Spade cultivation and intensification of land use 1000-1300: written sources, archaeology and images
Janken Myrdal|Alexandra Sapoznik
Between 1000 and 1300 the need to feed a rapidly rising population drove intense use of land labour across northern Europe. Over this period artistic representations spade developed, particularly Adam delving, in pattern which mirrors increasing prominence technology archaeological record. Widespread cultivation may therefore be an overlooked means by smallholding peasants increased agricultural production on their land.
Ruralia