The Archaeobotany of Asvan: Environment & Cultivation in Eastern Anatolia from the Chalcolithic to the Medieval Period - British Institute at Ankara Monograph

The report traces the evolution of cultivation in the region from the Chalcolithic to the Medieval period, charting the dominance of emmer and hulled barley in the Chalcolithic period, the emergence of free-threshing wheats in the Early Bronze Age and the introduction of irrigated summer crops, especially millet, by the Hellenistic period.