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Farmers used trash to grow crops in barren sand 1000 years ago

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Description

Crops don't generally thrive in desert-like ground, but 1000 years ago farmers in Israel utilised refuse such as ash and bones to turn sand into fertile land

Period24 Apr 2024

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Keywords

  • sand, agriculture, geoarchaeology