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. 2016 May 31;113(24):6635–6640. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1522714113

Table S2.

Archaeobotanical remains of African and Asian crops from the sites included in this study

Site PYS SC MGB PK TMB KMB UU FK JS PU MKD NMW MBC SMA DMB ANJA AMV MHLK Total
No. of samples analyzed 11 8 22 3 23 17 49 12 4 9 n/a 4 1 5 5 20 2 19 214
Total sample volume (L) 364 240 664 130 262.6 242 2,374 323 240 204 231 14 15 219 >17 443 60 1,389 >7,431.6
Pearl millet
Pennisetum glaucum 28 0 266 0 175 1 30 0 0 3 22 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 526
Pennisetum sp. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
cf Pennisetum glaucum 0 0 0 0 106 0 10 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 118
Pennisetum glaucum, chaff 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13
Sorghum
Sorghum bicolor 5 0 74 0 3 0 135 0 1 0 2 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 229
Sorghum cf bicolor 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
cf Sorghum bicolor 9 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17
Sorghum sp., chaff 0 0 198 0 0 0 71 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 275
Finger millet
Eleusine coracana 1 0 30 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 33
Cowpea
Vigna unguiculata 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
Vigna cf unguiculata 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
Baobab
Adansonia digitata 3 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12
Adansonia digitata, testa frags (6) (4) 7 0 0 0 (5) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22
cf Adansonia digitata, testa frags (1) 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 4 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15
Asian rice
Oryza sativa 0 0 0 0 4 0 16 0 0 0 1 0 1 481 345 0 0 25 873
cf Oryza sativa 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
Oryza sativa, chaff 0 0 0 0 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20
Mung bean
Vigna radiata 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 6
Asian millets
Setaria cf verticillata 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 0 13
cf Setaria 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 15 0 0 0 18
Sesame
Sesamum cf indicum 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3
Wheat
Triticum sp. 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
cf Triticum 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
Pea
cf Pisum sativum 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
Citrus
cf Rutaceae 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
Cotton
Gossypium sp. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 6
Gossypium sp., testa frags 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 0 0 0 (8) 30
cf Gossypium sp., testa frags 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 (1) 6
Gossypium sp., funicular caps 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 5 0 1 0 171 182
Coconut
Cocos nucifera, endocarp frags 0 0 0 0 135 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 180
Total 53 4 578 1 463 42 282 5 11 28 36 0 1 530 377 2 0 210 2,623

Counts are of identifiable specimens (seeds unless indicated otherwise). Values in parentheses refer to the numbers of samples in which the specimen type was present where presence only was recorded. n/a, not available.