Phylogeographic analysis of barley DNA as evidence for the spread of Neolithic agriculture through Europe

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 3230-3238

  Jones, Glynis ^a   Jones, Huw ^b   Charles, Michael P ^a   Jones, Martin K ^c   Colledge, Sue ^d   Leigh, Fiona J ^b   Lister, Diane A ^c   Smith, Lydia M J ^b   Powell, Wayne ^e   Brown, Terrence A ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL BOTANY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Barley; DNA; Neolithic Europe; Photoperiod response; Spread of agriculture

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ARCHAEOLOGY; BARLEY; DNA; NEOLITHIC; PHOTOPERIOD; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY;

EUROPE;

HORDEUM;

EID: 84864385127     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2012.05.014     Document Type: Article

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