Dear colleagues,
Stefi Jacomet and me are reinspecting charred neolithic lakeshore plant
remains from Austria. The material contains several whole ears and
spikelets of typical emmer as well as "emmerlike specimens" that show 3-
grained spikelets (nearly throughout the whole ear!).
Our simple question: does anyone know of 3-grained emmer varieties? In my
collection of recent emmers I found one form that had one single spikelet in
the middle of the ear, which contained 3 grains (but this third grain looks
only rudimentary). Possibly do some emmers - when cultivated under
especially good conditions - develop 3 grains in some of their spikelets??
Many thanks,
Marianne and Stefi
ao.Univ.Prof. Dr. Marianne Kohler-Schneider
Archäobotanik, Institut für Botanik
Universität für Bodenkultur
Gregor-Mendel-Straße 33
A-1180 Wien
Tel.: 0043-1-47654-3160
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Prof. Dr. Stefanie Jacomet
Institute for Prehistory and Archaeological Science IPAS
Institut für Prähistorische und Naturwissenschaftliche Archäologie IPNA
Basel University / Universität Basel
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