Six seasons of wild pea harvest in Israel: Bearing on Near Eastern plant domestication

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 2095-2100

  Abbo, Shahal ^a   Zezak, Inbar ^a   Zehavi, Yael ^a   Schwartz, Efrat ^a   Lev Yadun, Simcha ^b   Gopher, Avi ^c  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Foraging; Neolithic revolution; Niche construction; Pisum sp.

Indexed keywords

CROP YIELD; CULTIVATION; DIET; DOMESTICATION; ECONOMIC HISTORY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HARVESTING; HUNTER-GATHERER; LEGUME; NEOLITHIC; NICHE; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ISRAEL;

PISUM; PISUM FULVUM; PISUM SATIVUM;

EID: 84873266036     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2012.12.024     Document Type: Article

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