The distribution, natural habitats and availability of wild cereals in relation to their domestication in the Near East: Multiple events, multiple centres

Vegetation History and Archaeobotany

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 534-541

  Willcox, George ^a  

^a University Lumière Lyon 2   (France)

Author keywords

Domestication; Habitats; Near East; Neolithic; Wild cereals

Indexed keywords

ELYMUS; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. SPONTANEUM; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE; SECALE; SECALE CEREALE; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; TRITICUM MONOCOCCUM SUBSP. AEGILOPOIDES; TRITICUM TURGIDUM SUBSP. DICOCCOIDES; TRITICUM URARTU;

EID: 33644689111     PISSN: 09396314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00334-005-0075-x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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