Vicia peregrina: An edible early Neolithic legume

Vegetation History and Archaeobotany

Volumn 17, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2008, Pages

  Melamed, Yoel ^a   Plitmann, Uzi ^b   Kislev, Mordechai E ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Domestication; Legumes; Neolithic; Netiv Hagdud; Pulses; Vicia peregrina

Indexed keywords

HORDEUM; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. SPONTANEUM; LENS CULINARIS; VICIA; VICIA PEREGRINA;

EID: 57049170804     PISSN: 09396314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00334-008-0166-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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