Farming legumes in the pre-pottery Neolithic: New discoveries from the site of Ahihud (Israel)

New discoveries of legumes in the lower Galilee at the prehistoric site of Ahihud in Israel shed light on early farming systems in the southern Levant. Radiocarbon dating of twelve legumes from pits and floors indicate that the farming of legumes was practiced in southern Levant as early as 10.240-1...

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Published in:	PloS one Vol. 12; no. 5; p. e0177859
Main Authors:	Caracuta, Valentina, Vardi, Jacob, Paz, Ytzhak, Boaretto, Elisabetta
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States Public Library of Science 24-05-2017 Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Subjects:	Agriculture Agriculture - history Archaeology Biology and Life Sciences Ceramics Coastal plains Crops, Agricultural - history Earth Sciences Editors Fabaceae Farming Farms Food History History, Ancient Humans Iron Age Israel Laboratories Lathyrus Legumes Lens Plant Lenses Lentils Neolithic Neolithic period Peas Pisum sativum Pits Planck, Max Pottery Prehistoric era Radiocarbon dating Radiometric Dating Research and Analysis Methods Social Sciences Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared Stone Age Vegetation Vicia Vicia faba Israel Levant (historic region) Jerusalem Israel
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