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- Caral: The Earliest Civilization in the New WorldUpdated: Sat Jul 5 21:49:11 2008
A collection of sites in the Supe Valley of Peru are proving to be the ancestral source of the Inca and other later civilizations of South and Central America. Caral and the other Supe Valley sites… - Lost Race Myth - The Moundbuilder or Lost Race MythUpdated: Sat Jul 5 14:03:09 2008
The lost race or moundbuilder myth is one created by incoming European settlers of the North American continent who could not, or did not want to, believe that the mounds had been built by the Nati… - Hisarlik - The Ancient Site of Troy - HisarlikUpdated: Fri Jul 4 20:01:52 2008
Hisarlik is the modern name for the ancient site of Troy, located in what is now Turkey… - Temples - What Archaeologists call Shrines or TemplesUpdated: Fri Jul 4 14:37:51 2008
Basically, archaeologists think of the word temple as meaning one of three kinds of shrines… - The Parthenon - What is the ParthenonUpdated: Fri Jul 4 14:25:15 2008
The archaeological site called the Parthenon was a monument to the Greek Goddess Athena, built during the 4th century BC… - Dating in Archaeology - Timing is Everything, A Short Course in Dati…Updated: Tue Jul 1 12:08:19 2008
A short course on the various dating methods used in archaeological science over the centuries. Part 1: Relative Dating… - Minoan Civilization - Timeline and Description of the Minoan civiliz…Updated: Sun Jun 29 21:54:40 2008
The Minoan civilization is what archaeologists call the early part of the prehistoric Bronze Age of Greece. … - Australian Settlement - When was the Australian SettlementUpdated: Sun Jun 29 19:54:15 2008
New mitochondrial data reported in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences on May 7, 2007, supports the somewhat still controversial Australian colonization as having occurred at about … - Danger Cave - Paleoindian Site of Danger CaveUpdated: Sun Jun 29 14:39:05 2008
Danger Cave, located in western Utah in the American southwest, contains evidence of 11,000 years of occupation in the desert southwest… - Pine Nuts - Archaeology and Pine NutsUpdated: Sun Jun 29 13:53:14 2008
The harvest of tasty and calorie-rich pine nuts in the mountains of the American southwest has been going on for nearly 10,000 years; and I think I can guess why. … - Phaistos Disk - What is the Phaistos DiskUpdated: Sun Jun 29 12:59:33 2008
The Phaistos Disk is the name given to a pottery disk, both sides impressed with mysterious symbols and said to have been discovered by Italian archaeologist Luigi Pernier at the Minoan palace of P… - Pyramid Text of Saqqara - What are the Pyramid TextsUpdated: Sat Jun 28 14:27:19 2008
The pyramid texts are among the oldest religious writings in the world, found carved on the walls of the Egyptian tombs at Saqqara, and likely dated to the late 5th or early 6th dynasty (about 2435… - Erlitou - What and Where is ErlitouUpdated: Sat Jun 28 12:59:08 2008
Erlitou is a very large Bronze Age (Shang or Xia Dynasty) site located 9 kilometers southwest of Yanshi City in Henan Province of China. … - Piltdown Man - What is the Piltdown ManUpdated: Fri Jun 27 14:47:44 2008
The perpetrators of the infamous Piltdown hoax of the early 20th century have never been satisfactorily identified. … - Linear A - Undeciphered Writing System of the Minoans Linear AUpdated: Fri Jun 27 12:12:11 2008
Linear A is the name given to the as-yet-undeciphered written language of the Minoan people on the island of Crete, and it is one of two used during the Proto-palatial period (1900-1700 BC). … - Lustreware - Medieval Islamic Pottery Technique called LustrewareUpdated: Thu Jun 26 01:24:48 2008
Lustreware is a decorative technique invented by the 9th century AD Abbasid potters of the Islamic Civilization in what is today Iraq… - Paviland Cave - Aurignacian Burial in Wales Paviland CaveUpdated: Thu Jun 26 00:47:46 2008
Paviland Cave is a cave in South Wales dated to the Early Upper Paleolithic period between 30,000-20,000 years ago. … - Pinniped - Why Archaeologists Care about the PinnipedUpdated: Wed Jun 25 20:09:53 2008
