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Notes

Introduction

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M. Van Der Veen in K. B. Metheny & M. C. Beaudry (eds), 2015, Archaeology of Food: An Encyclopedia, Rowman & Littlefield.

2

K. Lewis in Archaeology of Food.

3

G. Milton, 1999, Nathaniel’s Nutmeg, Hodder & Stoughton.

4

J.-P. Reduron, 2021, ‘Taxonomy, origin and importance of the Apiaceae family’ in E. Geoffriau & P. W. Simon (eds), 2021, Carrots and Related Apiaceae Crops, CABI Publishing.

5

W. J. Kress & C. D. Specht, 2006, ‘The evolutionary and biogeographic origin and diversification of the tropical monocot Order Zingiberales’, Aliso, vol. 22 pp. 621–32.

6

D. J. Harris et al., 2000, ‘Rapid radiation in Aframomum (Zingiberaceae): evidence from nuclear ribosomal DNA internal transcribed spacer (ITS) sequences’, Edinburgh Journal of Botany, vol. 57, issue 3 pp. 377–95.

7

J. F. Smith et al., 2008, ‘Placing the origin of two species-rich genera in the Late Cretaceous with later species divergence in the Tertiary: a phylogenetic, biogeographic and molecular dating analysis of Piper and Peperomia (Piperaceae)’, Plant Systematics and Evolution, vol. 275.

Chapter 1

1

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2

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3

K. M. Balapure, J. K. Maheshwari & R. K. Tandon, 1987, ‘Plants of Ramayana’, Ancient Science of Life, vol. 7, 2; M. Amirthalingham, 2013, ‘Plant diversity in the Valmiki Ramayana’, IJEK, 2, 1.

4

W. H. S. Jones (translator), 1957, Hippocrates, Loeb Classical Library vol. 1, Introduction, William Heinemann Ltd, London.

5

Hippocrates, Epidemics VI, 5, 1.

6

Hippocrates, Regimen in Acute Diseases, XXIII.

7

Hippocrates, Epidemics II, 5, 22.

8

Ibid. 6, 7.

9

Ibid. 6, 29.

10

Hippocrates, Epidemics VII, 2.

11

Ibid. 6.

12

Ibid. 64.

13

Ibid. 118.

14

L. M. V. Totelin, 2006, ‘Hippocratic recipes: oral and written transmission of pharmacological knowledge in fifth- and fourth-century Greece’, Doctoral thesis, University of London.

15

Hippocrates, Epidemics I, 11.

16

A. Hort, 1916, Theophrastus, Enquiry into Plants, English Translation, vol. I, Introduction, William Heinemann Ltd, London.

17

Ibid. vol II, Book IX, 5.

18

Ibid.

19

J. W. McCrindle, 1877, Ancient India as Described by Megasthenes and Arrian, Trubner.

20

Strabo, c. 18 CE, Geographica, XV, 1.57.

21

Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us IV, 39, C. D. Yonge (translator), 1854, H. G. Bohn, London.

22

Strabo, c. 18 CE, Geographica, XV, 1, 58–60; W. Falconer (translator), 1857, The Geography of Strabo, vol. 3, H. G. Bohn, London.

23

Pliny, Natural History, VI, 21.

24

H. L. Jones (translator), 1917, The Geography of Strabo, vol. 1, Introduction, William Heinemann Ltd, London.

25

Strabo, c. 18 CE, Geographica, I, 2.1; H. C. Hamilton (translator), The Geography of Strabo, vol. 1, H. G. Bohn, London.

26

Strabo, c. 18 CE, Geographica, II, 5.12.

27

Celsus, De Medicina, II, 27, J. Greive (translator), 1814, Edinburgh; Ibid. II, 31.

28

Pliny, Natural History, XXV, 5.

29

E. H. Bunbury, 1883, A history of ancient geography among the Greeks and Romans, from the earliest ages till the fall of the Roman Empire, John Murray, London.

30

H. B. Ash (translator), 1960, Lucius Junius Moderatus Columella on Agriculture, vol. 1, Introduction, William Heinemann, London.

31

J. Bostock & H. T. Riley (translators), 1855, The Natural History of Pliny, vol. 1, Introduction, H. G. Bohn, London.

32

J. M. Riddle, 1980, Dioscorides, Catalogus Translationum et Commentariorum, IV, 1–143 Catholic University of America Press.

