Crop Production in the Levant and International Trade Exchange: investigating coprolites and crop plant remains from the 1st millennium CE Negev Highlands and Aravah Valley

Project description

Digging up information about the ancient crops in the Levant

During the 1st millennium, the Early Islamic Green Revolution (IGR) brought a transformation of agriculture, irrigation techniques, and adaptation of ancient crops in the region. It also spread new farming techniques and crops to western culture. Today the Aravah Valley region is home to numerous well-preserved plant macrofossils and herbivore dung pellets – a promising source of information. The EU-funded CroProLITE project will provide a pioneering microregional comparative study of 1st millennium CE agropastoral change. It will investigate coprolites and crop plant remains from the 1st millennium CE Negev Highlands and Aravah Valley. Lessons on agricultural continuity and change from that region will shed light on the historical effects of environmental stressors.

Fields of science

• humanities › history and archaeology › history › ancient history
• agricultural sciences › agriculture, forestry, and fisheries › agriculture

Programme(s)

• H2020-EU.1.3. - EXCELLENT SCIENCE - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Main Programme
• H2020-EU.1.3.2. - Nurturing excellence by means of cross-border and cross-sector mobility

Topic(s)

• MSCA-IF-2020 - Individual Fellowships

Call for proposal

H2020-MSCA-IF-2020

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Funding Scheme

MSCA-IF - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships (IF)

Coordinator

THE CHANCELLOR MASTERS AND SCHOLARS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE

Net EU contribution

€ 224 933,76

Address

Trinity Lane The Old Schools
CB2 1TN Cambridge
United Kingdom

Region

East of England › East Anglia › Cambridgeshire CC

Activity type

Higher or Secondary Education Establishments

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Other funding

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