Aspects of Agrarian Life
in Roman Palestine I: Agricultural Decline in Palestine during
the Later Principate
by Daniel Sperber, Jerusalem
Contents:
|
| I. Decline in Land Fertility |
397 |
| II. Reduction in Crop-Yields |
414 |
| III. Principal Causes of Decline |
428 |
1. Soil Exhaustion |
428 |
2. Denudation |
429 |
3. Lack of Labour - Pressure of Barbarians
|
432 |
4. Abandonment of Land |
433 |
5. Drought |
434 |
| Bibliography |
442 |
1. General Bibliography - Background Studies
|
442 |
2. Special Bibliography - Palestinian Agriculture,
etc |
442 |
| List of Illustrations |
443 |
