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The Macroscopic Plant Remains from Euesperides (Benghazi): an interim report

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 March 2015

Ruth Pelling  and
Saleh al Hassy
Ruth Pelling
Affiliation:
Oxford University Museum
Saleh al Hassy
Affiliation:
Garyunis University, Benghazi
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Abstract

Recent excavations at the Greco-Libyan site of Euesperides, Benghazi, have included a sampling programme for the retrieval of macroscopic plant remains. Preliminary results are now available and help to shed some light on the economy of the site between the sixth and the third centuries BC. Barley is the principal cereal crop recorded, while both hulled and free-threshing wheats are present. Fruit remains generally dominate the samples and include frequent seeds of grape and fig. The grape pips are of interest in that they appear to be morphologically more wild than cultivated. It is thought that they may be of a variety which does not conform with the characteristics of better known northern Mediterranean varieties of grape.

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Libyan Studies , Volume 28 , 1997 , pp. 1 - 4
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Copyright © Society for Libyan Studies 1997

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