ancient crops
Ancestral cultivated species
Ancient crops are plant species domesticated thousands of years ago that remain in cultivation today.
The term typically refers to grains, legumes, and other food plants that formed the agricultural foundations of early civilizations: Ancient crops like quinoa and amaranth are making a comeback.
The phrase often carries connotations of nutritional superiority or sustainability compared to modern industrial agriculture.
- wheatCereal crop for flour
- bread wheatPrimary wheat for flour
- barleyGrain for malt
- emmerPrimitive hulled wheat species
- milletSmall-seeded food crop
sorghum · flax · lentils · chickpeas · spelt · amaranth · quinoa · teff · farro · harvest · granary · threshing · stone grinding · sickle · fertile · irrigation · Mesopotamia · Nile
- ancient farmingfields, early farming, cultivation, sowing, Fertile Crescent
- archaeobotanyflotation, microfossils, cereal grains, flax seeds, grape seeds