Anthropology of Food--University of Minnesota Duluth

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of the municipality of Essunga, Sweden.

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Barley in Egyptian hieroglyphs

Barley

Hordeum vulgare

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of Ordis, Girona, Spain.

Hordeum vulgare

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In the News . . .

Viking Barley in Greenland -- Past Horizons (06 february 2012)
Archaeologists Unravel the Origins of Architecture -- Past Horizons (11 May 2011)
Eight ancient drinks uncorked by science -- msnbc (15 December 2009)
DNA Of Ancient Lost Barley Could Help Modern Crops Cope With Water Stress -- ScienceDaily (21 July 2009)

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Barley

Two-row and six-row barley

barley

NOUN:

a cereal grass (genus Hordeum and especially H. vulgare) having the flowers in dense spikes with long awns and three spikelets at each joint of the rachis ; also: its seed used especially in malt beverages, breakfast foods, and stock feeds

ETYMOLOGY:

Middle English barly, from Old English bærlic of barley; akin to Old English bere barley, Latin far spelt

Date:before 12th century

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Barley

Barley field

Scientific classification

Kingdom:	Plantae
	Angiosperms
	Monocots
Subclass:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Poaceae
Subfamily:	Pooideae
Tribe:	Triticeae
Genus:	Hordeum
Species:	H. vulgare

Binomial name

Hordeum vulgare
L.

Wikispecies

Barley -- BGLife
- Articles Researching Barley and Beta-Glucan
Barley -- GMO Compass
Barley, pearled, raw -- NutritionData
Barley [Research & Impact: Areas of Research] -- Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR)
A Brief History of Barley Foods (.pdf) -- C.W. Newman and K.W. Newman, Cereal Foods World
Cooking with barley and barley recipes
Mycorrhizas - a successful symbiosis -- GMO Safety
National Barley Association
Position Statement on Genetically Modified Barley -- Barley Development Council, Alberta

Campania, Cumae. Circa 420-385 BC. AR Nomos (7.26 gm).
Female head right
Large mussel shell; barley grain above.
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Important archaeological sites

Epipaleolithic at Ohalo II
Tell Abu Hureyra, in Syria

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Wintergerstenfeld
Deutschland

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Roasted barley tea

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beer

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