PloS one, 2015-06, Vol.10 (6), p.e0127085-e0127085
2015
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- Autor(en) / Beteiligte
- Titel
- Stable Carbon Isotope Evidence for Neolithic and Bronze Age Crop Water Management in the Eastern Mediterranean and Southwest Asia
- Ist Teil von
- PloS one, 2015-06, Vol.10 (6), p.e0127085-e0127085
- Ort / Verlag
- United States: Public Library of Science
- Erscheinungsjahr
- 2015
- Quelle
- MEDLINE
- Beschreibungen/Notizen
- In a large study on early crop water management, stable carbon isotope discrimination was determined for 275 charred grain samples from nine archaeological sites, dating primarily to the Neolithic and Bronze Age, from the Eastern Mediterranean and Western Asia. This has revealed that wheat (Triticum spp.) was regularly grown in wetter conditions than barley (Hordeum sp.), indicating systematic preferential treatment of wheat that may reflect a cultural preference for wheat over barley. Isotopic analysis of pulse crops (Lens culinaris, Pisum sativum and Vicia ervilia) indicates cultivation in highly varied water conditions at some sites, possibly as a result of opportunistic watering practices. The results have also provided evidence for local land-use and changing agricultural practices.
- Sprache
- Englisch
- Identifikatoren
- ISSN: 1932-6203eISSN: 1932-6203DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0127085Titel-ID: cdi_plos_journals_1694512091
- Format
- –
- Schlagworte
- Agricultural Irrigation, Agricultural land, Agricultural management, Agricultural practices, Agricultural production, Agriculture, Archaeological sites, Archaeology, Asia, Barley, Carbon, Carbon isotopes, Carbon Isotopes - metabolism, Crop water, Crops, Crops, Agricultural, Cultivation, Dating techniques, Farm buildings, Farming, Grain, Historic sites, History, Ancient, Irrigation, Land use, Mediterranean Sea, Neolithic, Stone Age, Triticum, Triticum dicoccum, Triticum durum, Triticum monococcum, Water management, Wheat