The onset of faba bean farming in the Southern Levant.
The onset of faba bean farming in the Southern Levant.
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DOI：
10.1038/srep14370
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发表时间：
2015-10-13
影响因子：
4.6
通讯作者：
Boaretto E
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作者：
Caracuta V;Barzilai O;Khalaily H;Milevski I;Paz Y;Vardi J;Regev L;Boaretto E
尽管蚕豆 (Vicia faba L.) 是种植最普遍的作物之一，但人们对其起源知之甚少。在这里，我们报告了在黎凡特南部下加利利地区三个相邻新石器时代遗址发现的烧焦蚕豆，这为了解该物种的早期历史提供了新的见解。考古遗迹的生物测量、放射性碳测年和稳定碳同位素分析，在现代材料实验的支持下，将这种作物的最早种植时间追溯到约 10,200calBP。在这些邻近地点发现的大量蚕豆表明该地区蚕豆的集约化生产只能通过种植非休眠种子来实现。对突变非休眠种群的选择表明，该作物的驯化早在公元 11 世纪就发生了。植物驯化|蚕豆前陶器新石器时代 B|放射性碳测年| Δ13C 分析。
Even though the faba bean (Vicia faba L.) is among the most ubiquitously cultivated crops, very little is known about its origins. Here, we report discoveries of charred faba beans from three adjacent Neolithic sites in the lower Galilee region, in the southern Levant, that offer new insights into the early history of this species. Biometric measurements, radiocarbon dating and stable carbon isotope analyses of the archaeological remains, supported by experiments on modern material, date the earliest farming of this crop to ~10,200 cal BP. The large quantity of faba beans found in these adjacent sites indicates intensive production of faba beans in the region that can only have been achieved by planting non-dormant seeds. Selection of mutant-non-dormant stock suggests that the domestication of the crop occurred as early as the 11th millennium cal BP. Plant domestication| Vicia faba L.| Pre-Pottery Neolithic B| radiocarbon dating| Δ13C analysis.