Unearthing Grape Heritage: Morphological Relationships between Late Bronze–Iron Age Grape Pips and Modern Cultivars
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Results
2.1. Comparison of Archaeological Pips with Modern Reference Materials: Wild/Domestic Morphotypes
2.2. Comparison of Archaeological Pips with Individual Modern Grape Cultivars
2.3. Geographical Origin Analysis of Archaeological Grape Pips
3. Discussion
3.1. Domestication and Cultivation of Grapes: Evidence from Late Bronze and Iron Ages Sardinia
3.2. Tracing the Ancestry of Modern Grapes: Archaeological Pips Reveal Morphometric Relationships to Modern Varieties
3.3. The Influence of Eastern Mediterranean Cultivars on Ancient Sardinian Viticulture
4. Materials and Methods
4.1. Modern Materials
4.2. Archaeological Sites and Materials
4.3. Morphometric Analyses
4.4. Statistical Analysis
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Cultivar Name | Origin | Use | Colour | Well N | Well KK | Nora | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Moscato bianco (Muscat à petits grains blancs) | Greece/Italy/France | W | white | 232 | 11 | 2 | 245 |
Vitouska | Slovenia/Italy (Friuli) | W | white | 154 | 8 | 5 | 167 |
Cannonanu (Garnacha tinta) | Italy (Sardinia) | W | red | 81 | 29 | 51 | 161 |
Bayan shirei | Azerbaijan | W/T | white | 123 | 3 | 14 | 140 |
Claretta di Sardegna (Bourboulenc) | Italy (Sardinia) | W | white | 121 | 4 | 0 | 125 |
Gregu nieddu | Italy (Sardinia) | W | red | 83 | 19 | 9 | 111 |
Forgiarin (Forzarin) | Italy (Friuli) | W | red | 88 | 2 | 0 | 90 |
Trebbiano abruzzese | Italy (central south) | W | white | 83 | 1 | 5 | 89 |
Lambrusco viadanese | Italy (central) | W | red | 86 | 2 | 0 | 88 |
Aptiche aga | Armenia | W/T | red | 66 | 3 | 0 | 69 |
Malvasia di Casorzo | Italy (north) | W | red | 58 | 3 | 3 | 64 |
Caddiu bianco | Italy (Sardinia) | W | white | 51 | 5 | 2 | 58 |
Grenache blanc (Garnacha blanca) | France | W | white | 21 | 4 | 21 | 46 |
Malvasia bianca lunga | Italy (Tuscany) | W | white | 40 | 0 | 0 | 40 |
Pignolo | Italy (Friuli) | W | red | 16 | 17 | 4 | 37 |
Guleiman kara | Uzbekistan | ND | red | 18 | 3 | 13 | 34 |
Uvalino | Italy (north) | W | red | 2 | 8 | 19 | 29 |
Arvesiniadu | Italy (Sardinia) | W | white | 24 | 4 | 0 | 28 |
Chaouch blanc | Turkey | T | white | 13 | 6 | 2 | 21 |
Schiava | Italy (north) | W | red | 13 | 7 | 0 | 20 |
Malvasia di Sardegna (Malvasia Dubrovacka) | Italy (Sardinia) | W | white | 4 | 15 | 1 | 20 |
Impigno | Italy (south) | W | white | 16 | 1 | 0 | 17 |
Kypreiko | Greece | W | red | 16 | 1 | 0 | 17 |
Tzitzka | Georgia | W/T | white | 9 | 4 | 4 | 17 |
Licronaxu | Italy (Sardinia) | W/T | white | 13 | 1 | 2 | 16 |
Culupuntu | Italy (Sardinia) | W | white | 0 | 0 | 11 | 11 |
Coda di volpe bianca | Italy (Campania) | W/T | white | 8 | 0 | 2 | 10 |
Albourla rose | Ukraine | W/T | red | 8 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
Mazzese | Italy (Tuscany) | W | red | 0 | 5 | 5 | 10 |
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Ucchesu, M.; Depalmas, A.; Sarigu, M.; Gardiman, M.; Lallai, A.; Meggio, F.; Usai, A.; Bacchetta, G. Unearthing Grape Heritage: Morphological Relationships between Late Bronze–Iron Age Grape Pips and Modern Cultivars. Plants 2024, 13, 1836. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants13131836
Ucchesu M, Depalmas A, Sarigu M, Gardiman M, Lallai A, Meggio F, Usai A, Bacchetta G. Unearthing Grape Heritage: Morphological Relationships between Late Bronze–Iron Age Grape Pips and Modern Cultivars. Plants. 2024; 13(13):1836. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants13131836
Chicago/Turabian StyleUcchesu, Mariano, Anna Depalmas, Marco Sarigu, Massimo Gardiman, Andrea Lallai, Franco Meggio, Alessandro Usai, and Gianluigi Bacchetta. 2024. "Unearthing Grape Heritage: Morphological Relationships between Late Bronze–Iron Age Grape Pips and Modern Cultivars" Plants 13, no. 13: 1836. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants13131836