Wild lentil and chickpea harvest in Israel: bearing on the origins of Near Eastern farming

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 3172-3177

  Abbo, Shahal ^a   Zezak, Inbar ^a   Schwartz, Efrat ^a   Lev Yadun, Simcha ^b   Kerem, Zohar ^a   Gopher, Avi ^c  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Legumes domestication; Neolithic Revolution; The Broad Spectrum Revolution; Wild legumes harvest

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL HISTORY; CROP YIELD; DOMESTICATION; FARMING SYSTEM; HARVESTING; HUNTER-GATHERER; LEGUME; NEOLITHIC; PALEOLITHIC;

ASIA; EURASIA; ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST;

CICER ARIETINUM; LENS CULINARIS;

EID: 51249120068     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2008.07.004     Document Type: Article

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