33

T. A. Osbaldeston & R. P. A. Wood, 2000, Dioscorides, De Materia Medica, a new indexed version in modern English, Ibidis.

34

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35

Ibid.

36

J. W. McCrindle, 1885, Ancient India as Described by Ptolemy, Trubner.

37

I. Tupikova, 2013, in Proceedings of the 26th International Cartographic Conference, Dresden.

38

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39

P. Holmes, 2002, ‘Galen of Pergamon: A Sketch of an Original Eclectic and lntegrative Practitioner, and His System of Medicine’, Journal of the American Herbalists Guild.

40

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41

F. Adams (translator), 1844, The Seven Books of Paulus Aegineta, The Sydenham Society, London.

42

C. A. Y. Breslin, 1986, ‘Abu Hanifah Al-Dinawari’s Book of Plants, an annotated English translation of the extant alphabetical portion’, thesis, University of Arizona.

43

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44

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45

Rembert Dodoens, 1552, De frugum historia, Joannis Loëi; Rembert Dodoens, 1554, Cruydeboeck, Jan van der Loë.

46

H. Lyte (translator), 1578, A niewe Herball or Historie of Plantes, Gerard Dewes, London.

47

J. Gerard, 1597, The Herball, or Generall Historie of Plantes, John Norton, London.

48

N. Culpeper, 1653, Angelica, Complete Herbal.

49

C. Linnaeus, 1735, System Naturae sive regna tria natur? systematice proposita per classes, ordines, genera, & species, Lugduni Batavorum, Theodorum Haak.

Chapter 2

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2

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3

N. Boivin & D. Fuller, 2009, ‘Shell Middens, Ships and Seeds: Exploring Coastal Subsistence, Maritime Trade and the Dispersal of Domesticates in and Around the Ancient Arabian Peninsula’, Journal of World Prehistory, 22.

4

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5

D. Q. Fuller, 2003, ‘Further evidence on the prehistory of sesame’, Asian Agri-History, vol. 7, 2.

6

V. Zech-Matterne et al., 2015, ‘Sesamum indicum L. (sesame) in 2nd century BC Pompeii, southwest Italy, and a review of early sesame finds in Asia and Europe’, Vegetation History and Archaeobotany, 24.

7

E. Tsafou & J. J. Garcia-Granero, 2021, ‘Beyond staple crops: exploring the use of “invisible” plant ingredients in Minoan cuisine through starch grain analysis on ceramic vessels’, Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences, 13, 8.

8

E. S. Marcus, 2007, ‘Amenemhet II and the sea: maritime aspects of the Mit Rahina (Memphis) inscription’, Egypt and the Levant, vol. XVII.

9

F. Rosengarten Jr, 1969, The Book of Spices, pp.23–96, Jove Publ., Inc., New York.

10

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11

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12

A. B. Edwards, 1891, Pharaohs Fellahs and Explorers, Harper & Bros, New York.

13

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14

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15

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16

J. Innes Miller, 1969, The spice trade of the Roman Empire 29 BC to AD 641, Oxford University Press.

17

A. Scott et al., 2020, ‘Exotic foods reveal contact between South Asia and the Near East during the second millennium BCE’, www.pnas.org/cgi/doi/10.1073/pnas.2014956117.

18

C. L. Glenister, 2008, ‘Profiling Punt: using trade relations to locate “God’s Land”’, M.Phil. thesis, University of Stellenbosch.

19

C. Pulak, 2008, ‘The Uluburun shipwreck and Late Bronze Age trade’ in Beyond Babylon: Art, Trade, and Diplomacy in the Second Millennium BC, Metropolitan Museum of Art.

20

A. Plu, 1985, ‘Bois et graines’ in L. Balout & C. Roubet (eds), La momie de Ramsès II: Contribution scientifique à l’egyptologie, pp. 166–74, Editions Recherches sur les Civilisations, Paris.

21

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22

D. Namdar et al., 2013, ‘Cinnamaldehyde in early Iron Age Phoenician flasks raises the possibility of Levantine trade with Southeast Asia’, Mediterranean Archaeology and Archaeometry, 13, 2.

23

T. Popova, 2016, ‘New archaeobotanical evidence for Trigonella foenum-graecum L. from the 4th century Serdica’, Quaternary International.

24

D. Bedigian & J. R. Harlan, 1986, op. cit.

25

V. Zech-Matterne et al., 2015, op. cit.

26

D. Bedigian, 2010, ‘History of the Cultivation and Use of Sesame’ in D. Bedigian (ed.), Sesame: The genus Sesamum, CRC Press.

