New AMS 14C dates track the arrival and spread of broomcorn millet cultivation and agricultural change in prehistoric Europe

D Filipović, J Meadows, MD Corso, W Kirleis… - Scientific Reports, 2020 - nature.com
Broomcorn millet (Panicum miliaceum L.) is not one of the founder crops domesticated in
Southwest Asia in the early Holocene, but was domesticated in northeast China by 6000 bc …

Agriculture in NW Iberia during the Bronze Age: A review of archaeobotanical data

JP Tereso, AMS Bettencourt, P Ramil-Rego… - Journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
The wide and diverse array of palaeoenvironmental studies that were carried out in
Northwestern Iberia indicate that the Bronze Age corresponds to a phase of great landscape …

Rethinking the history of common walnut (Juglans regia L.) in Europe: Its origins and human interactions

P Pollegioni, K Woeste, F Chiocchini, S Del Lungo… - PloS one, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Common walnut (Juglans regia L) is an economically important species cultivated
worldwide for its high-quality wood and nuts. It is generally accepted that after the last …

[HTML][HTML] Earliest evidence of a primitive cultivar of Vitis vinifera L. during the Bronze Age in Sardinia (Italy)

M Ucchesu, M Orru, O Grillo, G Venora, A Usai… - Vegetation history and …, 2015 - Springer
The discovery of the Nuragic culture settlement of Sa Osa, Cabras-Oristano, Sardinia, has
made it possible to investigate the domestication status of waterlogged uncharred grape …

Can't find a pulse? Celtic bean (Vicia faba L.) in British prehistory

ER Treasure, MJ Church - Environmental Archaeology, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Archaeobotanical research on prehistoric crops in Britain has primarily focussed on cereals
and the potential importance of alternative crops, such as pulses, has often been …

[HTML][HTML] Multi-isotope proveniencing of human remains from a Bronze Age battlefield in the Tollense Valley in northeast Germany

TD Price, R Frei, U Brinker, G Lidke, T Terberger… - Archaeological and …, 2019 - Springer
Abstract Although the Bronze Age is best known for its remarkable metal weapons, there is
little evidence of conflict. Traumatic wounds in human skeletal remains are rare, and there …

Between cereal agriculture and animal husbandry: millet in the early economy of the North Pontic region

M Dal Corso, G Pashkevych, D Filipović, X Liu… - Journal of World …, 2022 - Springer
Broomcorn millet (Panicum miliaceum L.) was first domesticated in China and dispersed
westward via Central Asia in the 3rd millennium BC, reaching Europe in the 2nd millennium …

Bronze Age innovations and impact on human diet: A multi-isotopic and multi-proxy study of western Switzerland

A Varalli, J Desideri, M David-Elbiali, G Goude… - PLoS …, 2021 - journals.plos.org
The archaeological Bronze Age record in Europe reveals unprecedented changes in
subsistence strategies due to innovative farming techniques and new crop cultivation …

The arrival of millets to the Atlantic coast of northern Iberia

B González-Rabanal, AB Marín-Arroyo, E Cristiani… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Despite being one of the most important crops in the recent prehistory of Eurasia, the arrival
and exploitation of millets in the westernmost part of Europe are still largely underexplored …

[HTML][HTML] Millet, the late comer: on the tracks of Panicum miliaceum in prehistoric Greece

SM Valamoti - Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences, 2016 - Springer
Archaebotanical evidence for Panicum miliaceum is reviewed for prehistoric Greece
including published and unpublished recent finds, providing a basis for exploring the context …