A pinniped is a marine mammal, such as a seal or sea lion. They were an important food source to early coastal residents of the New World… - Pikillacta - the Wari Empire site of PikillactaUpdated: Wed Jun 25 16:43:32 2008
The site of Pikillacta is an enormous set of ruins of the Wari Empire. … - Acheulean Tradition - What is the Acheulean TraditionUpdated: Wed Jun 25 15:47:12 2008
The Acheulean Tradition is an Old World Middle Paleolithic culture, dated from 1.4 million years ago to 100,000 years ago. … - Monte Loreto - Copper Mines of Monte LoretoUpdated: Wed Jun 25 15:41:09 2008
The copper mines in the valleys and side walls of Monte Loreto in the Liguria region of Italy are some of the earliest known copper mines in the Iberian peninsula… - Royal Purple - Elite Purple Dye of Roman and Medieval Period, Royal …Updated: Mon Jun 23 22:04:22 2008
Royal Purple is the deep purple pigment used for elite clothing beginning in the Roman period and illuminated manuscripts through the Middle Ages… - Inca Empire - Study Guide of the Inca EmpireUpdated: Mon Jun 23 22:03:08 2008
The Inca empire was the largest pre-hispanic empire of South America when it was 'discovered' by the Spanish conquistadors in the 16th century AD… - San Blas - Late Archaic Mexican Archaeological Site of San BlasUpdated: Mon Jun 23 21:59:27 2008
The destroyed Late Archaic archaeological site of San Blas, Mexico was located near the town of the same name in Nayarit. … - Machu Picchu - an Introduction to Machu PicchuUpdated: Mon Jun 23 20:39:28 2008
On a cloud-draped ridge between the two peaks lies the site of Machu Picchu, part of the estate of the Inca king Pachacuti, one of the glories of the ancient past. … - Hoards - Archaeological Caches called HoardsUpdated: Mon Jun 23 14:36:27 2008
"Hoards" or "caches" refer to collections of objects which were intentionally gathered together and buried underground. … - Kingdom of Kush - the Ancient Civilization known as the Kingdom of K…Updated: Mon Jun 23 14:04:38 2008
After classical Egypt, the first civilization in Africa was called Kush or Kushite, located on the third cataract of the Nile River in what is now the Sudan… - Tombos - New Kingdom Colony of TombosUpdated: Mon Jun 23 13:25:20 2008
The archaeological site of Tombos is a New Kingdom period colony in Nubia (present-day Sudan). … - Kerma - The Ancient Kushite Capital of KermaUpdated: Mon Jun 23 13:13:26 2008
Kerma is the name of a kingdom and cultural group in the Sudanese Nubia, which grew out of the A-Group culture (or pre-Kerma) during the Egyptian Middle Kingdom (ca 2000-1600 BC)… - Dartmoor - Why Archaeologists Care about DartmoorUpdated: Sat Jun 21 20:43:14 2008
Dartmoor is an extensive agricultural field system in Devon, southwest England, dated to the latter part of the 2nd millennium BC; now a national park in the UK. … - Sediment Core Analysis in ArchaeologyCreated: Sat Jun 21 14:30:37 2008
Sediment cores are an extremely useful tool used in conjunction with archaeological studies. Basically, a geologist uses a long narrow metal (generally aluminum) tube to sample the soil deposits in… - Ostionoid CultureUpdated: Sat Jun 21 12:56:45 2008
The Ostionoid culture is the name given to the pottery-making horticulturalists of the Caribbean Sea between about AD 500-1000. … - Uluburun - What and where is UluburunUpdated: Fri Jun 20 21:13:21 2008
Uluburun is the name of a Late Bronze Age ship, wrecked off the coast of Turkey near Kas in the 14th century BC and about 50 meters below the water's surface and six miles from the coast. … - Ticks and Lyme Disease - Safety Tips in ArchaeologyUpdated: Fri Jun 20 20:01:42 2008
Ticks are more than a nuisance to working archaeologists, they can carry life-threatening diseases… - Jiangzhai - Neolithic Yangshao Culture Site of JiangzhaiUpdated: Thu Jun 19 19:36:55 2008
Jiangzhai is a large Neolithic village (Yangshao culture) located in Lintong County, first occupied about 4800 BC. … - Australia and New Zealand - Archaeology Graduate Schools in Australi…Updated: Thu Jun 19 19:23:57 2008
A listing of universities in Australia and New Zealand that award graduate degrees to prospective archaeologists. … - Library of Ashurbanipal - Assyrian Library of AshurbanipalUpdated: Thu Jun 19 19:23:20 2008
