4500-Year old domesticated pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum) from the Tilemsi Valley, Mali: new insights into an alternative cereal domestication pathway

Manning, Katie; Pelling, Ruth; Higham, Thomas; Schwenniger, Jean-Luc; Fuller, Dorian Q.

doi:10.1016/j.jas.2010.09.007

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“…using a stereomicroscope at 10-40 × magnification. Taxonomic identifications of crop remains were made using published criteria (e.g., Giblin and Fuller 2011;Manning et al 2011) and botanical reference collections at University College London. Nine AMS radiocarbon dates were obtained on identified charred seeds and charcoal fragments to establish an absolute chronology for each of the main occupation phases identified in our excavations.…”

Section: Juani Primary School Site Mafia Archipelagomentioning

confidence: 99%

Coastal Subsistence, Maritime Trade, and the Colonization of Small Offshore Islands in Eastern African Prehistory

Crowther

Faulkner

Prendergast

et al. 2016

The Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology

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Section: Juani Primary School Site Mafia Archipelagomentioning

confidence: 99%

Coastal Subsistence, Maritime Trade, and the Colonization of Small Offshore Islands in Eastern African Prehistory

Crowther

Faulkner

Prendergast

et al. 2016

The Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology

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“…The earliest archaeobotanical evidence for an African domesticate similarly comes from the western Sahara/Sahel region, in the form of pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum) ca. 4500 BP (Manning et al 2011). The long-established grinding-stone tool traditions and early transitions to agricultural lifeways in the Sahara/Sahel region suggest links between plant resource processing, using grinding-stone tools and an intensified reliance on cereals, that have yet to be fully understood.…”

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Back to the Grindstone? The Archaeological Potential of Grinding-Stone Studies in Africa with Reference to Contemporary Grinding Practices in Marakwet, Northwest Kenya

2017

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This article presents observations on grinding-stone implements and their uses in ElgeyoMarakwet County, northwest Kenya. Tool use in Marakwet is contextualized with a select overview of literature on grinding-stones in Africa. Grinding-stones in Marakwet are incorporated not only into quotidian but also into more performative and ritual aspects of life. These tools have distinct local traditions laden with social as well as functional importance. It is argued that regionally and temporally specific studies of grindingstone tool assemblages can be informative on the processing of various substances. Despite being common occurrences, grinding-stone tools are an underdiscussed component of many African archaeological assemblages. Yet the significance of grinding-stones must be reevaluated, as they hold the potential to inform on landscapes of past food and material processing.Résumé Cet article présente des observations ethnoarchéologiques sur les outils de pierre meulière et leur utilisation dans le comté d'Elgeyo-Marakwet, au nordouest du Kenya. En s'appuyant notamment sur des exemples issus de la période néolithique pastorale en Afrique de l'Est, il contextualise l'utilisation d'outils à Marakwet en termes d'études sélectionnées portent sur les pierres de meulage en Afrique. Nous soutenons que les études spécifiques à la région portent sur les assemblages d'outils de pierre meulière peuvent aider à avancer nos connaissances sur le traitement de diverses substances. Par ailleurs nous constatons que la pierre meulière fait partie non seulement de la vie quotidienne, mais aussi des aspects performatifs et rituels de la vie à Marakwet. Les outils de pierre meulière font partie des traditions locales distinctes, chargées d'importance sociale et fonctionnelle. Malgré le fait qu'ils soient banals, les outils de pierre meulière sont des composants significatif et pourtant peu discutés de nombreux assemblages archéologiques africains. Nous avançons que la signification de la pierre meulière doive-t-être réévaluée, car elle est essentielle pour mieux comprendre les circonstances de l'alimentation et du traitement des matériaux dans le passé.

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“…5(1), 2371-2376 2372 The food which are low in cost and rich in nutrients in adequate amounts as compared to the high cost nutrient rich food. Impact of low cost food supplementation on the child growth, merits careful evaluation, in the view of reliance of many States and non-governmental organizations on this intervention to improve child health in Low & Middle Income Countries(LMIC) [2].…”

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confidence: 99%

Development of Chappati, a Low Costtraditional Indian Food, Using Common Ingredients in Different Composition -a Comparative Study.

Roy¹,

Chakrabarti²

2017

IJAR

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4500-Year old domesticated pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum) from the Tilemsi Valley, Mali: new insights into an alternative cereal domestication pathway

Cited by 216 publications

References 32 publications

Coastal Subsistence, Maritime Trade, and the Colonization of Small Offshore Islands in Eastern African Prehistory

Coastal Subsistence, Maritime Trade, and the Colonization of Small Offshore Islands in Eastern African Prehistory

Back to the Grindstone? The Archaeological Potential of Grinding-Stone Studies in Africa with Reference to Contemporary Grinding Practices in Marakwet, Northwest Kenya

Development of Chappati, a Low Costtraditional Indian Food, Using Common Ingredients in Different Composition -a Comparative Study.

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