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Macroremains of late Neolithic cultivated plants are reported from the archaeological site of Maliq, Korça District, south-eastern Albania. The material comprises einkorn (Triticum monococcum L.), emmer (Triticum dicoccon Schrank), barley (Hordeum vulgare L.), lentil (Lens culinaris Medik.) and bitter vetch (Vicia ervilia (L.) Willd.). These are the first remains of cultivated plants described from an archaeological site in Albania.
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Xhuveli, L., Schultze-Motel, J. Neolithic cultivated plants from Albania. Veget Hist Archaebot 4, 245–248 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00235755
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