caa a22 4500 44535920X CHVBK 20180317142910.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170323e20110901xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s00334-011-0305-3 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s00334-011-0305-3 Bolboschoenus glaucus (Lam.) S.G. Smith, a new species in the flora of the ancient Near East [Elektronische Daten] [Michèle Wollstonecroft, Zdenka Hroudová, Gordon Hillman, Dorian Fuller] Taxonomic advancement in the genus Bolboschoenus (Cyperaceae, formerly included in the genus Scirpus) have resulted in the re-classification of the plant previously known as Bolboschoenus maritimus (synonym Scirpus maritimus) into several closely-related but distinct Bolboschoenus species This improved taxonomy is of importance for archaeobotanical investigations of ancient sites within the temperate zones, where this genus frequently occurs, because it allows more precise definitions of the ecological requirements and growing habits of each species. Moreover, it details the distinct morphological and anatomical characteristics of the fruit (nutlets) of each species. Using these new nutlet classification criteria, we re-examined charred archaeological specimens which had previously been identified as B. maritimus (or S. maritimus), from five Near Eastern late Pleistocene and early Holocene village sites: Abu Hureyra, Hallan Çemi, Demirköy, Çatalhöyük and Aswad. Because three of these sites are located in Anatolia, data on the recent occurrence of Bolboschoenus in Turkey were also investigated. All archaeobotanical specimens were found to be B. glaucus. This species was also found to be the most common Bolboschoenus in present-day Turkey, indicating that it has a long history of occurrence in this region. The environmental, ecological and economic implications of this new information suggest that it is entirely feasible that this plant provided late Pleistocene and Holocene Near Eastern people with a dependable and possibly a staple food source. Springer-Verlag, 2011 Bolboschoenus glaucus nationallicence Epipalaeolithic nationallicence Near East nationallicence Neolithic nationallicence Taxonomy nationallicence Nutlet characteristics nationallicence Wollstonecroft Michèle Institute of Archaeology, University College London, 31-34 Gordon Square, WC1H 0PY, London, UK aut Hroudová Zdenka Institute of Botany, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, 25243, Průhonice, Czech Republic aut Hillman Gordon Institute of Archaeology, University College London, 31-34 Gordon Square, WC1H 0PY, London, UK aut Fuller Dorian Institute of Archaeology, University College London, 31-34 Gordon Square, WC1H 0PY, London, UK aut Vegetation History and Archaeobotany Springer-Verlag 20/5(2011-09-01), 459-470 0939-6314 20:5<459 2011 20 334 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00334-011-0305-3 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00334-011-0305-3 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Wollstonecroft Michèle Institute of Archaeology, University College London, 31-34 Gordon Square, WC1H 0PY, London, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Hroudová Zdenka Institute of Botany, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, 25243, Průhonice, Czech Republic aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Hillman Gordon Institute of Archaeology, University College London, 31-34 Gordon Square, WC1H 0PY, London, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Fuller Dorian Institute of Archaeology, University College London, 31-34 Gordon Square, WC1H 0PY, London, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Vegetation History and Archaeobotany Springer-Verlag 20/5(2011-09-01), 459-470 0939-6314 20:5<459 2011 20 334 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer