The grape (Vitis vinifera L.) in the Neolithic of Britain

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ID3781114
AuthorsGlynis Jones (University of Sheffield, corresponding author), A J Legge (University of London, corresponding author), Anthony Legge
Year1987
Volume61
Issue233
Pages452-455
Publication date1987-11-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAntiquity (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0003-598X • E-ISSN: 1745-1744
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0003598x00073014
OpenAlexW2272193329
LanguageEN
Citations received11
References cited5

Southern England, especially after yet another miserably wet summer, seems a surprising place to find neolithic grape-pips - at least by comparison with the sunnier places like southern France and Greece where early records of both wild and domesticated grapes have been reported. But here is a find of a grape-pip from neolithic Dorset.Since seeds and grains have in the past proved intrusive even into deposits that seemed stratigraphically secure, an uncomfortable choice had to be made after the identification: to preserve the pip, leaving its date unproven; or to make a radiocarbon determination on the pip and so to destroy it in securing evidence of its date. The second option was taken, which is why this report is on a pip which no longer exists

Agriculture · Ancient history · Archaeology · Biology · Botany · Domestication · Geography · Paleoethnobotany · Radiocarbon dating · Vitis vinifera · Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Ecology · History · Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies

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