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Hi Marijke and all, I have found: Parthian rice (the earliest I know of in the Near East; 1st century AD) at Susa, Iran: Miller, Naomi F. 1981 Plant Remains from Ville Royale II, Susa. Cahiers de la Délégation Archéologique Française en Iran 12: 137-142. [Download pdf] Islamic era rice (a few grains and a few glume fragments) and a few cotton seeds at Gordion, Turkey (dated 13th-14th century AD): Miller, Naomi F. in press Botanical Aspects of Environment and Economy at Gordion, Turkey. University of Pennsylvania Museum, Philadelphia. [that monograph is scheduled to appear in 2010] [I have put several of my more obscure botanical reports on line...http://www.sas.upenn.edu/~nmiller0/ and go to 'self-promotion' and then 'publications list']. I hope to be adding a few more in the coming weeks.] That's it for now. Naomi On Sep 14, 2009, at 10:18 AM, Van Der Veen, Prof M. wrote: > Dear all > > I am in the process of writing up Quseir al-Qadim (Egypt) plant > remains, where I have found a number of so-called summer crops, > which have been the focus of debates about the Early Islamic > agricultural revolution in the Near East (Watson 1983). I would be > very interested to hear from you if you have found any of the > following crops in North Africa, East Africa, the Arabian > Peninsula, the Near East, esp. when dating to the period c. AD1 – > 1500. > > The species I am interested in are: > Sorghum bicolor, sorghum > Pennisetum glaucum, pearl millet, bulrush millet > Saccharum officinarum, sugar-cane > Oryza sativa, rice > Gossypium sp., cotton (old world) > Citrus species > Musa spp., banana > Solanum melongena, aubergine > Colocasia esculenta, taro > Citrullus vulgaris, watermelon > Cynara cardunculus/scolymus, artichoke > Spinacia oleracea, spinach > Mangifera indica, mango > Cocos nucifera, coconut > > If you have archaeobotanical records of any of these, would you > send me a reference and, if possible, an offprint or xerox. > > Many thanks, > > Marijke > > ----- > Professor Marijke van der Veen, MA, PhD, FSA > School of Archaeology & Ancient History > University of Leicester > University Road > Leicester LE1 7RH > England ------------------------------------- Naomi F. Miller Research Project Manager, Near East Section University of Pennsylvania Museum 3260 South Street Philadelphia, PA 19104 -------------------------------------- tel: 215.898.4075; FAX: 215.898.0657 http://www.sas.upenn.edu/~nmiller0/