27

E. Naville & H. R. Hall, 1913, op. cit.

28

D. Namdar et al., 2013, op. cit.

29

A. Scott et al., 2020, op. cit.

30

N. Boivin & D. Fuller, 2009, op. cit.

31

D. Kučan, 1995, ‘Zur Ernährung und dem Gebrauch von Pflanzen im Heraion von Samos im 7, Jahrhundert v.Chr.’ Jahrbuch des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts, 110.

32

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33

A. Gilboa & D. Namdar, 2015, ‘On the beginnings of South Asian spice trade with the Mediterranean region: a review’, Radiocarbon, vol. 57, 2.

34

Herodotus, c. 430 BCE, Histories, I.183; I.198.

35

Ibid. II.86.

36

Ibid. IV.71.

37

B. P. Foley et al., 2011, ‘Aspects of ancient Greek trade re-evaluated with amphora DNA evidence’, Journal of Archaeological Science.

38

Hippocrates, fifth–fourth century BCE, The Hippocratic Corpus.

39

Theophrastus, fourth–third century BCE, Enquiry into Plants.

40

W. Dymock et al., 1891, Pharmacographia Indica: A history of the principal drugs of vegetable origin met with in British India, vol. 2, Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., London.

41

R. S. Singh & A. N. Singh, 1983, ‘Impact of historical studies on the nomenclature of medicinal and economic plants with particular reference to clove (Lavanga)’, Ancient Science of Life, 2, 4.

42

C. C. Costillo et al., 2016, ‘Rice, beans and trade crops on the early maritime Silk Route in Southeast Asia’, Antiquity.

43

T. Popova, 2016, op. cit.

44

N. Boivin & D. Fuller, 2009, op. cit.

45

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46

Pliny, Natural History, XII, 30.

47

J. Innes Miller, 1969, op. cit.

48

R. McLaughlin, 2014, The Roman Empire and the Indian Ocean: The Ancient World Economy and the Kingdoms of Africa, Arabia and India, Pen & Sword Military.

49

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50

P. E. McGovern et al., 2009, ‘Ancient Egyptian herbal wines’, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, vol. 106, 18, www.pnas.org.cgi.doi.10.1073.pnas.0811578106.

51

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52

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53

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54

E. J. Chinnock (translator), 1884, The Anabasis of Alexander or, The History of the Wars and Conquests of Alexander the Great, Hodder and Stoughton.

55

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56

F. D. P. Wicker, 1998, op. cit.

57

J. Innes Miller, 1969, op. cit.

58

Pliny, Natural History, XII, 42.

59

P. Frankopan, 2015, The Silk Roads: A New History of the World, Bloomsbury.

60

F. Rosengarten Jr, 1969, op. cit.

61

R. Chakravarti, 2012, ‘Merchants, Merchandise and Merchantmen in the Western Seaboard of India: A Maritime Profile (c. 500 BCE– 1500 CE)’ in Om Prakash (ed.), Trading World of the Indian Ocean, 1500–1800, New Delhi.

62

E. H. Seland, 2014, ‘Archaeology of Trade in the Western Indian Ocean, 300 BC–AD 700’, Journal of Archaeological Research, 22.

63

R. Gurrukal, 2013, ‘Classical Indo-Roman Trade: A Misnomer in Political Economy’, Economic and Political Weekly, 48 (26).

64

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65

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2

G. Barjamovic et al., 2019, ‘Food in Ancient Mesopotamia: Cooking the Yale Babylonian Culinary Recipes’ in A. Lassen et al. (eds), 2019, Ancient Mesopotamia Speaks, Yale Peabody: New Haven, CT.

3

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4

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5

Theophrastus, fourth–third century BCE, op. cit.

6

Pliny, Natural History, XIX, 48.

7

Ibid. XX, 46.

8

Dioscorides, De Materia Medica, 3.

9

J. Gerard, 1597, op. cit.

10

Thomas Dawson, 1596, The Good Huswifes Jewell.

11

John Murrell, 1615, A New Book of Cookerie; John Murrels, 1638, Two Books of Cookerie and Carving.

12

Gervase Markeham, 1615, The English Huswife.

13

Elizabeth Grey, 1653, A Choice Manual of Rare and Select Secrets in Physick and Chyrurgery.

14

Robert May, 1660, The Accomplisht Cook, or the Art and Mystery of Cooking.

