Hi Alexia,
Thank you very much for the reference, I remember that book from a long
time ago but I couldn't remember the full reference.
Thanks again,
All the best,
Jennifer
At 10:04 PM 9/30/2002 -0400, you wrote:
>Hi Jennifer,
>
>You might find the following book useful:
>
>Evenari, Michael, Leslie Shanan, and Naphtali Tadmor (1982) The Negev. The
>Challenge of a Desert. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
>
>Evenari outlines his study of a Nabatean farm in the Negev and also presents
>the results from various agricultural replication experiments using
>salt/drought tolerant plants.
>
>Good luck with the hunt,
>Alexia
>
>Alexia Smith
>Boston University
>Department of Archaeology
>675 Commonwealth Avenue
>Boston, MA 02215
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Jennifer Ramsay" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Monday, September 30, 2002 12:33 PM
>Subject: Salt tolerant plants
>
>
> > Hello Everyone,
> >
> > Sorry to bother you all on a Monday but I am looking for
> > information/references on salt tolerant (agricultural) plants and I
>thought
> > I would see if anyone knew of any. I am a Ph.D. student at Simon Fraser
> > University in Canada and I am working at Caesarea in Israel. The
>reservoir
> > at the site appears to have become slightly brackish in the later period
>of
> > its Roman occupation (3rd & 4th centuries) and could have only been used
> > for industrial or agricultural purposes. I already have evidence for
> > barley being the majority crop during this period but I would greatly
> > appreciate any assistance anyone could offer in the way of references or
> > information on any other salt/drought tolerant species.
> >
> > Thank you!
> >
> > Jennifer Ramsay
> >
> > Dept. of Archaeology
> > Simon Fraser University
> > 8888 University Drive
> > Burnaby, B.C. V5A-1S6
> > CANADA
> >
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