Journal article
Isotope evidence for agricultural extensification reveals how the world’s first cities were fed
- Abstract:
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This study sheds light on the agricultural economy that underpinned the emergence of the first urban centres in northern Mesopotamia. Using δ13C and δ15 26 N values of crop remains from the sites of Tell Sabi Abyad, Tell Zeidan, Hamoukar, Tell Brak and Tell Leilan (6500–2000 cal BC), we reveal that labour intensive practices such as manuring/middening and water management formed an integral part of the agricultural strategy from the seventh millennium BC. Increased agricultural production to ...
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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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+ European Research Council
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Grant:
AGRICURB project, grant no. 312785
“Consolidating Empire” 282785
Bibliographic Details
- Publisher:
- Springer Nature Publisher's website
- Journal:
- Nature Plants Journal website
- Volume:
- 3
- Pages:
- 17076
- Publication date:
- 2017-06-05
- Acceptance date:
- 2017-04-27
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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2055-0278
- ISSN:
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2055-026X
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- Pubs id:
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pubs:691591
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- Local pid:
- pubs:691591
- Source identifiers:
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691591
- Deposit date:
- 2017-04-28
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- Copyright holder:
- Styring et al
- Copyright date:
- 2017
- Notes:
- © 2017 Author(s); published by Macmillan Publishers Limited, part of Springer Nature. All rights reserved. This is the accepted manuscript version of the article. The final version is available online from Nature at: [10.1038/nplants.2017.76]
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