The Library of Ashurbanipal is a collection of clay tablets written during the Mesopotamian king Ashurbanipal's reign between about 668-627 BC. … - Chankillo (Peru) - The Ancient Observatory of ChankilloUpdated: Thu Jun 19 19:22:36 2008
Chankillo (also spelled Chanquillo) is a ceremonial center and solar observatory located within an area of rock outcrops and sand ramps in the Casma-Sechin river valley of arid coastal Peru. … - Betty Jane Meggers - Who is Betty Jane MeggersUpdated: Thu Jun 19 19:15:42 2008
American archaeologist Betty Meggers is probably best known for her extensive work conducted in association with her husband Clifford Evans in the South American continent, including Marajo Island,… - Hinds Cave - Rockshelter in Southwest Texas Hinds CaveUpdated: Thu Jun 19 19:13:37 2008
Hinds Cave (Smithsonian catalog no. 41VV456) is a dry rockshelter located in the Still Canyon of southwestern Texas, about 1.3 kilometers north of its confluence with the Pecos River. … - Sidon - Phoenician City State and Harbor SidonUpdated: Thu Jun 19 19:11:15 2008
The archaeological site of Sidon includes the ruins of what was an important city-state of the Iron Age civilization of Phoenicia also called Canaan, and the center port for trade between Assyria, … - Sibudu Cave - Middle Stone Age site of Sibudu CaveUpdated: Thu Jun 19 18:49:59 2008
Sibudu Cave is an extremely important Middle Stone Age (MSA) rockshelter located on the Tongati River near the KwaZulu coast of South Africa… - Early Modern Human Projectile Points - Refitted Bone Arrow Point fro…Updated: Thu Jun 19 15:48:05 2008
Recent investigations at Sibudu Cave and other Early Modern Human sites in South Africa suggest that the bow and arrow was part of the tool kit of Howiesons Poort/Still Bay cultures some 60,000 yea… - Howiesons Poort and Stillbay IndustriesUpdated: Thu Jun 19 13:48:08 2008
The most advanced industries of the Middle Stone Age are those of the Howiesons Poort and Stillbay industries of southern Africa… - Tell Asmar Sculpture Hoard (Iraq) - Mesopotamia Sculpture from Tell …Updated: Thu Jun 19 12:22:40 2008
The Tell Asmar sculpture hoard is a collection of 12 alabaster statues, discovered beneath the floor of the Square Temple at the Mesopotamian site of Tell Asmar (Iraq)… - Tell Asmar - Mesopotamian City of Eshnunna Tell AsmarUpdated: Thu Jun 19 12:21:37 2008
Tell Asmar is an ancient mound located in the Diyala Plain of Iraq, with important Early Dynastic period deposits of the Mesopotamian civilization… - San Agustin - Archaeology Sculptures of San AgustinUpdated: Tue Jun 17 21:54:58 2008
The San Agustin archaeological park in Colombia includes a wide variety of stone sculptures carved between AD 100 and 1200… - Lucy - The Australopithecus afarensis LucyUpdated: Tue Jun 17 21:07:09 2008
Lucy is the name of the nearly complete skeleton of an Australopithecus afarensis, found in 1974 at AL 288, a site in the Hadar archaeological region on the Afar Triangle of Ethiopia… - Underwater, Maritime and Marine - Archaeology Graduate Schools by Pr…Updated: Tue Jun 17 19:37:52 2008
Programs that provide advanced training in underwater, marine, and maritime archaeology. … - A Walking Tour of Machu Picchu, PeruUpdated: Tue Jun 17 13:31:50 2008
The residential palace of the Inca king Pachacuti has drawn tourists from all over the world because of its lovely impossible location at the edge of the world. Gina Carey was at Machu Picchu durin… - Josiah Wedgwood - Why do Archaeologists care about Josiah WedgwoodUpdated: Tue Jun 17 13:17:43 2008
Innovative British potter and businessman Josiah Wedgwood's role in archaeology came about in 1769, when he created pots based on Greek and Etruscan vases owned by the diplomat William Hamilton… - Luminescence DatingUpdated: Tue Jun 17 00:57:27 2008
Although the best known form of luminescence dating is thermoluminescence (or TL), there are several scientific methods which can specify the date of certain artifacts or soil sediments by measurin… - Opal Phytoliths - How do archaeologists use Opal PhytolithsUpdated: Mon Jun 16 19:52:42 2008
The analysis of opal phytoliths has become, over the past thirty years or so, a workhorse of archaeological science. Phytolith analysis is an example of how inventive researchers in archaeology use… - History of Rice - Archaeological Evidence of the History of RiceUpdated: Mon Jun 16 16:56:57 2008
