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Fertilization Practices in Al-Andalus: Off-Site Records, Domestic Waste and Manure Management Practices Cover

Fertilization Practices in Al-Andalus: Off-Site Records, Domestic Waste and Manure Management Practices

Open Access
|Dec 2025

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Figure 1

Map showing the process of the Christian conquests of al-Andalus (Medieval Islamic Iberia) after the 11th-century: A) Christian conquests of Islamic Taifa kingdoms and lands of Almoravid Emirate, 1080–1130 CE; B) Christian conquests of lands of Almoravid Emirate and Almohad Caliphate, 1130–1210 CE; C) Christian conquests of lands of Almohad Caliphate, 1210–1250 CE; D) Christian conquests of Nasrid Emirate, 1480–1492 CE. Map by Aleks Pluskowski.

Figure 2

Map showing the locations of the places, regions and archaeological sites mentioned in the text. Map by the authors.

Figure 3

Surveys using transects in cultivated fields (off-site) in the province of Guadalajara. Photo by the authors.

Figure 4

Various fragments of Andalusi kitchen pottery from the off-site record in the territory of the Andalusi farmhouse of Ielas (Ontinyent, Valencian Country). Photographs by the authors.

Figure 5

Valencian-type pot (10th–11th-centuries) from the excavations of the Álamos farmhouse (Fontanars dels Alforins, Valencian Country). Photograph and drawing of the ceramic piece by the authors.

Figure 6

Fragments of storage and transport wares present in the off-site record from various Andalusi sites. The first three come from different fields associated with the Ielas farmstead (Ontinyent, Valencian Country). The last comes from the terraces adjacent to the Mas de Pepelillo settlement (Agullent, Valencian Country). Photographs by the authors.

Figure 7

Silo from an Andalusi domestic space (10th–11th-centuries) located in the Alquería de La Graja (Higueruela, Albacete, Spain). Photograph: Proyecto Alquerías. Reproduced with permission of the authors.

Figure 8

Aerial photography of the silo and section of the Alquería de La Graja silo. Picture and section by Proyecto Alquerías. Reproduced with permission of the authors.

Figure 9

Example of a pit and its fill in the process of excavation, identified in a domestic context from a pre-urban phase of the 9th-century at the Medina Elvira site (Atarfe, Granada). Photograph by the authors.

Figure 10

Pile of compost, a mixture of animal and plant waste for fertilizing vineyards. La Vall Seca-Ielas (Ontinyent, Valencian Country). Photograph by the authors.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.16993/rl.154 | Journal eISSN: 2002-0104
Language: English
Page range: 3 - 3
Submitted on: Mar 31, 2025
Accepted on: Nov 3, 2025
Published on: Dec 9, 2025
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

© 2025 Miguel Robledillo Sais, Inmaculada Camarero Castellano, Guillermo García-Contreras Ruiz, Cristina Martínez-Álvarez, published by Stockholm University Press
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