The spread of Neolithic plant economies from the Near East to northwest Europe: a phylogenetic analysis

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 42-56

  Coward, Fiona ^a   Shennan, Stephen ^b   Colledge, Sue ^b   Conolly, James ^b,c   Collard, Mark ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Archaeobotany; Early Neolithic plant economies; Europe; Near East; Phylogenetic methods

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL HISTORY; CROP; GENETIC ANALYSIS; IDENTIFICATION KEY; NEOLITHIC; PALEOBOTANY; PHYLOGENY; PLANT COMMUNITY; TAXONOMY;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 35748957463     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2007.02.022     Document Type: Article

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