Archaeology has traced the history of rice to nearly 12,000 years ago. … - Ecotourism - What is ecotourismUpdated: Mon Jun 16 14:56:02 2008
Ecotourism is not simply adventure travel or travel off the beaten path, but rather a specific type of travel with conditions set by an international community. … - Carthage - The Phoenician Colony of CarthageUpdated: Mon Jun 16 14:42:45 2008
Carthage was a Phoenician colony located in what is now the country of Tunisia about 15 kilometers from the capital city of Tunis. … - Lustreware - Medieval Islamic Pottery Technique called LustrewareUpdated: Sun Jun 15 19:31:49 2008
Lustreware is a decorative technique invented by the 9th century AD Abbasid potters of what is today Iraq… - Plant Domestication - History of Plant Domestication - Table of Date…Updated: Fri Jun 13 14:46:47 2008
A table of dates, places, and links to further detailed information about the domestication of plants. … - Blombos Cave - Early Modern Humans at Blombos CaveUpdated: Fri Jun 13 14:45:09 2008
Great strides in understanding the development of modern human beings are being taken at the very southern tip of Africa these days. … - Animal Diets - Mark of Domestication Animal DietsUpdated: Thu Jun 12 16:12:44 2008
A domesticated animal will eat differently than one in the wild, normally… - Animal Burials - Marks of Domestication Animals BurialsUpdated: Thu Jun 12 16:09:42 2008
How the remains of an animal are buried has implications about its status as a domesticate. … - Site Assemblages - Mark of Domestication Site AssemblagesUpdated: Thu Jun 12 16:08:07 2008
Site assemblages--the content and layout of settlements--hold clues to the presence of domesticated animals. … - Body Morphology - Mark of Animal Domestication Body MorphologyUpdated: Thu Jun 12 16:06:01 2008
One indication that a particular group of animals might be domesticated is a difference in body size and shape between a population and animals found in the wild, called morphology. … - Demography and Mortality Profiles - Marks of Domestication Demograph…Updated: Thu Jun 12 16:03:48 2008
Building and examining a mortality profile of an archaeological assemblage of animal bones, specifically the demographic spread of the animals represented, is one way that archaeologists identify t… - What is a Tell, Tel, or Tal? How Do Ancient Cities Become Buried?Updated: Thu Jun 12 15:51:32 2008
How do ancient cities become buried? Archaeologists working in modern and ancient cities face the same problems with layers and layers of occupation debris stacked up over the centuries. … - Viking Silver - Hoards of Viking SilverUpdated: Wed Jun 11 16:26:59 2008
Viking hoard is a stash of (mostly) silver coins, ingots, personal ornaments and fragmented metal left in buried deposits throughout the Viking empire between about AD 800 and 1150. … - Coprolite - What is a CoproliteUpdated: Wed Jun 11 16:23:47 2008
Coprolite is the name given to fossil feces, preserved human excrement discovered in an archaeological context… - Torcello - Glass-Making Workshops in the Venetian Lagoon at TorcelloUpdated: Wed Jun 11 16:22:15 2008
Torcello is the name of an island in the Venetian lagoon, where evidence for the development of Venetian glass-making arising from that of the Romans has been identified… - Baltic Amber - History of the Amber Trade and Baltic AmberUpdated: Wed Jun 11 16:21:36 2008
Baltic amber is a fossilized tree resin which formed about 60 million years ago and was actively traded beginning in the Mesolithic period of Europe. … - Tianyuan Cave - What and Where is Tianyuan CaveUpdated: Wed Jun 11 16:20:12 2008
The Early Modern Human site of Tianyuan Cave is located in the Tianyuan Tree Farm near Beijing, and it contains human remains dated to approximately 40,000 years ago. … - Maya Blue - What is Maya BlueUpdated: Wed Jun 11 16:13:44 2008
Maya Blue is the name of a pigment used by classic and post-classic Maya civilization to decorate pots, sculpture and murals. Its beautiful turquoise color has been the focus of archaeological stud… - Klisoura Cave - Where is Klisoura CaveUpdated: Wed Jun 11 16:01:21 2008
