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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2024

Early archaeological evidence of wheat and cotton from medieval Ile-Ife, Nigeria.

Amanda L Logan, Gérard L Chouin, Adisa B Ogunfolakan, Shannon Lally, Dela Kuma, Eli Kuto, Kristina Bell, Melissa S Rosenzweig, Alemseged Beldados

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Amanda L LoganDepartment of Anthropology, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208.ORCID 0000-0002-0682-9050
Gérard L ChouinDepartment of History, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA 23185.ORCID 0000-0001-8885-6919
Adisa B OgunfolakanAnastasios G Leventis Museum of Natural History, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ife 230001, Nigeria.ORCID 0000-0003-0970-4824
Shannon LallyDepartment of Anthropology, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208.ORCID 0009-0004-1474-7700
Dela KumaDepartment of Anthropology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260.ORCID 0000-0001-9745-5279
Eli KutoDepartment of Anthropology, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208.
Kristina BellDepartment of Anthropology, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208.
Melissa S RosenzweigDepartment of Anthropology, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208.
Alemseged BeldadosDepartment of Anthropology, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208.ORCID 0000-0002-2057-3602

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Carnegie Corporation of New York (CCNY) 000French Ministry of Foreign Affairs 000Northwestern University (NU) 00William and Mary Department of History 000
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Abstract

This study reports the earliest directly dated occurrence of archaeological wheat and cotton in the humid forests of West Africa. These are the first archaeobotanical results from the medieval urban center of Ile-Ife, southwestern Nigeria, best known for its famous artworks. Both wheat and cotton likely spread through trans-Saharan trade networks that laid the foundation for later European trade systems. Forty-eight (48) grains of free-threshing wheat (

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ArchaeologyGossypiumTriticumAgricultureCrops, AgriculturalHistory, MedievalHumansNigeriaAfricaarchaeobotanycottonmedievalwheat

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PMID39186667
PMCPMC11406262

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