Medieval Folk Astronomy and Agriculture in Arabia and the Yemen
by Daniel Martin Varisco
This work provides a combination of ethnographic fieldwork among highland Yemeni farmers with an extensive study of medieval Arabic manuscripts on folk astronomy and agriculture. The opening articles discuss the astronomical concept of the "lunar stations" in pre-Islamic Arabic, and as developed in Arab astronomy and almanac lore; subsequent ones expand on the significance of this for an agricultural society, and examine a unique corpus of Yemeni agricultural almanacs, dating from the Rasulid period (13th-15th century) to the present. A further theme is that of traditional Yemeni agriculture, with studies on irrigation practices, plough cultivation, sorghum production, and indigenous plant protection methods, as well as the use of star calendars for seasonal markers.
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Medieval Folk Astronomy and Agriculture in Arabia and the Yemen
1997, Variorum
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Reprints of articles originally published in various journals from 1983 to 1996.
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