Archaeobotany of capers ( Capparis ) (Capparaceae)

Autor:	Francisco Alcaraz, Concepción Obón, Cristina Inocencio, E. Carreño, Antonio Reales, Diego Rivera
Rok vydání:	2002
Předmět:	Mediterranean climate Capparis Archeology Flora Cultivated plant taxonomy biology Paleontology Capparaceae Plant Science Chalcolithic biology.organism_classification Archaeology Geography Paleoethnobotany Bronze Age Botany
Zdroj:	Vegetation History and Archaeobotany. 11:295-314
ISSN:	1617-6278 0939-6314
Popis:	The origins of capers, their use and cultivation are discussed. Capers seeds and charcoal are often recovered from archaeological sites of the Mediterranean and West Asia. These are referred to as C. Spinosa L. This is mostly a group of cultivars restricted to localities surrounding the Western Mediterranean and some places in the Eastern Mediterranean. Identification of the findings is discussed in terms of seed morphology, present distribution and ancient uses of C. aegyptia Lam., C. sicula Veill., C. cartilaginea Decne, C. orientalis Veill., C. decidua (Forssk.) Edgew. and other species. Citations of Capparis in early Rabbinic, Mesopotamian and Greco-Roman texts are presented.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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