book chapter
Early agriculture at Chogha Mish
chogha mish by pinhas delougaz and helene j. kantor • Chicago • Published In 1996 • Pages: 307-317
By: Woosley, Anne I..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
From a preliminary analysis of the botanic material obtained from Chogha Mish, Woosley suggests two interesting though tentative conclusions about the prehistoric agriculture practiced at the site: (1)the examination of carbonized seeds from Chogha Mish does not support the significance of cereals as early domesticates during the earliest occupations levels at the site, and (2)that for several thousand years of agriculture results seem to indicated an emphasis on legume crops, such as Pisum, Lens, and Vicia, over cereals. Only with the coming of a fully established agricultural economy during Protoliterate times do cereals become a significant component of the subsistence exploitation pattern. This suggests that at Chogha Mish the earliest domestic crops of economic importance were the legumes, not the cereals (p. 316).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Archaeological excavation methods
- Laboratory analysis of materials other than dating methods in archaeology
- Tillage
- Cereal agriculture
- Flora
- Organization and analysis of results of research
- traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Late Chalcolithic Mesopotamia
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2000
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Middle East
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Middle East
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- book chapter
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Archaeologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle; 2007
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- no date
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 6000-5000 BP (4000-3000 BC)
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Chogha Mish, Iran
- NotesAdditional notes
- Anne I. Woosley
- For bibliographical references see document 32:Delougaz and Kantor
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 95072170
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Excavations (Archaeology)--Iran--Chogha Mish/Chogha Mish (Iran)--Antiquities