The place of millet in food globalization during Late Prehistory as evidenced by new bioarchaeological data from the Caucasus

Abstract Two millets, Panicum miliaceum and Setaria italica, were domesticated in northern China, around 6000 BC. Although its oldest evidence is in Asia, possible independent domestication of these species in the Caucasus has often been proposed. To verify this hypothesis, a multiproxy research pro...

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Main Authors: Lucie Martin, Erwan Messager, Giorgi Bedianashvili, Nana Rusishvili, Elena Lebedeva, Catherine Longford, Roman Hovsepyan, Liana Bitadze, Marine Chkadua, Nikoloz Vanishvili, Françoise Le Mort, Kakha Kakhiani, Mikheil Abramishvili, Giorgi Gogochuri, Bidzina Murvanidze, Gela Giunashvili, Vakhtang Licheli, Aurélie Salavert, Guy Andre, Estelle Herrscher
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-06-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-92392-9