Plants and Society 7th Edition by Estelle Levetin ,Karen McMahon

Exercise 8

You are an archeologist on a dig and discover in a cave the preserved seeds and fruits of a type of squash. These remains are dated to between 8,400 and 10,000 years old. What characteristics would you look for to determine whether this squash was a wild type, gathered by foraging, or a domesticated plant, cultivated in the fields