[Sca-cooks] some possible input on the bean issue

[Jadwiga Zajaczkowa / Jenne Heise]

We've always wondered exactly which beans were period.
This academic article may shed a light:

Ken-ichi Tanno, George Willcox, Ken-ichi Tanno, The origins of 
cultivation of <i>Cicer arietinum</i> L. and <i>Vicia faba</i> L.: early 
finds from Tell el-Kerkh, north-west Syria, late 10th millennium , 
Vegetation History and Archaeobotany, Mar 2006, Pages 1 - 8

>From the Abstract: "Cicer arietinum L. (chickpea) and Vicia faba L. 
(faba bean, broad bean or horse bean) were found in late 10th millennium 
b.p. levels at Tell el-Kerkh, in north-west Syria. They are the earliest 
well preserved archaeobotanical finds of these two species. Over a 
hundred C. arietinum specimens were recovered which showed a wide 
morphological diversity varying from C. arietinum ssp. reticulatum to 
the more rounded shape as seen in cultivated varieties. For Vicia faba, 
29 complete and 119 half seeds, as well as many fragments were 
recovered. "


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