Discuții asupra prezenței speciei Chenopodium album în așezările preistorice din România

Herbaceous plants have being very important for human consumption. Chenopodium album (fat hen) species was discovered in 12 Eneolithic and Bronze Age sites in Romania. These discoveries can suggest the usage of this plant, most probably for human consumption. Although only through discovery of a lar...

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Published inStudii de preistorie no. 13; pp. 129 - 143
Main Author Golea, Mihaela
Format Journal Article
LanguageRomanian
Published Editura Cetatea de Scaun 2016
Cetatea de Scaun Publishing House
Subjects
Archaeology
settlements
Chenopodium album
carpology
seeds
archaeobotany
Eneolithic
alimentation
Bronze Age
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Summary:Herbaceous plants have being very important for human consumption. Chenopodium album (fat hen) species was discovered in 12 Eneolithic and Bronze Age sites in Romania. These discoveries can suggest the usage of this plant, most probably for human consumption. Although only through discovery of a large quantity of Chenopodium album seeds, one can be sure of its utilisation, knowing the contexts’ of discoveries, the awareness of this plant’s properties and benefits for consumption can be suggested. Knowing its properties and medicinal values, in the summer of 2016 we conducted an experiment regarding the fat hen’ time of collecting and preparing the plant for using it in culinary recipes. The purpose of this experiment was to understand the dificulty degree of the plant collecting and discovering its taste.
ISSN:2065-2526
2065-2534