Food, fuel and fields: Progress in African archaeobotany

2nd millennium BC abyssinicum Acacia African crops agriculture al-Qadim ancient Arabia archaeo archaeobotanical evidence archaeological Balabish barley basal girth BEDIGIAN Berenike bicolor botanical caryopses cereals charcoal Charred seeds contexts corm cow pea cultivated plants domestic enset dung early East Eastern Egypt Egyptian Eleusine emmer Ethiopia excavations exploitation Fezzan Ficus sycomorus finger millet Flora forest fruits fuel grains Gran Canaria Harappan HARLAN Hierakonpolis Holocene identified India indicate Jebala KAJALE Kaokoland late Holocene leaf millennium BC Namibia Neolithic Nile origin papillose pearl millet Pennisetum period phytoliths Pisum plant remains pollen pottery Predynastic prehistoric present Press pseudostem Quseir record ref.no region reported ROWLEY-CONWY Sahara samples SARASWAT sativum savanna sesame Sesamum Setaria Sheko sorghum South Asia species spikelets Tamarix taxa Tenerife trade tree Triticum tropical turgidum VEEN vegetation VISHNU-MITTRE Wadi Wadi Tumilat weeds West Africa wheat wild wood Yemen ZOHARY