The earliest finds of cultivated plants in Armenia: Evidence from charred remains and crop processing residues in pisé from the Neolithic settlements of Aratashen and Aknashen

Vegetation History and Archaeobotany

Volumn 17, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2008, Pages

  Hovsepyan, Roman ^a   Willcox, George ^b  

^a Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology   (Armenia)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Caucasus; Cereals; Early farming; Neolithic; Oil plants; Wild plant use

Indexed keywords

ALYSSUM; ALYSSUM DESERTORUM; CAMELINA MICROCARPA; CAMELINA SATIVA; HORDEUM; LENS CULINARIS; LINUM USITATISSIMUM; PIPS; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; TRITICUM DICOCCON; VICIA; VICIA ERVILIA; VITACEAE; VITIS VINIFERA;

EID: 57049116579     PISSN: 09396314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00334-008-0158-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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