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Beginnings and early history of date palm garden cultivation in the Middle East

Tengberg, M.·2012·Journal of Arid Environments
DOI 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2011.11.022
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Despite its economic and symbolic importance in the arid regions of the Middle East little is still known about the early cultivation of the date palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.). Besides its numerous uses, this fruit tree constitutes the main species and structural element of the date palm gardens that characterize the hot deserts of the Old World. These agrosystems, perfectly adapted to the specific constraints of the environment, concentrate agricultural production in an artificial and intensively cultivated space depending on irrigation. While the first evidence of the cultivation of date palms in southern Mesopotamia dates to the 5th millennium B.C., oasis agriculture seems to have developed mainly during the early Bronze Age (from around 3000 B.C.) when this type of agrosystem can be reconstructed in different parts of the Middle East: Mesopotamia, southeastern Iran and eastern Arabia. The present paper draws together evidence from different kinds of sources (archaeobotany, texts, iconography) bearing on the early history of oasis agriculture. Questions of particular interest are the organization of past date palm gardens and their irrigation.

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Authors
Tengberg, M.
Venue
Journal of Arid Environments
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2012-11
Volume
86
Pages
139-147
ISSN
0140-1963
DOI
10.1016/j.jaridenv.2011.11.022
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215
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Tengberg, M. (2012). Beginnings and early history of date palm garden cultivation in the Middle East. Journal of Arid Environments. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaridenv.2011.11.022