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Ancient/traditional agriculture in sand in Iberia

Goal: Analyze the evolution drivers of this traditional agroecosystem in aeolian sand in context to 1st agriculture in sand along the Israel coast

Research Leader: Post-doc Dr. Ruben Sanchez

Planned Outlet: TBA

Location of sunken agroecosystems on coastal sand of Atlantic Europe.

A) General distribution of Navazos (Gulf of Cadiz, Spain), Masseiras (Cávado paleo-estuary, Portugal), Conches (Vendée coastal zone, France), and Mielles (Ay River estuary, Normandy, France).

B) Detail of the Apúlia region sand body (Masseiras). Base map: Sentinel-2 RGB imagery (Copernicus, 2023) and Natural Earth boundaries, processed in QGIS.