ISSN:
1617-6278
Keywords:
Archaeobotany
;
Cereal agriculture
;
Fruit gathering
;
SW Pakistan
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Archaeology
,
Biology
Notes:
Abstract Large scale sampling for plant remains at Miri Qalat indicates that agriculture based on naked wheat and naked and hulled barley was practised between the 4th and the 2nd millennia B.C. Other cultivated plants identified areLens culinaris (lentil),Pisum sativum (pea),Linum usitatissimum (flax),Vilis vinifera (grape) andCoriandrum salivum (coriander). The only summer crop,Sesamum indicum (sesame), appears during the second half of the 3rd millennium. Gathered edible fruits includeCordia, Grewia andNannorrhops ritchieana.Phoenix dactylifera (dates) may also have been gathered rather than cultivated.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF02042836
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