Is naked barley an eastern or a western crop? The combined evidence of archaeobotany and genetics

Vegetation History and Archaeobotany

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 439-446

  Lister, Diane L ^a   Jones, Martin K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Europe; Germplasm; Hulled and naked barley; Near East; Prehistoric; Roman and post Roman

Indexed keywords

CARYOPSIS; HORDEUM; HORDEUM VULGARE;

EID: 84881031336     PISSN: 09396314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00334-012-0376-9     Document Type: Review

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