15

T. P., J. P., R. C., N. B., 1674, The English and French Cook.

16

William Rabisha, 1661, The Whole Body of Cookery Dissected.

17

Hannah Wooley, 1677, Compleat Servant-Maid.

18

Kenelme Digby, 1669, The Closet of the Eminently Learned Sir Kenelme Digby Kt opened.

19

John Shirley, 1690, The Accomplished Ladies Rich Closet of Rarities.

20

Herodotus, c. 430 BCE, Histories, IV.71.

21

Theophrastus, fourth–third century BCE, op. cit.

22

Pliny, Natural History, XX, 72–3.

23

Dioscorides, De Materia Medica, 3.

24

P. Westland, 1987, The Encyclopedia of Herbs & Spices, Marshall Cavendish; www.ourherbgarden.com.

25

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26

K. Colquhoun, 2007, Taste: The Story of Britain through its Cooking, Bloomsbury; M. Van der Veen, A. Livarda & A. Hill, 2008, ‘New Plant Foods in Roman Britain: Dispersal and Social Access’, Environmental Archaeology, vol. 13, 1.

27

Oribasius, Medical Collections.

28

A. Dalby, 2003, Flavours of Byzantium, Prospect Books.

29

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30

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31

S. Ims, 2012, ‘Spices in Late Medieval England: Uses and Representations’, thesis, Monash University.

32

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33

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34

Andrew Boorde, 1542, A Dietary of Health.

35

J. Gerard, 1597, op. cit.

36

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37

K. Colquhoun, 2007, op. cit.

38

Eliza Smith, 1727, The Compleat Housewife, J. Pemberton, London; Hannah Glasse, 1747, The Art of Cookery Made Plain and Easy.

39

C. K. George, ‘Asafetida’ in K. V. Peter (ed.), 2012, Handbook of herbs and spices, vol. 3.

40

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41

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42

Ibn Sayyah al-Warraq, tenth century CE, Kitab al-Tabikh.

43

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44

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45

M. Jaffrey, 1985, A Taste of India, Pavilion.

46

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47

S. Raghavan, 2007, op. cit.

48

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50

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51

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52

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53

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54

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55

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56

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58

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59

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60

John Russell, 1460–70, Boke of Nurture.

61

William Shakespeare, 1600, Henry IV Part 2, Act V Scene 3.

62

John Parkinson, 1629, Paradisi in Sole Paradisus Terrestris.

63

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64

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65

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66

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67

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68

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69

A. Livarda & M. Van der Veen, 2008, ‘Social access and dispersal of condiments in North-West Europe from the Roman to the medieval period’, Vegetation History and Archaeobotany.

70

M. Van der Veen, A. Livarda & A. Hill, 2008, op. cit.

71

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72

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73

Giles Rose, 1682, A perfect School of Instructions for the Officers of the Mouth: shewing the whole art.

74

Antonio Targioni Tozzetti, 1850, in ‘Historical notes on the introduction of various plants into the agriculture and horticulture of Tuscany’, in 1855, Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society, London, 9.

75

John Partridge, 1588, The Widowes Treasure.

76

J. Gerard, 1597, op. cit.

77

Gervase Markeham, 1615, op. cit.

78

E. L. Sturtevant, 1886, History of Celery.

79

Olivier de Serres, 1623, Theâtre d’agriculture.

80

Hannah Woolley, 1675, op. cit.

81

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82

John Shirley, 1690, op. cit.

83

Bernard M’Mahon, 1806, The American Gardener’s Calendar.

84

Agnes B. Marshall, 1888, Mrs A. B. Marshall’s Cookery Book.

85

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86

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M. M. Sharma & R. K. Sharma, ‘Coriander’ in K. V. Peter (ed.), 2012, Handbook of herbs and spices, vol. 1.

88

E. Callaway, 2012, ‘Soapy taste of coriander linked to genetic variants’, Nature, News.

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90

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93

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94

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98

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99

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100

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101

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104

A. Livarda & M. Van der Veen, 2008, op. cit.

105

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106

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108

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110

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121

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122

J. Turner, 2004, op. cit.

123

One Thousand and One Nights (or The Arabian Nights), various ages, probably from eighth century CE.

124

S. Raghavan, 2007, op. cit.

125

C. Brombacher, 1997, op. cit.; B. Pickersgill, ‘Spices’ in Sir G. Prance & M. Nesbitt (eds), 2005, The Cultural History of Plants, Routledge.

