Researchers found evidence of an old network of well -preserved irrigation channels in the Eridu region, in the southern Mesopotamia that dating from the first millennium AC ., Between 1000 BC and 1 AC the discovery revealed Details about the Agricultural System of the people who lived in the region during this period.
More than 200 major main channels were registered connected to the old Eufrates River course – which were up to nine kilometers long and five meters wide, and more than 4,000 – branches up to 200 meters long. In addition, the researchers discovered more than 700 farms of the time.
Through the analysis, it was possible to understand the evolution of techniques for the development of agriculture in the region. Places with structures made with basic skills such as excavation of a few meters and others with strategies that allow the creation of channels of up to 100 kilometers in length.
The group of scientists used geological maps, satellite images and drones photographs combined with information collected in fieldwork to identify more than 200 primary channels in Mesopotamia. The results of the study were published in the Antiquity Magazine.
Next research on the irrigation network will be to date each channel and build an evolution line of agriculture techniques used in the first millennium AC
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This content was originally published in archaeologists find irrigation network of the 1st millennium AC in Mesopotamia on the CNN Brazil website.
Source: CNN Brasil
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