Humans and hemp (Cannabis sativa) have an ancient relationship, dating back to the beginning of recorded history. Nevertheless, controversy surrounds the antiquity of the plant. Today Cannabis is probably most famous for its psychoactive properties and illicit status in numerous countries, however hemp has primarily been cultivated as a fibre crop in the past. This study examines the European history of hemp cultivation, based on already published data collected from the European Pollen Database and other relevant studies. The oldest indicators of hemp cultivation from the European pollen record is from the Lake Varna-region in Bulgaria, dated to 4280 BCE. However, this find is the only of its kind from this time. Much later, by 500-600 BCE...
Cannabis, which originated in Asia, is an ancient plant that migrated to many parts of the world wit...
In March 1995, a decision about cultivation of cannabis was issued by the Swiss Federal Offices of P...
ERODE project funded by the INSU/CNRS and 205 OTARIE project funded by the Région Centre and the Eur...
Subfossil remains of Cannabis sativa L. (hemp) have been found at Lindangelund in the region of Malm...
This is a paper that partly has studied the uses of Cannabis sativa in Sweden during prehistoric and...
[FIRST PARAGRAPH] Hemp (Cannabissativa L.)— whose origins as a domesticated plant probably lie in C....
The cores from the Albano and Nemi lakes, near Rome, were studied within the European Union funded P...
Hemp (Cannabis sativa L.) is highly usable and resistant crop which is being used and cultivated by ...
International audienceThe tempo and mode of colonization of the Iberian Peninsula (IP) by Cannabis s...
Nowadays most plant textiles used for clothing and household are made of cotton and viscose. Before ...
International audienceArchaeobotanical studies are nowadays randomly included in archaeological inve...
Documenting prehistoric and historical hemp retting for fiber extraction is important in the study o...
As one of the first plants to be cultivated by humans, probably since at least 8000–5000 bce, hemp (...
Cannabis, which originated in Asia, is an ancient plant that migrated to many parts of the world wit...
In March 1995, a decision about cultivation of cannabis was issued by the Swiss Federal Offices of P...
ERODE project funded by the INSU/CNRS and 205 OTARIE project funded by the Région Centre and the Eur...
Subfossil remains of Cannabis sativa L. (hemp) have been found at Lindangelund in the region of Malm...
This is a paper that partly has studied the uses of Cannabis sativa in Sweden during prehistoric and...
[FIRST PARAGRAPH] Hemp (Cannabissativa L.)— whose origins as a domesticated plant probably lie in C....
The cores from the Albano and Nemi lakes, near Rome, were studied within the European Union funded P...
Hemp (Cannabis sativa L.) is highly usable and resistant crop which is being used and cultivated by ...
International audienceThe tempo and mode of colonization of the Iberian Peninsula (IP) by Cannabis s...
Nowadays most plant textiles used for clothing and household are made of cotton and viscose. Before ...
International audienceArchaeobotanical studies are nowadays randomly included in archaeological inve...
Documenting prehistoric and historical hemp retting for fiber extraction is important in the study o...
As one of the first plants to be cultivated by humans, probably since at least 8000–5000 bce, hemp (...
Cannabis, which originated in Asia, is an ancient plant that migrated to many parts of the world wit...
In March 1995, a decision about cultivation of cannabis was issued by the Swiss Federal Offices of P...
ERODE project funded by the INSU/CNRS and 205 OTARIE project funded by the Région Centre and the Eur...