Bioarchaeological Insights into the Process of Domestication of Grapevine (Vitis vinifera L.) during Roman Times in Southern France

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Bouby, Laurent ^a   Figueiral, Isabel ^a   Bouchette, Anne ^b   Rovira, Nuria ^c   Ivorra, Sarah ^a   Lacombe, Thierry ^d   Pastor, Thierry ^e   Picq, Sandrine ^d,e   Marinval, Philippe ^b   Terral, Jean Frédéric ^e  

^a INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PAUL VALÉRY   (France)

^d UMR AGAP   (France)

^e UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHEOLOGY; ARTICLE; BIOARCHEOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTIVAR; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DOMESTICATION; FRANCE; GENETIC SELECTION; GRAPE; MORPHOTYPE; NONHUMAN; PLANT STEM; PLANT STRUCTURES; SPECIES CULTIVATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VEGETATIVE PROPAGATION; WILD TYPE;

ARCHAEOLOGY; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; FRANCE; VITIS;

EID: 84877726949     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0063195     Document Type: Article

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