Rainfall Seasonality and the Spread of Millet Cultivation in Eurasia

Broomcorn millet (Panicum miliaceum) was known throughout Eurasia in the second millennium BC in regions with warm, moist summers, where its cultivation reduced agricultural risk. Its cultivation during the warm, but dry months at Kyzyltepa and other Iron Age sites in western Central Asia was probab...

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Main Author: Naomi Miller
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Archaeological Sciences Research Centre, University of Sistan and Baluchestan 2015-05-01
Series:Iranian Journal of Archaeological Studies
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Online Access:https://ijas.usb.ac.ir/article_3015_a904a898a3b1b10a93d302553f85df82.pdf