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Sedimentary DNA from a submerged site reveals wheat in the British Isles 8000 years ago

Published:2015-02-27 Issue:6225 Volume:347 Page:998-1001
ISSN:0036-8075
Container-title:Science
language:en
Short-container-title:Science

Author:

Smith Oliver¹,Momber Garry²,Bates Richard³,Garwood Paul⁴,Fitch Simon⁵,Pallen Mark⁶,Gaffney Vincent⁷,Allaby Robin G.¹

Affiliation:

1. School of Life Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK.

2. Maritime Archaeology Trust, Room W1/95, National Oceanography Centre, Empress Dock, Southampton SO14 3ZH, UK.

3. Department of Earth Sciences, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, Fife KY16 9AL, Scotland.

4. Department of Classics, Ancient History and Archaeology, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK.

5. School of History and Cultures, University of Birmingham, IBM VISTA ERI Building, Pritchatts Road, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK.

6. Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK.

7. Division of Archaeological, Geographical and Environmental Sciences, University of Bradford, Bradford, West Yorkshire BD7 1DP, UK.

Abstract

Early wheat movement into Britain The transition into the New Stone Age, or Neolithic period, in Great Britain and Europe was characterized by a change from hunter-gatherers to farmers. However, the early stages of this transition are not well understood. Smith et al. studied archaeological remains at an 8000-year-old site that has been underwater ever since the Neolithic (see the Perspective by Larson). The finds include evidence of wheat (or a relative of wheat) 2000 years before the first documented farmers in Britain. It seems that trade may have preceded the adoption of farming. Science , this issue p. 998 ; see also p. 945

Funder

Warwick Medical School

Publisher

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Subject

Multidisciplinary

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