Triticum timopheevii s.l. (‘new glume wheat’) finds in regions of southern and eastern Europe across space and time
Triticum timopheevii sensu lato (‘new glume wheat’, NGW) was first recognised as a distinct prehistoric cereal crop through work on archaeobotanical finds from Neolithic and Bronze Age sites in northern Greece. This was later followed by its identification in archaeobotanical assemblages from other...
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| author | Filipović, D Jones, G Kirleis, W Bogaard, A Ballantyne, R Charles, M de Vareilles, A Ergun, M Gkatzogia, E Holguin, A Hristova, I Karathanou, A Kapcia, M Knežić, D Kotzamani, G Lathiras, P Livarda, A Marinova, E Michou, S Mosulishvili, M Mueller-Bieniek, A Obradović, D Padgett, M Paraskevopoulou, P Petridou, C Stylianakou, H Zerl, T Vidas, D Valamoti, SM |
| author_facet | Filipović, D Jones, G Kirleis, W Bogaard, A Ballantyne, R Charles, M de Vareilles, A Ergun, M Gkatzogia, E Holguin, A Hristova, I Karathanou, A Kapcia, M Knežić, D Kotzamani, G Lathiras, P Livarda, A Marinova, E Michou, S Mosulishvili, M Mueller-Bieniek, A Obradović, D Padgett, M Paraskevopoulou, P Petridou, C Stylianakou, H Zerl, T Vidas, D Valamoti, SM |
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| description | Triticum timopheevii sensu lato (‘new glume wheat’, NGW) was first recognised as a distinct prehistoric cereal crop through work on archaeobotanical finds from Neolithic and Bronze Age sites in northern Greece. This was later followed by its identification in archaeobotanical assemblages from other parts of Europe. This paper provides an overview of the currently known archaeobotanical finds of Timopheev’s wheat in southeastern and eastern Europe and observes their temporal span and spatial distribution. To date, there are 89 prehistoric sites with these finds, located in different parts of the study region and dated from the Neolithic to the very late Iron Age. Their latest recorded presence in the region is in the last centuries BCE. For assemblages from the site as a whole containing at least 30 grain and/or chaff remains of Timopheev’s wheat, we take a brief look at the overall relative proportions of Triticum monococcum (einkorn), T. dicoccum (emmer) and T. timopheevii s.l. (Timopheev’s wheat), the three most common glume wheats in our study region in prehistory. We highlight several sites where the overall proportions of Timopheev’s wheat might be taken to suggest it was a minor component of a mixed crop (maslin), or an unmonitored inclusion in einkorn or emmer fields. At the same sites, however, there are also discrete contexts where this wheat is strongly predominant, pointing to its cultivation as a pure crop. We therefore emphasise the need to evaluate the relative representation of Timopheev’s wheat at the level of individual samples or contexts before making inferences on its cultivation status. We also encourage re-examination of prehistoric and historic cereal assemblages for its remains. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:9b25deda-7556-4187-b6ce-ab84db38b3962024-06-03T11:42:48ZTriticum timopheevii s.l. (‘new glume wheat’) finds in regions of southern and eastern Europe across space and timeJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:9b25deda-7556-4187-b6ce-ab84db38b396EnglishSymplectic ElementsSpringer2023Filipović, DJones, GKirleis, WBogaard, ABallantyne, RCharles, Mde Vareilles, AErgun, MGkatzogia, EHolguin, AHristova, IKarathanou, AKapcia, MKnežić, DKotzamani, GLathiras, PLivarda, AMarinova, EMichou, SMosulishvili, MMueller-Bieniek, AObradović, DPadgett, MParaskevopoulou, PPetridou, CStylianakou, HZerl, TVidas, DValamoti, SMTriticum timopheevii sensu lato (‘new glume wheat’, NGW) was first recognised as a distinct prehistoric cereal crop through work on archaeobotanical finds from Neolithic and Bronze Age sites in northern Greece. This was later followed by its identification in archaeobotanical assemblages from other parts of Europe. This paper provides an overview of the currently known archaeobotanical finds of Timopheev’s wheat in southeastern and eastern Europe and observes their temporal span and spatial distribution. To date, there are 89 prehistoric sites with these finds, located in different parts of the study region and dated from the Neolithic to the very late Iron Age. Their latest recorded presence in the region is in the last centuries BCE. For assemblages from the site as a whole containing at least 30 grain and/or chaff remains of Timopheev’s wheat, we take a brief look at the overall relative proportions of Triticum monococcum (einkorn), T. dicoccum (emmer) and T. timopheevii s.l. (Timopheev’s wheat), the three most common glume wheats in our study region in prehistory. We highlight several sites where the overall proportions of Timopheev’s wheat might be taken to suggest it was a minor component of a mixed crop (maslin), or an unmonitored inclusion in einkorn or emmer fields. At the same sites, however, there are also discrete contexts where this wheat is strongly predominant, pointing to its cultivation as a pure crop. We therefore emphasise the need to evaluate the relative representation of Timopheev’s wheat at the level of individual samples or contexts before making inferences on its cultivation status. We also encourage re-examination of prehistoric and historic cereal assemblages for its remains. |
| spellingShingle | Filipović, D Jones, G Kirleis, W Bogaard, A Ballantyne, R Charles, M de Vareilles, A Ergun, M Gkatzogia, E Holguin, A Hristova, I Karathanou, A Kapcia, M Knežić, D Kotzamani, G Lathiras, P Livarda, A Marinova, E Michou, S Mosulishvili, M Mueller-Bieniek, A Obradović, D Padgett, M Paraskevopoulou, P Petridou, C Stylianakou, H Zerl, T Vidas, D Valamoti, SM Triticum timopheevii s.l. (‘new glume wheat’) finds in regions of southern and eastern Europe across space and time |
| title | Triticum timopheevii s.l. (‘new glume wheat’) finds in regions of southern and eastern Europe across space and time |
| title_full | Triticum timopheevii s.l. (‘new glume wheat’) finds in regions of southern and eastern Europe across space and time |
| title_fullStr | Triticum timopheevii s.l. (‘new glume wheat’) finds in regions of southern and eastern Europe across space and time |
| title_full_unstemmed | Triticum timopheevii s.l. (‘new glume wheat’) finds in regions of southern and eastern Europe across space and time |
| title_short | Triticum timopheevii s.l. (‘new glume wheat’) finds in regions of southern and eastern Europe across space and time |
| title_sort | triticum timopheevii s l new glume wheat finds in regions of southern and eastern europe across space and time |
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