Early farming and the origins of agriculture:

Near Eastern Archaeobotany

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George Willcox in the field with Daniel Helmer in 1998 at Jerf el Ahmar carrying out flotation (left), and in Turkey examining wild lentils (top centre 2009) and Syria examining wild einkorn (right).

Six sites dating from between 11500 and 10500 years ago which are part of our early agriculture project at Jalès (Annex of Archéorient CNRS UMR 5133).