کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
1037730 943948 2006 12 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Africa's earliest bananas?
موضوعات مرتبط
مهندسی و علوم پایه مهندسی مواد دانش مواد (عمومی)
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Africa's earliest bananas?
چکیده انگلیسی

The recent discovery of banana phytoliths dating to the first millennium BC in Cameroon has ignited debate about the timing of the introduction of this important food crop to Africa. This paper presents new phytolith evidence obtained from one of three sediment cores from a swamp at Munsa, Uganda, that appears to indicate the presence of bananas (Musa) at this site during the fourth millennium BC. This discovery is evaluated in the light of existing knowledge of phytolith taphonomy, the history of Musa, ancient Indian Ocean trade and African prehistory.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Journal of Archaeological Science - Volume 33, Issue 1, January 2006, Pages 102–113
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