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Urartian crop plant remains from Patnos (Aǧri), eastern Turkey

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 December 2013

Emel Oybak Dönmez
Emel Oybak Dönmez
Affiliation:
Hacettepe University, Ankara
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Abstract

The analysis of eight samples of carbonised plant material from the Patnos area (Aǧri), an important site of the Urartian period in eastern Turkey is presented. Bread/macaroni wheat (Triticum aestivum L./T. durum Desf.) and domesticated emmer wheat (Triticum dicoccum Schübl.) are the main crop plants. Hulled barley (Hordeum L.) is less abundantly represented. Pulse seeds, bitter vetch (Vicia ervilia (L.) Willd.), lentil (Lens culinaris Medik.) and Latyhrus L.-type were found in smaller numbers. A few wild seeds were also recorded.

Özet

Bu çalışmada, Türkiye'nin doǧusunda, Urartu Uygarlıǧı'nın önemli yerleşim yerlerinden biri olan Patnos yöresindeki (Aǧn) kazılarda alınan sekiz arkeobotanik örneǧin içindeki kömürleşmiş bitki kısımlarının analiz sonuçları verilmektedir. Analiz sonuçları, Urartular döneminde, Patnos bölgesinde ekmeklik/sert buǧdayın (Triticum aestivum L./T. durum Desf.) ve evcilleştirilmiş iki-sıralı buǧdayın (Triticum dicoccum Schübl.) temel tarla bitkileri olduǧunu göstermiştir. Kabuklu arpa (Hordeum L.) taneleri daha az miktardadır. Çok daha az miktarda bakliyata ait burçak (Vicia ervilia (L.) Willd.), mercimek (Lens culinaris Medik.) ve mürdümük-tip (Latyhrus L.) tohumları bulunmuştur. Yine çok az miktarda yabani bitki meyveleri/tohumları kaydedilmiştir.

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Research Article
Information
Anatolian Studies , Volume 53 , December 2003 , pp. 89 - 95
Copyright
Copyright © The British Institute at Ankara 2003

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