Our knowledge of the origins of olive tree domestication in the Middle East and on the
processes governing its extension and persistence in different vegetation types from prehistory …

Background Unravelling domestication processes is crucial for understanding how species
respond to anthropogenic pressures, forecasting crop responses to future global changes …

Generally speaking, charcoal analysis is based on identifying and counting charcoal
fragments in order to calculate the relative variations in taxa frequency. All post-depositional …

Background and Aims In spite of the abundance of archaeological, bio-archaeological,
historical and genetic data, the origins, historical biogeography, identity of ancient grapevine …

Aim This study intends to improve our understanding of historical biogeography of olive
domestication in the Mediterranean Basin, particularly in the north‐western area. Location …

Grapevine (Vitis vinifera), one of the most important fruit species in the Classical Mediterranean
world, is thought to have been domesticated first in South-Western Asia, during the …

The present diversity of the olive (crop) and oleaster (wild) tree was investigated with nuclear
and cytoplasm markers. Patterns of diversity of the wild form inferred eleven ancestral …

Aim The main purpose of this work is to understand the origin, history, historical biogeography
and mechanisms of date palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.) domestication. Location Seeds of …

Morphometric analyses show quantitative differences in anatomical characters of wood and
charcoal between wild and cultivated olive. Samples from modern olive wood in eastern …

Background and Aims Date palms (Phoenix dactylifera, Arecaceae) are of great economic
and ecological value to the oasis agriculture of arid and semi-arid areas. However, despite …