1979
DOI: 10.2307/504139
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"The Garden of Hercules at Pompeii" (II.viii.6): The Discovery of a Commercial Flower Garden

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“…The high frequency of olive, which is an insect-pollinated plant, is quite definitive for olive trees being cultivated in the garden. The frequencies for weeds and grasses were very low, implying that the garden was highly maintained (Jashemski 1979).…”
Section: Continental Europementioning
confidence: 99%
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“…The high frequency of olive, which is an insect-pollinated plant, is quite definitive for olive trees being cultivated in the garden. The frequencies for weeds and grasses were very low, implying that the garden was highly maintained (Jashemski 1979).…”
Section: Continental Europementioning
confidence: 99%
“…The results of the article review suggest that, in terms of plant remains, it is possible, even in sediments known to have characteristics that would be detrimental to pollen preservation, for pollen to be well preserved and that analysis of these microartifacts can be very informative (Hume 1974;Jashemski 1979;Currie and Locock 1991;Moynihan 2000). The locations of insect-pollinated plants, which generally drop their relatively heavy pollen in the location that the plant is growing, can also be determined, through the identification of pollen in sediments (Moynihan 2000).…”
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