Crop introduction and accelerated island evolution: Archaeobotanical evidence from 'Ais Yiorkis and Pre-Pottery Neolithic Cyprus

Vegetation History and Archaeobotany

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 117-129

  Lucas, Leilani ^a   Colledge, Sue ^a   Simmons, Alan ^b   Fuller, Dorian Q ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Archaeobotany; Cyprus; Early farming; Plant domestication; Pre Pottery Neolithic; Triticum monococcum

Indexed keywords

TRITICUM AESTIVUM; TRITICUM MONOCOCCUM;

EID: 84856784610     PISSN: 09396314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00334-011-0323-1     Document Type: Article

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