural communities. The authors apply OSL profiling and dating to the sediments associated with agricultural terraces across the Mediterranean region to date their construction and use. Results from five widely dispersed case studies reveal that although many terraces were used in the first millennium AD, the most intensive episodes of terrace-building occurred during the later Middle Ages (c. AD 1100–1600). This innovative approach provides the first large-scale evidence for both the longevity and medieval intensification of Mediterranean terraces.

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Authors & Contributors
Cinotto, Simone
Comet, Georges
Durand, Aline
Evans, Chris
Feuer, Hart N.
Griggs, Peter
Journals
Agricultural History
American Historical Review
Antiquity
East Asian Science, Technology and Society: An International Journal
Food and History
History and Technology
Publishers
Ledizioni
Alfred A. Knopf
New York University Press
Presses universitaires de Provence, Impr
Springer International
University of Chicago Press
Concepts
Agricultural technology
Agriculture
Material culture
Environment
Food and foods
Science and economics
People
Silow, Ronald Alfred
Time Periods
19th century
18th century
20th century
Ancient
17th century
20th century, late
Places
India
China
Italy
United States
Atlantic world
Caribbean
Institutions
United Nations
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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