期刊名称：Circaea: The Journal of the Association for Environmental Archaeology
印刷版ISSN：0268-425X
出版年度：1990
卷号：6
期号：2
页码：97-104
出版社：Association for Environmental Archaeology
摘要：Although archaeological specimens of certain cereal species can readily be
distinguished on the basis of the cellular characteristics of the testa (seed coat) and
adherent fruit wall (pericarp), there are a number of problems associated with the
separation of rye (Secale) and wheat (Triticum). This paper examines one feature of the
transverse cells of the pericarp - cell size - and records how this feature varies over
the surface of single grains of both wheat and rye. Both the variability of cell size over
the surface of individual grains and the considerable degree of overlap between the cell
sizes of the two taxa are highlighted. Some implications of this with regard to the
identification of highly fragmented ancient cereal remains are then discussed.
