The purpose of food processing has changed over time. High-intensity industrially
processed food often exhibits higher concentrations of added sugar, salt, higher energy, and …

The origins of bread have long been associated with the emergence of agriculture and
cereal domestication during the Neolithic in southwest Asia. In this study we analyze a total …

Zohary and Hopf coined the term 'founder crops' to refer to a specific group of eight plants,
namely three cereals (einkorn, emmer and barley), four legumes (lentil, pea, bitter vetch and …

Interdisciplinary teams investigating the origins of agriculture in the Eastern Fertile Crescent
in the 1950s through 1970s considered the region a primary center of initial domestication …

Much of our current questioning regarding the transition from foraging to farming in the
Levant revolves around understanding plant exploitation and its evolution. Because of their …

Abstract The Late Epipalaeolithic Natufian (~ 14,600− 11,500 cal BP) is a key period in the
prehistory of southwest Asia. Often described as a complex hunting and gathering society …

Archaeobotanical and genetic analysis of modern plant materials are drawing a complex
scenario for the origins of cereal agriculture in the Levant. This paper presents an improved …

The transition from hunting-gathering to agriculture stands as one of the most important
dietary revolutions in human history. Yet, due to a scarcity of well-preserved human remains …

The paper discusses a multi-proxy archaeobotanical dataset from the published
macrobotanical and microbotanical research of 19 Epipalaeolithic sites over a period of 13.5 …

In this chapter, the taxonomical complexities of the genus Triticum are presented. Following
the biological concept of species, the genus contains six species, two diploids, two …