Data supplement to "Aromatics and agriculture: A spatial approach to long-distance trade and the local economy of the Nabataeans"

Data used to analyze the role of long-distance trade in the local agricultural economy of the Nabataeans, as described in Weaverdyck, E. J. S. forthcoming. "Aromatics and agriculture: A spatial approach to long-distance trade and the local economy of the Nabataeans." In S. von Reden (ed.). Handbook of Ancient Afro-Eurasian Economies, vol. 3. Oldenbourg: De Gruyter.

Data sources are provided in the chapter.

With the exception of runoff, environmental variables are rasters created using the focal statistics tool to sum the number of cells within a radius around each cell. They are named according to the following convention: f{radius}_{factor abbreviation}_{variable}.tif

Factor abbreviations:

A
Aspect

D
DEV geomorphological land form

H
Hydrology

S
Slope

T
TPI geomorphological land form

Of these environmental variables, the following were used as background variables in the MaxEnt models:

ASKP-LA
WHS

f500_H_prec_soak
f500_H_Runoff

f500_T_Valley
f5k_D_Ridge

f5k_T_Ridge
f5k_H_Runoff

f5k_H_Runoff
f500_D_UpperSlope_or_low_rise

f5k_A_Northeast
f5k_A_Southwest

f500_D_UpperSlope_or_low_rise
f500_D_Valley

f5k_H_springs

f5k_D_Ridge

f5k_A_South

f5k_A_Southwest

f5k_A_Northwest

f500_T_UpperSlope_or_low_rise

f500_D_Lower_slope_or_shallow_valley

f5k_A_North