Barley as a Human Companion Species - Exploring the relationship between barley and North Atlantic peoples: 4000 BC – AD 1200

Barley (Hordeum vulgare) is an ancient cereal crop originating in the Fertile Crescent approximately 12,000 years ago and is presently one of the most important cereal crops globally. Barley has a long and complex history. This thesis aims to explore one dimension of this history through the lens of...

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Main Author: Combs, Chloe
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: CUNY Academic Works 2024
Subjects:
Barley
North Atlantic
Human Companion Species
Co-Constitutive
Mixed Paleoeconomic Systems
Feasting
Status
Bere Barley
Cultivation
Archaeological Anthropology
Environmental Studies
Food Studies
Social and Cultural Anthropology
Online Access:https://academicworks.cuny.edu/hc_sas_etds/1094
https://academicworks.cuny.edu/context/hc_sas_etds/article/2185/viewcontent/ChloeCombs_MAfinal___all_revs_1_.pdf
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Summary:Barley (Hordeum vulgare) is an ancient cereal crop originating in the Fertile Crescent approximately 12,000 years ago and is presently one of the most important cereal crops globally. Barley has a long and complex history. This thesis aims to explore one dimension of this history through the lens of human companion species using archaeobotanical data collected from the islands of the North Atlantic from the Neolithic (4,000 BC) to the Norse period (AD 1200).

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