The ancient DNA and archaeobotanical analysis suggest cultivation of Triticum aestivum subsp. spelta at Yumuktepe and Yenikapı Pottery Neolithic sites in Turkey

• Published in: Genetic resources and crop evolution Vol. 70; no. 2; pp. 657 - 676
• Main Authors: Değirmenci, Funda Ö., Ulaş, Burhan, Kansu, Çiğdem, Uluğ, Asiye, Caneva, Isabella, Asal, Rahmi, Kaya, Zeki
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 01.02.2023; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Aegilops tauschii; Agriculture; archaeobotany; Archaeological sites; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Cultivation; Deoxyribonucleic acid; DNA; genes; Genomes; Grain; hexaploidy; Historic sites; Life Sciences; Neolithic; Nucleotide sequence; nucleotide sequences; Physical characteristics; Plant Genetics and Genomics; Plant Physiology; Plant Sciences; Plant Systematics/Taxonomy/Biogeography; Pottery; Research Article; Seeds; Stone Age; Triticum aestivum; Triticum aestivum subsp. spelta; Triticum dicoccum; Triticum turgidum subsp. dicoccon; Turkey (country); Wheat; Turkey; Yumuktepe; IGS region; Yenikapi; aDNA; subsp

Archaeobotanical materials subject to aDNA analysis were recovered from Yumuktepe and Yenikapı, two important archaeological sites in Anatolia and date back to the Pottery Neolithic Period i.e., 7th millennium BC. Many charred ancient seeds representing various cereal species including a great numbe...