Filipovic, Dragana, Meadows, John, Dal Corso, Marta, Kirleis, Wiebke ORCID: 0000-0003-0229-8958, Alsleben, Almuth, Akeret, Oerni, Bittmann, Felix, Bosi, Giovanna, Ciuta, Beatrice, Dreslerova, Dagmar, Effenberger, Henrike, Gyulai, Ferenc, Heiss, Andreas G. ORCID: 0000-0002-2989-7259, Hellmund, Monika, Jahns, Susanne, Jakobitsch, Thorsten ORCID: 0000-0001-9951-7445, Kapcia, Magda, Klooss, Stefanie, Kohler-Schneider, Marianne, Kroll, Helmut, Makarowicz, Przemyslaw, Marinova, Elena ORCID: 0000-0003-3793-3317, Maerkle, Tanja, Medovic, Aleksandar, Mercuri, Anna Maria, Mueller-Bieniek, Aldona ORCID: 0000-0002-5330-4580, Nisbet, Renato, Pashkevich, Galina, Perego, Renata, Pokorny, Petr, Pospieszn, Lukasz, Przybyla, Marcin, Reed, Kelly ORCID: 0000-0002-7460-8057, Rennwanz, Joanna, Stika, Hans-Peter, Stobbe, Astrid, Tolar, Tjasa, Wasylikowa, Krystyna, Wiethold, Julian ORCID: 0000-0001-6092-7009 and Zerl, Tanja (2020). New AMS C-14 dates track the arrival and spread of broomcorn millet cultivation and agricultural change in prehistoric Europe. Sci Rep, 10 (1). LONDON: NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP. ISSN 2045-2322

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Abstract

Broomcorn millet (Panicum miliaceum L.) is not one of the founder crops domesticated in Southwest Asia in the early Holocene, but was domesticated in northeast China by 6000 bc. In Europe, millet was reported in Early Neolithic contexts formed by 6000 bc, but recent radiocarbon dating of a dozen 'early' grains cast doubt on these claims. Archaeobotanical evidence reveals that millet was common in Europe from the 2nd millennium bc, when major societal and economic transformations took place in the Bronze Age. We conducted an extensive programme of AMS-dating of charred broomcorn millet grains from 75 prehistoric sites in Europe. Our Bayesian model reveals that millet cultivation began in Europe at the earliest during the sixteenth century bc, and spread rapidly during the fifteenth/fourteenth centuries bc. Broomcorn millet succeeds in exceptionally wide range of growing conditions and completes its lifecycle in less than three summer months. Offering an additional harvest and thus surplus food/fodder, it likely was a transformative innovation in European prehistoric agriculture previously based mainly on (winter) cropping of wheat and barley. We provide a new, high-resolution chronological framework for this key agricultural development that likely contributed to far-reaching changes in lifestyle in late 2nd millennium bc Europe.

Item Type: Journal Article
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Filipovic, DraganaUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Meadows, JohnUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Dal Corso, MartaUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Kirleis, WiebkeUNSPECIFIEDorcid.org/0000-0003-0229-8958UNSPECIFIED
Alsleben, AlmuthUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Akeret, OerniUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Bittmann, FelixUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Bosi, GiovannaUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Ciuta, BeatriceUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Dreslerova, DagmarUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Effenberger, HenrikeUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Gyulai, FerencUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Heiss, Andreas G.UNSPECIFIEDorcid.org/0000-0002-2989-7259UNSPECIFIED
Hellmund, MonikaUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Jahns, SusanneUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Jakobitsch, ThorstenUNSPECIFIEDorcid.org/0000-0001-9951-7445UNSPECIFIED
Kapcia, MagdaUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Klooss, StefanieUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Kohler-Schneider, MarianneUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Kroll, HelmutUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Makarowicz, PrzemyslawUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Marinova, ElenaUNSPECIFIEDorcid.org/0000-0003-3793-3317UNSPECIFIED
Maerkle, TanjaUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Medovic, AleksandarUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Mercuri, Anna MariaUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Mueller-Bieniek, AldonaUNSPECIFIEDorcid.org/0000-0002-5330-4580UNSPECIFIED
Nisbet, RenatoUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Pashkevich, GalinaUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Perego, RenataUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Pokorny, PetrUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Pospieszn, LukaszUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Przybyla, MarcinUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Reed, KellyUNSPECIFIEDorcid.org/0000-0002-7460-8057UNSPECIFIED
Rennwanz, JoannaUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Stika, Hans-PeterUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Stobbe, AstridUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Tolar, TjasaUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Wasylikowa, KrystynaUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Wiethold, JulianUNSPECIFIEDorcid.org/0000-0001-6092-7009UNSPECIFIED
Zerl, TanjaUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
URN: urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-323338
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-70495-z
Journal or Publication Title: Sci Rep
Volume: 10
Number: 1
Date: 2020
Publisher: NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
Place of Publication: LONDON
ISSN: 2045-2322
Language: English
Faculty: Unspecified
Divisions: Unspecified
Subjects: no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:
KeywordsLanguage
BRONZE-AGE BATTLEFIELD; FOOD GLOBALIZATION; PANICUM-MILIACEUM; TOLLENSE VALLEY; ISOTOPE; REGION; DIET; SUBSISTENCE; CAUCASUS; ORIGINSMultiple languages
Multidisciplinary SciencesMultiple languages
URI: http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/32333

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