Hi Mac,
it may be also worth checking older agronomic literature on such descriptions.
When I check my old books with focus on Central Europe (e.g. Zade
1933), you find nothing there on moisture requirements, but numerous
information on temperature.
And I think, this is the point. Taken the large modern diversity of
Anatolian climates the necessity to irrigate would not have been given
everywhere. While it may have been necessary in the central Southeast,
it might have been not along the Mediterranean coasts etc. So there
may be no general answer on your question, but you may be able to work
out probabilities for the locations you are concentrating on.
Good luck!
Simone
Zitat von "John (Mac) Marston" <[log in to unmask]>:
> Hello all,
>
> A quick question - it is assumed in much of the literature on
> Mediterranean and Near Eastern agriculture that millets (esp.
> Setaria italica) are summer-irrigated crops. I think some of this
> comes from Roman sources that describe millet as such. Does anyone
> have any references or even anecdotal evidence for millet
> cultivation strategies in those regions, particularly in Anatolia?
> I'm putting the finishing touches on my dissertation about
> agriculture strategies at Gordion, but this is one topic on which I
> haven't been able to find much tangible data.
>
> Thanks so much,
> Mac
>
> Mac Marston
> Cotsen Institute of Archaeology
> University of California, Los Angeles
> http://marston.bol.ucla.edu
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>
>
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