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Los fundamentos morfodinámicos de Sumeria

Liviu Giosan^1,2,3, Reed Goodman^4,5,6

¹Geology and Geophysics, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, United States of America.

|August 20, 2025

Resumen

La antigua Sumeria

Área de la Ciencia:

Historia del medio ambiente
Arqueología
Geomorfología

Sus antecedentes:

Se debaten los orígenes económicos sumerios y la complejidad social durante el período de Uruk.
Las explicaciones tradicionales para los excedentes agrícolas antes del riego son insuficientes.

Objetivo del estudio:

Para reconstruir la evolución morfodinámica de la costa de Sumeria.
Proponer el riego de marea como un mecanismo para el excedente agrícola temprano y la urbanización.

Principales métodos:

Topografía basada en satélites de alta resolución.
Proxies paleoambientales de un nuevo núcleo de perforación en Lagash / Tell Al Hiba.
Integración de los datos geológicos y arqueológicos existentes.

Principales resultados:

Reconstruido la evolución morfodinámica de la costa de Sumeria.
Identificó el riego de marea como un impulsor plausible para la agricultura temprana y la urbanización.
Mostró el cambio de los sistemas de riego de las mareas a los fluviales con los cambios del delta.

Conclusiones:

La morfodinámica costera jugó un papel fundamental en la urbanización sumeria y la ecología política.
El desarrollo sumerio temprano estaba intrincadamente relacionado con los sistemas ambientales naturales y la adaptación humana.

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