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ArticlePloS one2023

The introduction and spread of rye (Secale cereale) in the Iberian Peninsula.

Luís Seabra, Andrés Teira-Brión, Inés López-Dóriga, María Martín-Seijo, Rubim Almeida, João Pedro Tereso

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  2. Commensal domestication pathways amongst plants: exploring segetal and ruderal crop origins.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2025
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  3. Stable isotope analyses (Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2025
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Luís SeabraInBIO Associate Laboratory, CIBIO, Research Center In Biodiversity and Genetic Resources, University of Porto, Vila do Conde, Porto, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0002-9123-8457
Andrés Teira-BriónSchool of Archaeology, University of Oxford, Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0001-8997-1425
Inés López-DórigaWessex Archaeology, Salisbury, Wiltshire, United Kingdom.
María Martín-SeijoDepartamento de Ciencias Históricas, Universidad de Cantabria, Santander, Cantabria, Spain.
Rubim AlmeidaInBIO Associate Laboratory, CIBIO, Research Center In Biodiversity and Genetic Resources, University of Porto, Vila do Conde, Porto, Portugal.
João Pedro TeresoInBIO Associate Laboratory, CIBIO, Research Center In Biodiversity and Genetic Resources, University of Porto, Vila do Conde, Porto, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0003-0871-8255

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Some of the earliest Western European macroremains of rye (Secale cereale) have been recently recovered in Northwest Iberia. However, the chronological and cultural contexts of these remains have not been yet exhaustively analysed. To address this gap of research, previous and unpublished assemblages have been reviewed and analysed through an analytical set of methods: biometry, radiocarbon dates and integrating the remains of rye in the broad archaeobotanical record of the region. Results show the earliest macroremains of rye in the Iberian Peninsula date to a period between the 3rd century and the first half of the 1st century BCE. Rye was usually found in assemblages dominated by spelt and other cereals, in whose fields it was likely acting as a weed. There is no record of rye for about the two following centuries, after which it is probably reintroduced, now as a crop. It is found in several sites from the 3rd-4th centuries CE onwards, suggesting it is a staple crop as in other regions in Europe. Significant differences in grain size are only recorded in a 10th-11th century settlement, suggesting few changes in grain morphometry before Medieval times.

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PMCPMC10171662

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