Domestication of plants in the old world: the origin and spread of cultivated plants in West Asia, Europe, and the Nile Valley

Abstract

Preface 1. Sources of evidence for the origin and spread of cultivated plants 2. Cereals 3. Pulses 4. Oil and fibre crops 5. Fruit trees and nuts 6. Vegetables and tubers 7. Condiments 8. Dye crops 9. Plant remains in representative archaeological sites 10. Conclusions Chronological chart and site orientation maps References Index