126

The Herb Society of America’s Essential Guide to Dill.

127

Theophrastus, fourth–third century BCE, op. cit.

128

Dioscorides, De Materia Medica, 1.

129

Ibid., 3.

130

Pliny, Natural History, XX, 74.

131

The Herb Society of America’s Essential Guide to Dill.

132

M. Van der Veen & H. Tabinor, ‘Food, fodder and fuel at Mons Porphyrites: the botanical evidence’ in D. Peacock and V. Maxfield (eds), 2007, The Roman Imperial Quarries Survey and Excavation at Mons Porphyrites, 1994–1998, vol. 2.

133

M. Van der Veen, A. Livarda & A. Hill, 2008, op. cit.

134

A. Hagen, 2006, op. cit.

135

A. Hall, 2000, ‘A brief history of plant foods in the city of York’ in E. White (ed.), Feeding a city: York: The provision of food from Roman times to the beginning of the twentieth century, Prospect Books.

136

D. P. O’Meara, 2016, op. cit.

137

C. Spencer, 2002, op. cit.

138

John Partridge, 1588, The Widowes Treasure.

139

J. Gerard, 1597, op. cit.

140

Gervase Markeham, 1615, op. cit.

141

www.nyfoodmuseum.org/_ptime.htm.

142

Sir Hugh Plat, 1603, op. cit.; John Murrell, 1615, op. cit.; Robert May, 1660, op. cit; Hannah Woolley, 1664, Cook’s Guide, or Rare Receipts for Cookery.

143

1664, Court & Kitchin of Elizabeth, Commonly called Joan Cromwel.

144

Hannah Woolley, 1670, The Queen-like Closet, Or Rich Cabinet.

145

T. P., J. P., R. C., N. B., 1674, op. cit.

146

Hannah Wooley, 1677, op. cit.; Hannah Woolley, 1675, op. cit.

147

Eliza Smith, 1727, op. cit.

148

John Collins, 1682, Salt and Fishery: a discourse thereof.

149

Elizabeth Grey, 1653, op. cit.

150

Eliza Smith, 1727, op. cit.

151

Hannah Woolley, 1675, op. cit.

152

John Shirley, 1690, op. cit.

153

J. Sahni, 1987, op. cit.

154

A. Davidson, 1999, op. cit.

155

E. R. Ellison, 1978, op. cit.

156

Dioscorides, De Materia Medica, 3.

157

Pliny, Natural History, XX, 95.

158

Ibid., 96.

159

M. Van der Veen & H. Tabinor, 2007, op. cit.

160

W. D. Storl, 2016, A Curious History of Vegetables: Aphrodisiacal and Healing Properties, Folk Tales, Garden Tips, and Recipes.

161

D. P. O’Meara, 2016, op. cit.

162

The Master Cooks of Richard II, 1390, op. cit.

163

Ariane Helou, trans., c. 1400, An Anonymous Tuscan Cookery Book.

164

John Murrell, 1615, op. cit.

165

John Murrell, 1617, op. cit.

166

Elizabeth Grey, 1653, op. cit.

167

Giles Rose, 1682, A perfect school of Instructions for the Officers of the Mouth: shewing the whole art.

168

John Shirley, 1690, op. cit.

169

Unknown, 1696, The whole duty of a woman: or a guide to the female sex.

170

Hannah Glasse, 1747, op. cit.

171

Theophrastus, fourth–third century BCE, op. cit.

172

Pliny, Natural History, XX, 44.

173

M. Van der Veen, A. Livarda & A. Hill, 2008, op. cit.

174

A. Livarda & M. Van der Veen, 2008, op. cit.

175

William Langland, 1380–90?, The Vision of Piers Plowman.

176

Ariane Helou, trans., c. 1400, An Anonymous Tuscan Cookery Book.

177

Carl Linnaeus, 1753, Species Plantarum.

178

Thomas Dawson, 1596, op. cit.

179

A. Davidson, 1999, op. cit.

180

Herodotus, c. 430 BCE, Histories, IV, 169

181

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Chapter 4

1

Hippocrates, Diseases III, 12, 16 (Potter, LCL).

2

Hippocrates, Regimen in Acute Diseases, 34.

3

Hippocrates, Diseases of Women I.

4

L. M. V. Totelin, 2006, op. cit.

5

Theophrastus, fourth–third century BCE, op. cit., IX, 20.

