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Late bronze age grain crops and Linear B ideograms *65, *120, and *1211

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 September 2013

Paul Halstead
Paul Halstead
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University of Sheffield
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Abstract

For late bronze age Greece, archaeobotanical research has demonstrated a striking range of grain crops, whereas only two or three categories of grain are recorded in Linear B texts. It is unlikely that each Linear B grain ideogram covers several crops, or that the paucity of grain ideograms results from the partial preservation of texts. It is argued that the Linear B evidence reflects selective palatial involvement in grain production, although the identity of the two or three crops documented in Linear B is uncertain.

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Annual of the British School at Athens , Volume 90 , November 1995 , pp. 229 - 234
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Copyright © The Council, British School at Athens 1995

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