NDLI: Records of “new” glume wheat in France: a review

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Author	Toulemonde, Françoise Durand, Frédérique Berrio, Laura Bonnaire, Emmanuelle Daoulas, Geneviève Wiethold, Julian
Copyright Year	2014
Abstract	Following the first identification in 2000 of a new type of hulled wheat from three Neolithic settlements and a Bronze Age one in Greece, many finds of this “new” glume wheat have been reported from all over Europe and the Near East. In France, a first identification in 2009 also triggered several discoveries. Up to now, twelve sites have delivered remains of this new type, from different phases of occupation, located in the eastern half of France. Their chronology ranges from Neolithic Linearbandkeramik to late Bronze Age/early Iron Age transition (5300–800/700 bc). At most of the sites, the “new” glume wheat appears as a minor contaminant of other cereal crops. However, at the early Bronze Age settlement of Clermont-Ferrand, central France, the recovery of large quantities of caryopses and spikelet bases has demonstrated that the “new” glume wheat was a crop by itself, maybe mixed with emmer and other cereals. For the late Bronze Age, numerous records of the new type come from the upper Seine valley, north-eastern France. At four settlements with early phases of the late Bronze Age, the “new” glume wheat was also a crop in its own right, within a much diversified agricultural system. In the light of the numerous archaeobotanical analyses carried out on Bronze Age sites in France, and despite the fact that its presence is surely underestimated, cultivation of the “new” glume wheat appears to have been a speciality, restricted to a few places. It may have come from a local agricultural choice, but it could also have resulted from eastern influences and exchanges that were very active during the Bronze Age.
Starting Page	197
Ending Page	206
Page Count	10
File Format	PDF
ISSN	09396314
Journal	Vegetation History and Archaeobotany
Volume Number	24
Issue Number	1
e-ISSN	16176278
Language	English
Publisher	Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Publisher Date	2014-08-13
Publisher Place	Berlin, Heidelberg
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Archaeobotany New glume wheat Neolithic Bronze age France Paleontology Biogeosciences Climate Change Anthropology Archaeology
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Plant Science Archeology (arts and humanities) Paleontology

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