Search publications of the members of the Royal Belgian institute of natural Sciences
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Crop diversity and choices in the prehistory of SE Europe: the archaeobotanical evidence from Greece and Bulgaria
- The paper outlines a general pattern regarding crops and their diversity in northern Greece and Bulgaria, and set our observations in relation, where possible, to other areas of the Balkans. Although at present our body of data is not uniformly rich and reliable for comparisons between different periods within the Neolithic and the Bronze Age to be made, it has been possible to roughly draw a picture of crops for these two broad periods and to compare the archaeobotanical evidence between certain parts of southeastern Europe. Thus, several common trends have been identified or re-confirmed, such as the predominance of the glume wheats, the important role of pulses, the clear visibility of flax and the introduction of various crops during the Bronze Age, probably through cultural contacts. At the same time, several interesting differences are beginning to emerge and in the future would be worth exploring further on the basis of more archaeobotanical data: the predominance of einkorn in certain parts of Bulgaria and in many sites of northern Greece, the appearance of free-threshing wheat as a crop on the Black Sea coast of Bulgaria during the Chalcolithic, the presence of chickpea in the later phases of the Early Neolithic of southern Bulgaria, the absence of Celtic bean and millet in the Neolithic in both regions, and the total absence of a wide range of crops encountered in Greece during the Bronze Age, in particular oil, medicinal and hallucinogenic plants. It is evident that many crops are common in this part of southeastern Europe, shared among the different cultures for a considerable length of time. At the same time, certain areas are slightly different and in the future we need to consider the broader cultural context and environments of these areas to understand divergences in the crop pattern. Such observations would also greatly benefit from a consideration of a wide range of environmental factors, particular to individual sites or regions, which may have interacted with human choices as regards the crops on which they relied. Moreover, independent information from palaeoclimate proxies (as, for example, the δ13C measurements) and models could help us to clarify climate-driven change in crop diversity.
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Red data bird. Grand Comoro Scops Owl.
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Quaregnon/Quaregnon : étude des restes fauniques de la fin du Premier Moyen Âge (9e-11e siècles) découverts lors des fouilles de la Grand'Place en 2008 et 2009
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Occupations mésolithiques et néolithiques sur le site du Trilogiport, à Hermalle-sous-Argenteau (Oupeye, B). Résultats préliminaires
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Importance of core and linear marsh elements for wetland arthropod diversity in an agricultural landscape
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Description of a new species of Prionus Geoffroy, 1762 from Yunnan province in China (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Prioninae)
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Erratum to: Effect of land use on pollution status and risk of fish endocrine disruption in small farmland ponds
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New insight in lymnaeid snails (Mollusca, Gastropoda) as intermediate hosts of Fasciola hepatica (Trematoda, Digenea) in Belgium and Luxembourg
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On Argentocypris sara gen. nov., sp. nov.(Ostracoda) from the Patagonian wetlands of Argentina
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Redescriptions of six species of Ilyodromus Sars, 1894 (Crustacea, Ostracoda, Cyprididae) from New Zealand and Eastern Australia
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Valken voor iedereen. Hoe het grote publiek in Brussel de Slechtvalken op hun nest kan gadeslaan.
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Revision of the Frasnian marine deposits from the Booischot borehole (Campine Basin, Belgium).
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Centre belge de baguage. Résumé des activités réalisées en 2013 en Wallonie.
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Faucons pour tous. Présentation au grand public des Faucons pélerins nichant à Bruxelles.
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Valken voor iedereen. Hoe het grote publiek in Brussel de Slechtvalken op hun nest kan gadeslaan.
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Evaluation du risque posé par la réouverture de la carrière de Nassogne sur le Faucon pèlerin (Falco peregrinus) .
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The history of Belgian bird ringing and its potential for monitoring and migration research.
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Report on Zoonotic Agents in Belgium 2010-2011.
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Belgian Ringing Scheme Databank, Databank Belgisch Ringwerk, Banque de Données du Centre Belge de Baguage.
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Geological uncertainty and investment risk in CO2-enhanced oil recovery
