Neolithic Founder Crops
The
Neolithic founder crops
(or 'primary domesticates') are the eight species of
plant
that were
domesticated
by early
Holocene
(
Pre-Pottery Neolithic A
and
B
) farming communities in the
Fertile Crescent
region of
Southwest Asia
. They consist of
flax
, three
cereals
and four
pulses
, and are the first known domesticated plants in the world.
Cereals
Emmer
(
Triticum dicoccum
, descended from the wild
T. dicoccoides
)
Einkorn
(
Triticum monococcum
, descended from the wild
T. boeoticum
)
Barley
(
Hordeum vulgare/sativum
, descended from the wild
H. spontaneum
)
Pulses
Lentil
(
Lens culinaris
)
Pea
(
Pisum sativum
)
Chick pea
(
Cicer arietinum
)
Bitter vetch
(
Vicia ervilia
)
Other
Flax
(
Linum usitatissimum
)
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