Literature on archaeological remains of cultivated plants (1996/1997)

Kroll, Helmut

doi:10.1007/bf01393415

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“…For Europe and southwest Asia, we have drawn extensively on the databases compiled by Colledge et al ( 2004 , 2005 ), Shennan and Conolly ( 2007 ) and Kroll ( 1996 , 1997 , 1998 , 1999 , 2000 , 2001 , 2005 ). The latter also provides information from beyond this region.…”

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Millets across Eurasia: chronology and context of early records of the genera Panicum and Setaria from archaeological sites in the Old World

Hunt

Linden

Liu

et al. 2008

Veget Hist Archaeobot

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We have collated and reviewed published records of the genera Panicum and Setaria (Poaceae), including the domesticated millets Panicum miliaceum L. (broomcorn millet) and Setaria italica (L.) P. Beauv. (foxtail millet) in pre-5000 cal B.C. sites across the Old World. Details of these sites, which span China, centraleastern Europe including the Caucasus, Iran, Syria and Egypt, are presented with associated calibrated radiocarbon dates. Forty-one sites have records of Panicum (P. miliaceum, P. cf. miliaceum, Panicum sp., Panicum type, P. capillare (?) and P. turgidum) and 33 of Setaria (S. italica, S. viridis, S. viridis/verticillata, Setaria sp., Setaria type). We identify problems of taphonomy, identification criteria and reporting, and inference of domesticated/wild and crop/weed status of finds. Both broomcorn and foxtail millet occur in northern China prior to 5000 cal B.C.; P. miliaceum occurs contemporaneously in Europe, but its significance is unclear. Further work is needed to resolve the above issues before the status of these taxa in this period can be fully evaluated.

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