Cultivated emmer wheat, Triticum dicoccon Schrank, a tetraploid species with hulled grain,
has been largely cultivated during seven millennia in the Middle-East, Central and West …

Pulses are a significant component of traditional subsistence in South Asia. Reliable
identification criteria for identifying these from archaeological seed remains are reviewed …

The period from the late third millennium BC to the start of the first millennium AD witnesses
the first steps towards food globalization in which a significant number of important crops …

Plant sources of starch have been domesticated in several parts of the world. By the second
millennium bc in various parts of Eurasia, such starchy crops are encountered, not only …

" A comprehensive and entertaining historical and botanical review, providing an enjoyable
and cognitive read.”—Nature The foods we eat have a deep and often surprising past. From …

The accumulation of recent data from archaeobotany, archaeozoology and Neolithic
excavations from across South Asia warrants a new overview of early agriculture in the …

This paper explores the nature and dynamics of adaptation and resilience in the face of a
diverse and varied environmental and ecological context using the case study of South …

Since the 1970s, the quest for finding the origins of domesticated sorghum in Africa has
remained elusive despite the fact that sorghum (Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench. sensu stricto) …

Abstract The Arabian Peninsula occupies a critical position at the intersect of several major
Old World landmasses. Inland aridity and a major coastal perimeter have long made …

Asian rice occurs in two wild types with differing ecologies that would have necessitated
rather different systems of exploitation among early hunter-gatherers and cultivators. The …