Salinity Management in Arid Regions - Restorative Redevelopment of Devastated Ecocultural Landscapes - page 428

FIGURE 21.3 ( Continued ) The unchanging landscape of the Fertile Crescent, the birth-
place of agriculture. Vast fields of grain located beside the 3,000-4,000-year-old archaeologi-
cal tells of Halaf, Harmoukar, and Sheikh Hamad between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers in
what was once ancient Mesopotamia.
prepare a field, inspect the levees, canals and mounds that have to be opened. When
you let the flood water into the field, this water should not rise too high in it. At the
time that the field emerges from the water, watch its area with standing water, it
should be fenced. Do not let cattle herds trample there.” The instructions go on to
discuss tillage and to promote drainage and subsequent irrigation.