6

D. R. Bertoni, 2014, ‘The Cultivation and Conceptualization of Exotic Plants in the Greek and Roman Worlds’, Doctoral dissertation, Harvard University.

7

E. McDuff, 2019, ‘The Potentiality of Phytoliths in the Study of Roman Spices: An Investigation into the Nature of Phytoliths in Piper nigrum and Piper longum’, MA thesis, Brandeis University.

8

M. Ciaraldi, 2007, ‘People and Plants in Ancient Pompeii’, Accordia Specialist Studies, vol. 12, London.

9

Horace, Satires II, 4; II, 8; Horace, 2, Satire IV; 2, Epistle 1 to Augustus.

10

Ovid, Ars Amatoria, or The Art of Love, 2, H. T. Riley (translator), 1885.

11

Apicius, De Re Coquinaria.

12

M. Cobb, 2018, ‘Black Pepper Consumption in the Roman Empire’, Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient, 61 (4).

13

Pliny, Natural History, XII, 14.

14

Martial, Epigrams, 7, 27, 1865, Bohn’s Classical Library, Bell & Daldy, London.

15

Martial, Epigrams, 13, 13.

16

Celsus, De Medicina.

17

Dioscorides, De Materia Medica, 2.

18

M. Robinson & E. Rowan, 2015, op. cit.; K. Reed & T. Leleković, 2019, ‘First evidence of rice (Oryza cf. sativa L.) and black pepper (Piper nigrum) in Roman Mursa, Croatia’, Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences, 11.

19

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20

Philostratus, Life of Apollonius of Tyana, III, 4.

21

F. De Romanis, 2015, ‘Comparative Perspectives on the Pepper Trade’ in F. De Romanis & M. Maiuro (eds), 2015, Across the Ocean: Nine essays on Indo-Mediterranean trade, Brill.

22

Zosimus, Historia Nova, 5.

23

C. Spencer, 2002, op. cit.

24

A. Hagen, 2006, op. cit.

25

P. W. Hammond, 1998, Food and Feast in Medieval England, Wrens Park.

26

The household book of Dame Alice de Bryene, of Acton Hall, Suffolk, Sept 1412–Sept 1413, Suffolk Institute of Archaeology and Natural History.

27

P. W. Hammond, 1998, op. cit.

28

J. Innes Miller, 1969, op. cit.; E. H. Warmington, 1928, The commerce between the Roman Empire and India.

29

Dioscorides, De Materia Medica, 1.

30

Pliny, Natural History, XII, 48.

31

J. Innes Miller, 1969, op. cit.

32

Pliny, Natural History, XII, 44; Dioscorides, De Materia Medica, 1.

33

Cosmas Indicopleustes, The Christian Topography, Book 11.

34

W. H. Schoff, 1912, The Periplus of the Erythraean Sea: Travel and Trade in the Indian Ocean by a Merchant of the First Century, Longmans, Green & Co., New York.

35

C. Ptolemy, Geography, VII, 2, 16.

36

Digest of Justinian, Book 39, 7.

37

Pliny, Natural History, XII, 42.

38

Pliny, Natural History, XII, 43.

39

Theophrastus, fourth–third century BCE, op. cit., IX, 1, 2.

40

Pliny, Natural History, XII, 19.

41

Dioscorides, De Materia Medica, 1.

42

A. Gismondi, A. D’Agostino, G. Di Marco, C. Martinez-Labarga, V. Leonini, O. Rickards & A. Canini, 2020, ‘Back to the roots: dental calculus analysis of the first documented case of coeliac disease’, Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences, 12, 6.

43

Arrian, Anabasis Alexandri, VI, 22.

44

A. Reddy, 2013, ‘Looking from Arabia to India: Analysis of the Early Roman “India trade” in the Indian Ocean during the late Pre-Islamic Period (3rd century BC–6th century AD)’, PhD thesis, Deccan College Postgraduate and Research Institute.

45

P. J. Cherian, 2011, Pattanam archaeological site: The wharf context and the maritime exchanges.

46

Pliny, Natural History, XII, 63.

47

Pliny, Natural History, XII, 26.

48

Dioscorides, De Materia Medica, 1.

49

Theophrastus, fourth–third century BCE, op. cit., IX, 20; Pliny, Natural History, XII, 14; Dioscorides, De Materia Medica, 2; Horace, 2, Satire IV; 2, Epistle 1 to Augustus; Cosmas Indicopleustes, op. cit.

