Hordeum vulgare

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 Hordeum vulgare

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In the News . . .

• What did the Vikings eat? -- BBCTravel (20 June 2023)
  
  
• After 6,000 Years of Farming, Barley Is Still (More or Less) the Same -- Smithsonian (20 July 2016)
  
  
• Archaeologists find earliest evidence of bread [Jordan] -- The Guardian (16 July 2018)
  
  
• Chinese brewed beer 5,000 years ago, research suggests -- BBC News (24 May 2016)
  
  
• Ancient Chinese Beer Recipe Reveals Surprising Ingredient -- Science (23 May 2016)
  
  
• 5,000-Year-Old Chinese Beer Recipe Revealed -- NPR (23 May 2016)
  
  
• Where bread began: Ancient tools used to reconstruct -- and taste -- prehistoric cuisine -- ScienceDaily (26 August 2015)
  
  
• Experimental Barley Flour Production in 12,500-Year-Old Rock-Cut Mortars in Southwestern Asia -- PLoS ONE (31 July 2015)
  
  
• Evidence for Plant Cultivation at 23,000-Year-Old Site in Galilee -- Past Horizons (23 July 2015)
  
  
• The Origin of Cultivation and Proto-Weeds, Long Before Neolithic Farming -- PLoS ONE (22 July 2015)
  
  
• Barley and Wheat Residues in Neolithic Cemeteries of Central Sudan and Nubia -- LiveScience (09 February 2015)
  
  
  • Microbotanical Evidence of Domestic Cereals in Africa 7000 Years Ago -- PLoS ONE (22 October 2014)
    
    
• Why do Americans love ancient grains? -- BBC News (16 December 2014)
  
  
• Domestic Cereals in Evidence 7,000 Years Ago in Sudan -- Past Horizons (26 November 2014)
  
  
• Microbotanical Evidence of Domestic Cereals in Africa 7000 Years Ago -- PLoS ONE (22 October 2014)
  
  
• Pinpointing early sustained farming on the Tibetan Plateau -- Past Horizons (21 November 2014)
  
  
• Barley Helped Ancient Tibetans Climb to 3400 Meters -- Science (20 November 2014)
  
  
• Did the Christian Crusades Spread a Deadly Virus? -- ABC News (16 February 2014)
  
  
• How a Bowl of Porridge Transformed Mankind -- Telegraph (28 June 2013)
  
  
• Viking Barley in Greenland -- Past Horizons (06 february 2012)
  
  
• Archaeologists Unravel the Origins of Architecture -- Past Horizons (11 May 2011)
  
  
• Eight ancient drinks uncorked by science -- msnbc (15 December 2009)
  
  
• DNA Of Ancient Lost Barley Could Help Modern Crops Cope With Water Stress -- ScienceDaily (21 July 2009)

Barley

Two-row and six-row barley

• 7 Perfect Survival Foods -- LiveScience (10 June 2008)
  
  
• Barley -- BGLife
  • Articles Researching Barley and Beta-Glucan
    
    
• Barley -- GMO Compass
  
  
• Barley, pearled, raw -- NutritionData
  
  
• Barley [Research & Impact: Areas of Research] -- Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR)
  
  
• A Brief History of Barley Foods (.pdf) -- C.W. Newman and K.W. Newman, Cereal Foods World
  
  
• Cooking with barley and barley recipes
  
  
• Mycorrhizas - a successful symbiosis -- GMO Safety
  
  
• National Barley Association
  
  
• Position Statement on Genetically Modified Barley -- Barley Development Council, Alberta
  
  
• Wilkins, John. M. and Shaun Hill. Food in the Ancient World. Wiley-Blackwell, 2006.
  
  
  Important archaeological sites
  
  
  • Epipaleolithic at Ohalo II
    
    
  • Tell Abu Hureyra, in Syria
  
  

Campania, Cumae. Circa 420-385 BC. AR Nomos (7.26 gm).
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Large mussel shell; barley grain above.
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Barley Barley field Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae   Angiosperms   Monocots Subclass: Commelinids Order: Poales Family: Poaceae Subfamily: Pooideae Tribe: Triticeae Genus: Hordeum Species: H. vulgare Binomial name Hordeum vulgare L. Wikispecies

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