The various species of hulled and naked wheat (triticum = t.) and barley (hordeum) are among the earliest domesticated plants of the Middle East (Q. Ǧarmu; Çatal H.; Faiyum). Besides emmer (t. dicoccum) and einkorn (t. monococcum), both hulled, the common or bread wheat (naked; t. aestivum) are also species of wheat. The fact that the hulled sorts, which require more work (removal of the hull through roasting), also predominated in…
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Nissen, Hans Jörg (Berlin) and
Sallares, Robert (Manchester),
“Grain”, in:
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