50

Theophrastus, fourth–third century BCE, op. cit., IX, 20.

51

Pliny, Natural History, XII, 14.

52

Theophrastus, fourth–third century BCE, op. cit., Odours, 32.

53

Dioscorides, De Materia Medica, 1.

54

Pliny, Natural History, XII, 15.

55

Cosmas Indicopleustes, op. cit.

56

Dioscorides, De Materia Medica, 2.

57

Pliny, Natural History, XII, 14.

58

C. Ptolemy, Geography, VII, 4, 1.

59

P. Frankopan, 2015, op. cit.

60

G. K. Young, 1988, ‘The long-distance “international” trade in the Roman east and its political effects 318 BC–AD 305’, PhD thesis, University of Tasmania.

61

Strabo, c. 18 CE, Geographica, II, 5, 12.

62

F. De Romanis, 2015, op. cit.

63

Philostratus, Life of Apollonius of Tyana, Book III, ch. 4.

64

M. Cobb, 2018, op. cit.; G. K. Young, 1988, op. cit.

65

P. T. Parthasarathi, 2015, ‘Roman Control and Influence on the Spice Trade Scenario of Indian Ocean World: A Re-Assessment of Evidences’, Heritage: Journal of Multidisciplinary Studies in Archaeology, 3.

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M. Cobb, 2015, ‘The Chronology of Roman Trade in the Indian Ocean from Augustus to Early Third Century AD’, Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient, 58.

67

G. K. Young, 1988, op. cit.

68

Strabo, c. 18 CE, Geographica, II, 3.

69

J. W. McCrindle, 1879, The Commerce and Navigation of the Erythraean Sea: being a translation of the Periplus Maris Erythraei and Arrian’s Account of the Voyage of Nearkhos, Bombay, Calcutta, London.

70

J. Whitewright, 2018, ‘The ships and shipping of Indo-Roman trade’, Journal on Hellenistic and Roman Material Culture, vol. 6, issue 2.

71

Pliny, Natural History, VI, 34.

72

Ibid. VI, 26.

73

R. McLaughlin, 2014, op. cit.

74

S. Ghosh, 2014, ‘Barbarikon in the Maritime Trade Network of Early India’ in R. Mukherjee (ed.), Vanguards of Globalization: Port-Cities from the Classical to the Modern, pp. 59–74, Primus Publications, New Delhi.

75

D. Catsambis, 2012, The Oxford Handbook of Maritime Archaeology, pp. 518–19, quoted in R. McLaughlin, 2014, The Roman Empire and the Indian Ocean, Pen & Sword.

76

R. McLaughlin, 2014, op. cit.

77

Cosmas Indicopleustes, op. cit.

78

R. McLaughlin, 2014, op. cit.

79

D. Dayalan, 2018, ‘Ancient seaports on the western coast of India – the hub of maritime silk route network’, Acta Via Serica, vol. 3, 2; R. Nanji & V. D. Gogte, 2005, A search for the Early Historic ports on the west coast of India.

80

K. F. Dalal, E. Emanuel Mayer, R. G. Raghavan, R. Mitra-Dalat, S. Kale & A. Shinde, 2018, ‘The Hippocampus of Kuda: A Mediterranean motif which validates the identification of the Indo-Roman port of Mandagora’, Journal of Indian Ocean Archaeology, Nos 13–14.

81

D. Dayalan, 2018, op. cit.

82

Ibid.

83

Ibid.

84

A. C. Burnell, Ind. Ant., vol. VII, p.40.

85

D. Dayalan, 2019, ‘Ancient seaports on the eastern coast of India – the hub of the maritime silk route network’, Acta Via Serica, vol. 4, 1.

86

Sundaresh & P. Gudigar, 1992, ‘Kaveripattinam: an ancient port’ in Baiderbettu Upendra Nayak et al. (eds), New Trends in Indian Art and Archaeology.

87

C. Ptolemy, Geography, VII, 1, 13.

88

R. Chakravarti, 2012, op. cit.

89

L. Casson, 1989, The Periplus Maris Erythraei, Princeton University Press.

90

L. Faucheux, 1945, Une vieille cise indienne pres de Pondichery, Virampatnam, Pondicherry; R. E. M. Wheeler et al., 1946, ‘Arikamedu: an Indo-Roman trading station on the east coast of India’, Ancient India, 2.

