Relevance of Banana Seeds in Archaeology

dc.contributor.author	De Langhe, Edmond
dc.date.accessioned	2009-09-17T22:44:00Z
dc.date.available	2009-09-17T22:44:00Z
dc.date.issued	2009
dc.description	research
dc.description.abstract	In this contribution, the importance of banana seeds collected during archaeological investigations is indicated. Because fully-formed seeds are not ordinarily produced in bananas cultivated for food, the archaeological relevance of banana seeds may initially appear to be limited. However, there are a number of contexts in which the recovery and identification of seeds can be important for understanding the initial domestication and dispersal of bananas by people. In this respect, the possible existence of naturalized species and/or subspecies is hereby reported. Several innovative hypotheses are advanced based on botanical considerations, which may have profound consequences for the reconstruction of the prehistory of banana domestication and the involved regions, and which archaeology can assist in confirming, modulating or refuting.
dc.identifier.citation	De Langhe E. 2009. Relevance of banana seeds in archaeology. Ethnobotany Research and Applications 7:271-281.
dc.identifier.issn	1547-3465
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10125/12519
dc.language.iso	en-US
dc.publisher	University of Hawaii at Manoa
dc.subject	banana seeds
dc.subject	archaeology
dc.title	Relevance of Banana Seeds in Archaeology
dc.type	Article
dc.type.dcmi	Text

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