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. 2016 Dec 5;113(49):14001–14006. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1612797113

Table S6.

Summary of the proportions of wild- and domesticated-type cereal scars at PPNA and PPNB sites in southwest Asia

Area Site Date, ka Cal BP Taxa % wild-type % domestic-type Based on n of wild/domestic chaff Ref(s).
Southern and central Levant Ohalo II c. 23–21 Emmer 64.0 36.0 148 4
Ohalo II c. 23–21 Barley 75.0 25.0 320 4
Netiv Hagdud 11.3–10.8 Barley 96.0 4.0 3,277 63
Netiv Hagdud 11.3–10.8 Emmer 100.0 0.0 123 63
ZAD 2 11.2–10.8 Barley 71.1 28.9 38 64
el-Hemmeh (PPNA) 11.1–10.7 Barley 94.3 5.7 53 65
el-Hemmeh (PPNA) 11.1–10.7 Emmer 100.0 0.0 4 65
TQN 10.7–10.2 1-/2-grained einkorn 71.4 28.6 14
TQN 10.7–10.2 Emmer 78.9 21.1 19
TQN 10.7–10.2 Barley 58.8 41.2 17
Aswad I 10.7–10.3 Emmer 95.7 4.3 231 12
Aswad (van Zeist) c. 10.5 Barley 70.2 29.8 114 12
Aswad (Willcox) c. 10.5 Barley 64.8 35.2 54 12
Wadi Jilat 7 10.2–9.3 Barley 100.0 0.0 66 8
Wadi Jilat 7 10.2–9.3 2-grained einkorn 0.0 100.0 6 8
el-Hemmeh (LPPNB) 9.8–9.6 Barley 50.0 50.0 44 65
Azraq 31 9.5–9.2 Barley 0.0 100.0 2 8
Basta 9.5–9.0 Barley 100.0 0.0 33 98
Wadi Fidan A and C 9.3–8.7 Barley 63.2 36.8 19 8
Ramad 9.3–8.6 Barley 40.9 59.1 455 12
Wadi Jilat 13 9.0–8.6 Barley 94.7 5.3 19 8
Southeast and central Turkey Çayönü (R, G, BP, Ch) 10.6–10.2 Wheat 0.0 100.0 2,264 74
Çayönü (R, G, BP, Ch) 10.6–10.2 Barley 100.0 0.0 129 74
Nevali Çory 10.6–9.9 1-grained einkorn 86.2 13.8 282 12
Cafer Höyük (XIII-VIII) 10.3–9.4 1-grained einkorn 14.3 85.7 7 86
Cafer Höyük (XIII-VIII) 10.3–9.4 Emmer 0.0 100.0 17 86
Cafer Höyük (XIII-VIII) 10.3–9.4 Barley 0.0 100.0 10 86
Çayönü (CP/C/LR) 10.2–8.8 Wheat 0.0 100.0 867 76
Çayönü (CP/C/LR) 10.2–8.8 Barley 100.0 0.0 2 74
Aşıklı Höyük (L4) >9.8–9.5 Emmer 70.0 30.0 30 12
Aşıklı Höyük (L4) >9.8–9.5 Barley 92.0 8.0 25 12
Çatalhöyük 9.1–8.4 1-grained einkorn 5.4 94.6 945 99
Northern Syria Tell Qaramel 12.3–10.8 1-grained einkorn 100.0 0.0 14 12
Jerf el Ahmar 11.4–10.7 2-grained einkorn 100.0 0.0 5 12
Jerf el Ahmar 11.4–10.7 Barley 99.8 0.2 3,333 12
Mureybet II 11.7–11.2 Emmer 0.0 100.0 1 100
Mureybet III 11.3–10.5 Barley 100.0 0.0 6 76, 77
Dja´de 10.7–10.3 2-grained einkorn 100.0 0.0 16 12
Dja´de 10.7–10.3 Barley 98.7 1.3 155 12
Seker Aheimar c. 9.3 Barley 0.0 100.0 54 12
El Kowm (2) c. 8.7 1-grained einkorn 0.0 100.0 7 101
El Kowm (2) c. 8.7 Barley 0.0 100.0 76 101
El Kowm (2) c. 8.7 Emmer 0.0 100.0 36 101
Northern Syria Tell el-Kerkh c. 8.2 Emmer 57.1 42.9 35 12
Tell el-Kerkh c. 8.2 Barley 66.7 33.3 3 12
Abu Hureyra (2B/C) c. 8.2 Emmer 0.0 100.0 23 86
Abu Hureyra (2B/C) c. 8.2 Barley 0.0 100.0 19 86
Iran and the Tigris Chogha Golan (X–XI) c. 11.5–10.6 Barley 100.0 0.0 272 23
Chogha Golan (VI–IX) c. 10.8–9.8 Barley 100.0 0.0 141 23
Chogha Golan (IV–V) c. 10.2–9.8 Barley 100.0 0.0 750 23
Chogha Golan (III–II) c. 10.2–9.7 Barley 100.0 0.0 42 23
Chogha Golan (I–II) c. 9.8 Emmer 0.0 100.0 25 23
Chogha Golan (I–II) c. 9.8 Emmer 43.8 56.3 16 95
Salat Cami c. 8.3 Emmer 1.2 98.8 86 12
Salat Cami c. 8.3 Barley 0.0 100.0 15 12

Calculations exclude rachises identified as “possible domestic” in ref. 12, chaff remains identified with uncertainty to species level, e.g., rachis remains identified as Hordeum spontaneum/sativum at Wadi Jilat (8). The evidence of cereal domestication at Çayönü should be regarded with caution until the material has been quantified following recent classifications (12), and therefore it is not present in Fig. 2. At Cafer Höyük remains identified as T. monococcum or T. turgidum ssp. dicoccum may correspond to a different species (i.e., T. macha) (86). Note that records from el Kowm (2) include domestic-type glume bases, and in the case of einkorn, four out of seven are basal spikelet forks (86).