Harvesting practices and early Neolithic barley cultivation at el-Hemmeh, Jordan

Vegetation History and Archaeobotany

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 85-94

  White, Chantel E ^a   Makarewicz, Cheryl A ^b  

^a Boston University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Archaeobotany; Cereal cultivation; Early agriculture; Jordan; Pre Pottery Neolithic A; Predomestication

Indexed keywords

HORDEUM; LENS CULINARIS; PISTACIA; PISTACIA ATLANTICA; VICIA;

EID: 84856799142     PISSN: 09396314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00334-011-0309-z     Document Type: Article

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