Cutting the Mustard: New Insights Into the Plant Economy of Late Neolithic Tepe Khaleseh (Iran)
Cutting the Mustard: New Insights Into the Plant Economy of Late Neolithic Tepe Khaleseh (Iran)
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10.1080/05786967.2019.1642792
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2019-07
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Jade Whitlam;H. Valipour;M. Charles
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作者：
Jade Whitlam;H. Valipour;M. Charles
摘要 在伊朗西北部赞詹省的一个小型定居点土丘 Tepe Khaleseh 进行的挖掘工作中，发现了许多可追溯到公元前六千年下半叶的建筑，其中包括一座陶窑。从该地点发现的烧焦的植物遗骸为种植多种谷物和豆类提供了证据，这在该地区当代遗址中很少见。对考古植物组合的分析也使得该地点的燃料使用得以重建，野生芥菜被认为在该定居点的燃料经济中发挥了关键作用。这里提出的结果极大地扩展了我们对新石器时代晚期伊朗北部植物管理的理解，在这个时期我们看到农业从新月沃地传播到欧亚大陆。
ABSTRACT Excavations at Tepe Khaleseh, a small-settlement mound in the Zanjan Province of northwest Iran, have uncovered numerous structures dating to the second half of the sixth millennium B.C., including a pottery kiln. The charred plant remains recovered from the site provide evidence for the cultivation of a diverse spectrum of cereals, along with pulses, which are rare at contemporary sites in the region. Analysis of the archaeobotanical assemblage has also permitted a reconstruction of fuel use at the site, with wild mustards identified as having played a key role in the settlement’s fuel economy. The results presented here expand significantly on our understanding of plant management in northern Iran during the Late Neolithic, a period when we see the spread of farming out of the Fertile Crescent and into Eurasia.