Two wheat species dating back 9000 years identified at Yumuktepe
Archaeobotanical research at the Yumuktepe Mound in Mersin has uncovered two types of wheat seeds dating back 9000 years. Considered one of the oldest settlements in Anatolia, Yumuktepe Mound has been continuously inhabited since the Neolithic period. Excavations at Yumuktepe revealed traces of many different cultures starting from the Neolithic period to the Roman and