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innovations in agr icultur e and population growth in fr iuli ...
Maize in Friuli in the mid-seventeenth century
Before moving on to an analysis based on the information contained in the
1656 document, I am able to draw the distribution and diffusion of maize in
the territory concerned in the survey. For this operation I do not use abso-
lute data, but rather the percentage quantities at village level. That is to say,
the percentage of maize compared to the total of cereals with the same sow-
ing and harvesting period. The results of this processing are summarized in
Map 1. The map gives an account of the territorial distribution of the cen-
tres involved in the survey and also of the distribution of maize. The size of
the circles is in direct proportion to its percentage.
Map 1. Maize percentage in total spring cereals. Friuli 1656
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Maize in Friuli in the mid-seventeenth century
Before moving on to an analysis based on the information contained in the
1656 document, I am able to draw the distribution and diffusion of maize in
the territory concerned in the survey. For this operation I do not use abso-
lute data, but rather the percentage quantities at village level. That is to say,
the percentage of maize compared to the total of cereals with the same sow-
ing and harvesting period. The results of this processing are summarized in
Map 1. The map gives an account of the territorial distribution of the cen-
tres involved in the survey and also of the distribution of maize. The size of
the circles is in direct proportion to its percentage.
Map 1. Maize percentage in total spring cereals. Friuli 1656
77
