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Título: The origins of agriculture in North-West Africa: Macro-botanical remains from Epipalaeolithic and Early Neolithic levels of Ifri Oudadane (Morocco)
Autores/as: Morales, Jacob 
Pérez-Jordà, Guillem
Peña-Chocarro, Leonor
Zapata, Lydia
Ruíz-Alonso, Mónica
López-Sáez, Jose Antonio
Linstädter, Jörg
Clasificación UNESCO: 550405 Prehistoria
550501 Arqueología
Palabras clave: Origin of agriculture
Wild plant gathering
Basketry
Archaeobotany
Morocco, et al.
Fecha de publicación: 2013
Editor/a: 0305-4403
Publicación seriada: Journal of Archaeological Science 
Resumen: This research aims to shed light on the early stages of agricultural development in Northern Africa through the analysis of the rich macro-botanical assemblages obtained from Ifri Oudadane, an Epipalaeolithic–Early Neolithic site from North-East Morocco. Results indicate the presence of domesticated plants, cereals (Hordeum vulgare, Triticum monococcum/dicoccum, Triticum durum and Triticum aestivum/durum) and pulses (Lens culinaris and Pisum sativum) in the Early Neolithic. One lentil has been dated to 7611 ± 37 cal BP representing the oldest direct date of a domesticated plant seed in Morocco and, by extension, in North Africa. Similarities in both radiocarbon dates and crop assemblages from Early Neolithic sites in Northern Morocco and the Iberian Peninsula suggest a simultaneous East to West maritime spread of agriculture along the shores of the Western Mediterranean. Wild plants were abundantly collected in both the Epipalaeolithic and the Early Neolithic periods pointing to the important role of these resources during the two periods. In addition to fruits and seeds that could have been consumed by both humans and domesticated animals, fragments of esparto grass (Stipa tenacissima) rhizomes have been identified. This is a western Mediterranean native plant that may have been used as a source of fibres for basketry.
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10553/46126
ISSN: 0305-4403
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2013.01.026
Fuente: Journal Of Archaeological Science[ISSN 0305-4403],v. 40 (6), p. 2659-2669
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