Publication Date:
2014-11-12
Description:
It has recently been proposed that drought events over the last several millennia affected agricultural systems and triggered the development of irrigation technologies in ancient Near East settlements. This conclusion is supported by carbon isotope (δ13C) measurements presented in a detailed study by Riehl et al. (1), who analyze barley...
Keywords:
Letters
Print ISSN:
0027-8424
Electronic ISSN:
1091-6490
Topics:
Biology
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Medicine
,
Natural Sciences in General