Drainage and Irrigation Systems in Madīna Ṭurṭūša (Tortosa, Spain) (Eighth-Twelfth Centuries)
From the evidence contributed by the written documentation produced after the feudal conquest of Tortosa in 1148, and by means of the archaeological and hydraulic survey, it has been possible to determine the boundaries of the irrigated and drained areas associated with Madīna Ṭurṭūša and to describ...
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| Tipo de recurso: | capítulo de libro |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2021 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona |
| Repositorio: | Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ddd.uab.cat:307106 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://ddd.uab.cat/record/307106 https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.1484/M.TMC-EB.5.124544 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Huerta Al-Andalus Irrigation Hydraulic archaeology Drainage Tortosa |
| Sumario: | From the evidence contributed by the written documentation produced after the feudal conquest of Tortosa in 1148, and by means of the archaeological and hydraulic survey, it has been possible to determine the boundaries of the irrigated and drained areas associated with Madīna Ṭurṭūša and to describe how they were organised before and after the conquest. This paper arises from research focussed on the irrigated urban area called Pimpí, lying north of the city of Tortosa and the sector called, in the earliest documents, prato Tortose, which spread south of the city and occupied the left bank of the Ebro all the way to its mouth. The plain of Les Arenes constitutes the starting point of this sector. Pimpí plots were irrigated by wells and water-lifting wheels (sanīya) while Les Arenes and part of the southern pratum where drained and mainly dedicated to cereal and vine growing. The farmed area linked to Madīna Ṭurṭūša was composed of three distinct areas: the irrigated one, the drained one dedicated to cereal and vines, and the uncultivated pratum used as pastureland |
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