Studies of the origins of agriculture in the Near East have revealed that the eight plant species known as “Founder Crops”, i.e. emmer, einkorn, barley, lentils, peas, chickpeas, bitter vetch and flax, derived from annual self-pollinating wild predecessors, were all domesticated in roughly the same period. Recent research however has prompted new debate on whether there are really only eight “Founder Crops” species in the Near East. Interest has focused on “new” glume wheat (NGW), a Triticum species identified for the first time by de Moulins at the Pre-Pottery Neolithic B (PPNB) site of Caferhöyük in Eastern Anatolia. After this identification, similar remains were identified in Neolithic and Bronze Age sites in Greece and were named “new” glume wheat. Recently, the remains of NGW spikelet bases have been documented in two settlements in Turkey: Yumuktepe (Cilicia) and Yenikapı (eastern Thrace). The remains of NGW spikelet bases from these two settlements underwent morphobiometric analysis in order to contribute to discussion of the morphological character of NGW spikelets. In addition, a whole NGW spikelet from Yenikapı was analysed, contributing to discussion of the morphological features of NGW caryopses. At the same time, these attestations open up new debate not only on its large-scale presence in Anatolia but also its origins and the ways and routes by which it spread to other regions. In this study, the two basic models of domestication and geographical expansion, i.e. the “rapid transition model” and the “protracted model”, are assessed on the basis of the new evidence of NGW in Turkey and the relationship with other European sites where it is attested.

对近东农业起源的研究表明，八种被称为“ Founders Crops”的植物物种，即Emmer，einkorn，大麦，小扁豆，豌豆，鹰嘴豆，苦v菜和亚麻，均来自每年自花授粉的野生前身，几乎都在同一时期被驯化了。然而，最近的研究引发了关于近东地区是否真的只有八种“ Founders Crops”物种的新辩论。兴趣都集中在“新”颖小麦（NGW），一个小麦de Moulins首次在安那托利亚东部Cafefhöyük的陶器新石器时代B（PPNB）遗址上首次发现这些物种。鉴定之后，在希腊的新石器时代和青铜时代的遗址中也发现了类似的遗骸，并被命名为“新”颖花小麦。最近，已在土耳其的两个定居点记录了NGW小尖峰基地的遗迹：Yumuktepe（西里西亚）和Yenikapı（东色雷斯）。对这两个定居点的NGW小穗基部的残留物进行形态生物学分析，以有助于讨论NGW小穗的形态特征。此外，分析了来自叶尼卡皮的整个NGW小穗，有助于讨论NGW鲤鱼的形态特征。同时，这些证明不仅对其在安纳托利亚的大规模存在，而且对其起源以及其传播到其他地区的方式和途径都展开了新的辩论。在这项研究中，根据土耳其NGW的新证据及其与其他欧洲站点的关系，评估了驯化和地理扩展的两个基本模型，即“快速过渡模型”和“持久模型”。被证明。