Archaeobotany of capers (Capparis) (Capparaceae) |
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| Authors: | D Rivera C Inocencio C Obón E Carreño A Reales F Alcaraz |
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| Institution: | (1) Departamento de Biología Vegetal, Facultad de Biologia, Universidad de Murcia, 30100 Murcia, Spain, e-mail: drivera@um.es, ES;(2) Departamento de Biología Aplicada, Escuela Politécnica Superior de Orihuela, Universidad Miguel Hernández, 03312 Orihuela (Alicante), Spain, e-mail: cobon@umh.es, ES |
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| Abstract: | The origins of capers, their use and cultivation are discussed. Capers seeds and charcoal are often recovered from archaeological
sites of the Mediterranean and West Asia. These are referred to as C. Spinosa L. This is mostly a group of cultivars restricted to localities surrounding the Western Mediterranean and some places in
the Eastern Mediterranean. Identification of the findings is discussed in terms of seed morphology, present distribution and
ancient uses of C. aegyptia Lam., C. sicula Veill., C. cartilaginea Decne, C. orientalis Veill., C. decidua (Forssk.) Edgew. and other species. Citations of Capparis in early Rabbinic, Mesopotamian and Greco-Roman texts are presented.
Received June 3, 2002 / Accepted October 8, 2002
Correspondence to: D. Rivera |
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| Keywords: | : Plant domestication – Foods – Mediterranean – Medicinal plants – Near East – Spices – Written evidence |
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