Early domesticated cowpea (Vigna unguiculata) from Central Ghana

A. C. D'Andrea; S. Kahlheber; A. L. Logan; D. J. Watson

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Early domesticated cowpea (Vigna unguiculata) from Central Ghana

A. C. D'Andrea^*, S. Kahlheber, A. L. Logan, D. J. Watson

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Abstract

From examining the remains of charred cowpeas from rock shelters in Central Ghana, the authors throw light on the subsistence strategies of the Kintampo people of the second millennium BCE. Perhaps driven southwards from the Sahel by aridification, the Kintampo operated as both foragers and farmers, cultivating selected plants of the West African tropics, notably cowpea, pearl millet and oil palm.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	686-698
Number of pages	13
Journal	Antiquity
Volume	81
Issue number	313
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/S0003598X00095661
State	Published - Sep 2007

Keywords

Cowpea
Domestication
Ghana
Kintampo
Oil palm
Pearl millet
Subsistence

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