2013/05/01 by Giedrė Motuzaitė Matuzevičiūtė, Sergey Telizhenko, Martin K. Jones · 1 citation
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Arts and Humanities · #Archaeology and ancient environmental studies #Marine and environmental studies #Ancient and Medieval Archaeology Studies #Chronology #Domestication #Chalcolithic #Radiocarbon dating #Archaeology #Geography #Midden #Pastoralism #Population #Peninsula #Subsistence agriculture #Agriculture #Livestock #Ecology #Biology #Forestry #Bronze Age #Demography
paper · doi:10.1179/0093469013z.00000000042
openalex publication_date 2013/05/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/29
This paper reports the discovery of the earliest evidence of domesticated wheat in the Crimean peninsula from the Ardych-Burun shell midden site, Ukraine. The Ardych-Burun site dates to middle of the 4th millennium cal b.c. For the first time, the chronology of a Ukrainian Chalcolithic period site has been established through direct radiocarbon dating of cereal grains retrieved from it. This discovery allows for a wider discussion of the chronology and geographical origins of domesticated plant species in Ukraine and the role the Caucasian corridor may have played in the spread of agriculture into eastern Europe. The presence of cereal crops in the southern Crimea enriches our understanding of the subsistence strategies of the coastal population, which was previously linked only with pastoralism, hunting, and the exploitation of marine resources.