Fields of Change: Progress in African ArchaeobotanyRené T. J. Cappers Barkhuis, 2007 - 214 pagina's This volume contains fifteen papers given at the International Workshop on African Archaeobotany in Groningen in 2003. Several papers deal with the domestication history and related aspects of specific plants, including wheat (Triticum), rice (Oryza), pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum), fig (Ficus), cotton (Gossypium), silk-cotton (Ceiba pentandra) and baobab (Adansonia digitata). Other contributions discuss the exploitation of woody vegetations, members of the sedge family (Cyperaceae) and the botanical composition of mummy garlands. Three papers present the subfossil plant remains from Egyptian sites: Pharaonic caravan routes through the Theban Desert, Predynastic Adaïma and Napatan to Islamic Qasr Ibrim. The last contribution presents an update inventory of the ancient plant remains present in the Agricultural Museum (Dokki, Cairo). The book covers a wide range of countries and includes Namibia, Burkina Faso, Mali, Senegal, Mauritania, Canary Isles, Libya and Egypt. |
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B EICHHORN | 21 |
A HoHN | 35 |
Identifying African rice domestication in the middle Niger Delta Mali | 53 |
Q FULLER K MACDONALD R VERNET | 71 |
MERCURI E A A GARcEA | 87 |
CRAWFORD | 105 |
R T CAPPERS L SIKKING C DARNELL D DARNELL | 127 |
A CLAPHAM PA RoWLEYCoNWY | 157 |
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Acacia Acacus accessory fruits Africa ancient Antiquity Department 1935 archaeobotanical archaeological Balanites aegyptiaca baobab barley bought in Luxor Burkill cereal charcoal charred Citrullus comm crops culms Cyperaceae Cyperus esculentus Deir El Bahari Deir El Medineh dicoccon domestic Dominant Contam donated durum Dynasty Egypt Egyptian Museum emmer endocarps excavations Ficus sycomorus fig figure first flowers French Institute garland Gebel Gebelein Germer grain kernels Gramineae Holocene Hordeum vulgare Hordeum vulgare ssp Hyphaene Hyphaene thebaica identified Institute of Oriental involucres Karanis Kém Aushim Kingdom Luxor mummy Namib Namibia ofthe papyrus pearl millet Pennisetum plant remains Poaceae pollen Q Ficus Q Hordeum Q Triticum Qasr Ibrim rachis rachis fragments Roman period Rowley-Conwy Sahara samples Saqqara sativum seeds Sorghum species spikelets syconia taxa tomb tree Triticum turgidum Triticum turgidum ssp tubers Uan Tabu vase vegetation vulgare hulled wadi wheat whole fruits wild Ziziphus spina-christi