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ArticleVegetation history and archaeobotany2026

Introduction, spread and selective breeding of crops: new archaeobotanical data from southern Italy in the early Middle Ages.

Girolamo Fiorentino, Anna Maria Grasso, Milena Primavera

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Article in Vegetation history and archaeobotany, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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3 authors.

Girolamo FiorentinoLaboratorio di Archeobotanica e Paleoecologia, Dipartimento di Beni Culturali, Università del Salento, Via D. Birago 64, 73100 Lecce, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-8480-891X
Anna Maria GrassoLaboratorio di Archeobotanica e Paleoecologia, Dipartimento di Beni Culturali, Università del Salento, Via D. Birago 64, 73100 Lecce, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-4757-1823
Milena PrimaveraLaboratorio di Archeobotanica e Paleoecologia, Dipartimento di Beni Culturali, Università del Salento, Via D. Birago 64, 73100 Lecce, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-2806-0318

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This paper presents a summary of the record of the cultivated plant macroremains from southern Italy during the early Middle Ages, with a focus on the recent discoveries of crop remains in Sicily. These have shed light on the introduction of new plants in the central Mediterranean region at ca. 500-1100 ce. Specifically, we are dealing with the first evidence of the adoption of two new varieties of crops, one of flax ( Supplementary Information: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s00334-024-00989-7.

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Early Middle AgesGossypium herbaceum/arboreumLinum usitatissimumSolanum melongenaSouthern ItalyVicia faba

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PMID41659819
PMCPMC12881126

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