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RSS FeedsOrigins and spread of Eurasian fruits traced to the ancient Silk Road
(PHYSorg.com Archaeology & Fossils)

 
 

14 august 2018 22:06:07

 
Origins and spread of Eurasian fruits traced to the ancient Silk Road
(PHYSorg.com Archaeology & Fossils)
 


Studies of ancient preserved plant remains from a medieval archaeological site in the Pamir Mountains of Uzbekistan have shown that fruits such as apples, peaches, apricots and melons were cultivated in the foothills of Inner Asia. The archaeobotanical study, conducted by Robert Spengler of the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, is among the first systematic analyses of medieval agricultural crops in the heart of the ancient Silk Road. Spengler identified a rich assemblage of fruit and nut crops, showing that many of the crops we are all familiar with today were cultivated along the ancient trade routes.


 
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