Klisoura Cave is a rockshelter and collapsed karstic cave in Klisoura gorge in the north-western Peloponnese, with a long occupation history and evidence for constructed hearths during the Upper Pa… - Cats - History of the Domestication of CatsUpdated: Wed Jun 11 16:00:34 2008
Although available evidence makes it difficult to say, the modern day cat was permanently domesticated about 4000 years ago, in Egypt. … - Cattle - History of the Domestication of CattleUpdated: Wed Jun 11 15:58:18 2008
Although evidence for hunting wild forms of cattle exists at archaeological sites dated to our earliest days on the planet, herding cattle was first accomplished in Western Asia by about 6000 BC, a… - Sunflowers - History of the Domestication of SunflowersUpdated: Wed Jun 11 15:55:21 2008
Sunflowers (Helianthus spp.) are native to the American continents. Prehistoric use of sunflowers included ornamental and ceremonial use, as well as for food and flavoring. … - Donkeys - History of the domestication of DonkeysUpdated: Wed Jun 11 15:54:30 2008
The modern donkey (Equus asinus) was bred from the wild African ass (E. africanus spp) in northeastern Africa during the predynastic period of Egypt, about 6,000 years ago. … - Horses - The History of the Domestication of HorsesUpdated: Wed Jun 11 15:52:29 2008
The modern domesticated horse (Equus caballus) is spread throughout the world and is among the most diverse creatures on the planet. … - Inca Road - What and Where was the Inca RoadUpdated: Wed Jun 11 15:50:52 2008
The Inca road system (called Capaq Ñan or Gran Ruta Inca) was an essential part of the success of the Inca Empire… - Cacao - The Archaeology of CacaoUpdated: Wed Jun 11 15:49:18 2008
Criollo cacao (Theobroma cacao spp cacao) is the name of a small tropical tree with large ovate fruit, native to the northern Amazon of South America but found in ancient planted groves throughout … - Goats - History of the Domestication of GoatsUpdated: Wed Jun 11 15:48:30 2008
Domestic goats (Capra hircus) were among the first domesticated animals. Beginning about 10,500-10,800 years ago, Neolithic farmers in the Near East began keeping small herds of goats for their mil… - Hoabinhian - What and when was the HoabinhianUpdated: Wed Jun 11 15:45:32 2008
The Hoabinhian Period is the name given to that section of Southeast Asian prehistory from about 13,000 to 3000 BC. … - Stable Isotopes for Dummies - Plain language description of stable i…Updated: Wed Jun 11 15:42:12 2008
This essay is a vastly over-simplified discussion of why stable isotope research works. If you are a stable isotope researcher, the imprecision of the description will drive you mad; but it is a fa… - American Cultural Resource Firms Conducting Archaeology ProjectsUpdated: Wed Jun 11 15:27:53 2008
A list of cultural resource firms that are based primarily in the United States and conduct archaeological studies. … - Subsistence - What is SubsistenceUpdated: Wed Jun 11 15:11:31 2008
Subsistence, to an archaeologist anyway, refers to the suite of behaviors that humans use to feed themselves… - Starch - What archaeologists do with StarchUpdated: Wed Jun 11 15:09:14 2008
Starch grains, tiny granules that operate within plants as the main mechanism for food storage, have become an important tool archaeologists use to identify the diets of past peoples… - Plant Residues - Archaeological Study of Plant ResiduesUpdated: Wed Jun 11 14:48:44 2008
A plant residue is the term used by archaeologists to refer to the microscopic parts of sticky bits left over from either processing or cooking vegetal matter… - Discovery of Fire - When was the Discovery of FireUpdated: Wed Jun 11 14:37:51 2008
The discovery of fire was one of the earliest discoveries of humans. Fire's purposes are multiple, some of which are to add light and heat, to cook plants and animals, to clear forests for plantin… - Box Gully - What and where is Box GullyUpdated: Wed Jun 11 14:28:03 2008
Box Gully is the name of a very old archaeological site located on Lake Tyrrell, northern Victoria, Australia. … - Arlington Springs - What and Where is Arlington SpringsUpdated: Wed Jun 11 14:08:39 2008
The Arlington Springs site is located on an island in the North Channel Islands off the coast of southern California in the western United States… - Eel Point - Paleocoastal Site in the Channel Islands of Eel PointUpdated: Wed Jun 11 13:56:27 2008
