Irrigation as innovation in ancient Greek agriculture
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3918728 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jens A Krasilnikoff, Jens Krasilnikoff (Aarhus University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 42 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 108-121 |
| Publication date | 2010-03-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | World Archaeology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0043-8243 • E-ISSN: 1470-1375 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00438240903430365 |
| OpenAlex | W2120353009 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 20 |
Although the evidence suggests that ancient Greeks knew about irrigation from the widespread watering of the intensive garden, the kepos ('small-scale irrigation'), irrigation projects designed for field cultivation ('large-scale irrigation') were few, and primarily confined to the Classical and Hellenistic periods. This paper asks why large-scale irrigation projects appeared when and where they did
Agricultural economics · Agriculture · Agronomy · Ancient history · Archaeology · Biology · Cartography · Deficit irrigation · Economics · Geography · Greeks · Irrigation · Irrigation management · Irrigation statistics · Scale (ratio · Water resource management · Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History · Environmental Science · History
| Citations per year | 0.17 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2020 - 2020 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |