Inferring the agrobiodiversity of Vitis vinifera L. (grapevine) in ancient Greece by comparative shape analysis of archaeological and modern seeds

Vegetation History and Archaeobotany

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 75-84

  Pagnoux, Clémence ^a,b   Bouby, Laurent ^b   Ivorra, Sarah ^b   Petit, Christophe ^a   Valamoti, Soultana Maria ^c   Pastor, Thierry ^b   Picq, Sandrine ^b   Terral, Jean Frédéric ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 1 PANTHÉON SORBONNE   (France)

^b INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

^c ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^d UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

Archaeobotany; Archaic Period; Diversity; Geometric morphometry; Grape pip morphology; Viticulture

Indexed keywords

VITACEAE; VITIS; VITIS VINIFERA;

EID: 85027925243     PISSN: 09396314     EISSN: 16176278     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00334-014-0482-y     Document Type: Article

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