Eel Point is an archaeological site located on the central western shore of San Clemente Island, a Channel Island located off the California coast. … - Oasis Theory - What is the Oasis TheoryUpdated: Wed Jun 11 13:55:39 2008
The Oasis Theory is a core concept in archaeology, referring to one of the main hypotheses about the origins of agriculture. … - Aquileia - Roman Empire Center of AquileiaUpdated: Wed Jun 11 13:54:34 2008
Aquileia is an important archaeological site in northern Italy, and it was one of the richest Roman towns during the imperial period… - Olmec Civilization - Description and Timeline of the Olmec Civilizat…Updated: Wed Jun 11 13:53:44 2008
The Olmec civilization is the name given to a sophisticated central American culture between 1200 and 400 BC… - Mladec Cave - What is Mladec CaveUpdated: Wed Jun 11 13:52:53 2008
The cave site of Mladec in the Czech Republic contains modern human remains, Mladec-type projectile points, bone artifacts and other artifacts in a European site that would otherwise be assigned to… - Dolni Vestonice - What and Where is Dolni VestoniceUpdated: Wed Jun 11 13:52:06 2008
The Gravettian site of Dolní Vĕstonice is located near the modern town of Brno in the region of Moravia in the eastern part of what is now the Czech Republic… - Pyramids of Giza - What and Where are the Pyramids of GizaUpdated: Wed Jun 11 13:29:59 2008
The Pyramids of Giza consist of three Old Kingdom burial structures and the Sphinx, all built during the 4th dynasty of ancient Egypt. … - Tlapacoya - What and Where is TlapacoyaUpdated: Wed Jun 11 13:29:13 2008
The archaeological site of Tlapacoya is a multicomponent settlement located on an island in a precolumbian lake at the foot of the Tlapacoya volcano, in the central southern Basin of Mexico. … - Barbara Mertz - Who is Barbara MertzUpdated: Wed Jun 11 13:28:33 2008
American Egyptologist Barbara Mertz is best known for her numerous archaeologically-related novels, including a long-running series on the fictional Egyptologist family of Amelia Peabody and Radcli… - Fig Trees - Early Domestication of Fig TreesUpdated: Tue Jun 10 13:41:47 2008
Archaeological investigations have identified parthenocarpic fig fruits in six sites in the greater Mediterranean Sea region dated between 11,700 and 10,500 years ago, leading researchers to believ… - On Being a ScientistUpdated: Mon Jun 9 17:11:30 2008
What does being a scientist mean? Archaeological chemist Nikolaas van der Merwe gave the following seminar to the newly organized graduate student association at the University of Cape Town, South … - Akrotiri - What and Where is AkrotiriUpdated: Mon Jun 9 14:24:32 2008
The archaeological site of Akrotiri is the name given to a small Minoan settlement located on the volcanic island of Thera in the Aegean Sea… - Chinese Purple - Purple Pigment of the Terracotta Soldiers Chinese P…Updated: Mon Jun 9 13:58:20 2008
The color known as Chinese or Han Purple was a manufactured pigment used in China between about 500 BC and 220 AD, most famously on the terracotta soldiers of the Qin emperor. … - What do you mean, those aren't artifacts - Archaeology FAQCreated: Sun Jun 8 15:12:40 2008
A reader complains that nobody takes his artifact collection seriously--and wants to know what to do about it. … - Guila Naquitz - What and where is Guila NaquitzUpdated: Sun Jun 8 13:19:49 2008
Guilá Naquitz is a small cave located within the eastern range of mountains in the Valley of Oaxaca. … - Maize - The Domestication of MaizeUpdated: Sun Jun 8 13:01:25 2008
Maize is a plant of enormous modern-day economic usefulness, which has a curious domestication history. … - Barley - The Domestication of BarleyUpdated: Sat Jun 7 21:04:43 2008
Recent evidence suggests that barley (Hordeum vulgare) was domesticated at least twice, once in the Fertile Crescent, and once in central Asia at least 1500-3000 kilometers to the east. … - Maize Domestication Bibliography - Bibliography of the Domestication…Created: Sat Jun 7 20:43:40 2008
A brief bibliography of the study of the domestication of maize (or corn, as it is called in the Americas)…