TY  - BOOK
AU  - Zohary,Daniel
AU  - Hopf,Maria
TI  - Domestication of plants in the Old World: the origin and spread of cultivated plants in West Asia, Europe, and the Nile Valley 
SN  - 0198547951 (H'bk) :
AV  - GN799.A4 Z64 1993
U1  - 630/.93 20
PY  - 1993///
CY  - Oxford, New York
PB  - Clarendon Press, Oxford University Press
KW  - Agriculture, Prehistoric
KW  - Plants, Cultivated
KW  - History
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. [245]-[272]) and index; 1; Sources of evidence for the origin and spread of cultivated plants; Archaeological evidence; Evidence from the living plants; Radiocarbon dating and dendrochronology --; 2; Cereals; Wheats: Triticum; Einkorn wheat: Triticum monococcum; Emmer and durum wheats: Triticum turgidum; Bread wheat: Triticum aestivum; Timopheev's wheat: Triticum timopheevi; Barley: Hordeum vulgare; Rye: Secale cereale; Common oat: Avena sativa; Broomcorn millet: Panicum miliaceum; Foxtail millet: Setaria italica; Latecomers: sorghum and rice --; 3; Pulses; Lentil: Lens culinaris; Pea: Pisum sativum; Chickpea: Cicer arietinum; Faba bean: Vicia faba; Bitter vetch: Vicia ervilia; Common vetch: Vicia sativa; Grass pea: Lathyrus sativus; Fenugreek: Trigonella foenum-graecum; Lupins: Lupinus --; 4; Oil and fibre crops; Flax: Linum usitatissimum; Hemp: Cannabis sativa; Old World cottons: Gossypium arboreum and G. herbaceum; Poppy: Papaver somniferum; False flax: Camelina sativa; Other cruciferous oil crops; Sesame: Sesamum indicum --; 5; Fruit trees and nuts; Olive: Olea europaea; Grape vine: Vitis vinifera; Fig: Ficus carica; Sycamore fig: Ficus sycomorus; Date palm: Phoenix dactylifera; Pomegranate: Punica granatum; Apple: Malus pumila; Pear: Pyrus communis; Plum: Prunus domestica; Cherries: Prunus avium and P. cerasus; Latecomers: apricot, peach, and quince; Citron: Citrus medica; Almond: Amygdalus communis; Walnut: Juglans regia; Chestnut: Castanea sativa; Hazels: Corylus avellana and C. maxima; Pistachio: Pistacia vera --; 6; Vegetables and tubers; Watermelon: Citrullus lanatus; Melon: Cucumis melo; Leek: Allium porrum; Garlic: Allium sativum; Onion: Allium cepa; Lettuce: Lactuca sativa; Chufa or rush nut: Cyperus esculentus; Cabbage: Brassica oleracea; Beet: Beta vulgaris --; 7; Condiments; Coriander: Coriandrum sativum; Cumin: Cuminum cyminum and dill: Anethum graveolens; Black cumin: Nigella sativa; Saffron: Crocus sativus --; 8; Dye crops; Woad: Isatis tinctoria; Dyer's rocket: Reseda luteola; Madder: Rubia tinctorum; True indigo: Indigofera tinctoria; Safflower: Carthamus tinctorius --; 9; Fruit collected from the wild; Oaks: Quercus; Beech: Fagus; Wild pistachio: Pistacia atlantica; Hawthorns: Crataegus; Hackberry: Celtis australis; Christ's thorn: Zizyphus spina-christi; Raspberries and blackberries: Rubus; Strawberries: Fragaria; Elders: Sambucus; Cornelian cherry: Cornus mas --; 10; Plant remains in representative archaeological sites; Iran; Iraq; Turkey; Cyprus; Syria; Israel and Jordan; Egypt; Caucasia, Transcaucasia, and central Asia; India and Pakistan; Greece; Yugoslavia; Bulgaria; Rumania; Moldavia and Ukraine; Hungary; Austria; Italy and Malta; Poland; Czechoslovakia; Switzerland; Germany; Belgium; The Netherlands; Denmark; Sweden; Norway; Finland; Great Britain; France; Spain; Portugal --; 11; Conclusions; Beginnings of domestication; The Neolithic Near East crop assemblage; Wild progenitors; The spread of the Near East Crops; Availability of the archaeological evidence; Early domestication outside the 'nuclear area'; Beginning and spread of horticulture; Vegetables; Weeds and crops; Latecomers from other regions; Chronological chart and site orientation maps
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