“He who revives dead land”: groundwater harvesting agroecosystems in sand along the southeastern Mediterranean coast since early medieval times

• Published in: Mediterranean Geoscience Reviews Vol. 3; no. 3; pp. 293 - 318
• Main Authors: Roskin, Joel, Taxel, Itamar
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 01.09.2021
• Subjects: Earth and Environmental Science; Earth Sciences; Environment; Geography; Original Paper; Refuse utilization; Early medieval to early modern periods; Islamic law; Sustainability; Agroecosystems; Ancient (plot-and-berm) groundwater harvesting agriculture; Anthrosols; Aeolian sand sheet

During the Early Islamic period, groundwater-harvesting agroecosystems in sand appeared along the southeastern Mediterranean coast in the form of plot and berm (P&B) agroecosystems. P&B agroecosystems are agricultural utilizations of shallow, perched rainfall-fed groundwater tables within lo...