91

V. Begley, 1983, ‘New investigations at the port of Arikamedu’, Journal of Roman Archaeology, 6.

92

Pliny, Natural History, VI, 26.

93

The Akananuru, 149.

94

R. McLaughlin, 2014, op. cit.

95

D. Rathbone, 2021, ‘Too much pepper? F. De Romanis, The Indo-Roman Pepper Trade and the Muziris Papyrus, Oxford (2020)’, Topoi, vol. 24, 439–65.

96

F. De Romanis, 2015, op. cit.

97

W. H. Schoff, 1912, The Periplus of the Erythraean Sea, Longmans, Green, and Co.; A. Kumar, 2008, ‘A probe to locate Kerala’s early historic trade emporium of Nelcynda’, Journal of Indian Ocean Archaeology, 5.

98

O. Bopearachichi, 2014, Maritime Trade and Cultural Exchanges in the Indian Ocean: India and Sri Lanka, IGNC.

99

E. H. Warmington, 1928, op. cit.

100

D. S. A. Munasinghe & D. C. V. Fernando, Trading Relationships between Ancient Sri Lanka and Ancient Greece and Rome, Oracle.

101

D. P. M. Weerakoddy, 1995, ‘Roman coins of Sri Lanka: some observations’, The Sri Lanka Journal of the Humanities, vol. 21, 1&2.

102

J. M. Sudharmawathei, 2017, ‘Foreign trade relations in Sri Lanka in the ancient period: with special reference to the period from 6th century BC to 16th century AD’, Humanities and Social Sciences Review, 7, 2.

103

C. Ptolemy, Geography, VII, 4, 1.

104

E. Kingwell-Banham et al., 2018, ‘Spice and rice: pepper, cloves and everyday cereal foods at the ancient port of Mantai, Sri Lanka’, Antiquity, 92, 366.

105

R. Chakravarti, 2012, op. cit.

106

Cai-Zhen Hong, 2016, ‘A Study of Spice Trade from the Quanzhou Maritime Silk Road in Song and Yuan Dynasties’, 2nd Annual International Conference on Social Science and Contemporary Humanity Development, Atlantis.

107

Capt. Drury, 1851, ‘Remarks on some lately-discovered Roman Gold Coins’, Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, XX, V.

108

R. McLaughlin, 2014, op. cit.

109

Ibid.

110

F. De Romanis, 2012, ‘Playing Sudoku on the Verso of the “Muziris Papyrus”: Pepper, Malabathron and Tortoise Shell in the Cargo of the Hermapollon’, Journal of Ancient Indian History, 27.

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F. De Romanis, 2015, op. cit.

112

B. Fauconnier, 2012, ‘Graeco-Roman merchants in the Indian Ocean: Revealing a multicultural trade’, Topoi Orient-Occident, Suppl. 11.

113

R. McLaughlin, 2014, op. cit.

114

Pliny, Natural History, XII, 41.

115

Pliny, Natural History, VI, 26.

116

A. Wilson & A. Bowman (eds), 2017, Trade, Commerce, and the State in the Roman World, Oxford University Press.

117

A. M. Kotarba-Morley, 2019, ‘Ancient Ports of Trade on the Red Sea Coasts – The “Parameters of Attractiveness” of Site Locations and Human Adaptations to Fluctuating Land- and Sea-Scapes. Case Study Berenike Troglodytica, Southeastern Egypt’ in Najeeb M. A. Rasul & I. C. F. Stewart (eds), Geological Setting, Palaeoenvironment and Archaeology of the Red Sea, Springer.

118

T. Power, 2013, The Red Sea from Byzantium to the Caliphate AD 500–1000, American University in Cairo Press.

119

M. Cobb, 2015, op. cit.

120

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121

A. Reddy, 2013, op. cit.

122

W. Z. Wendrich et al., 2003, ‘Berenike Crossroads: The integration of information’, Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient, 46, 1.

123

M. Cobb, 2015, op. cit.

124

J. Whitewright, 2007, ‘Roman Rigging Material from the Red Sea Port of Myos Hormos’, The International Journal of Nautical Archaeology, 36.2.

125

C. Haas, 1997, Alexandria in Late Antiquity: Topography and Social Conflict, John Hopkins University Press.

126

Strabo, c.18 CE, Geographica, XVII, 1.13

127

C. Taylor Sen, 2015, op. cit.; P. N. Ravindran, 2009, spicesbuds.blogspot.com/2009/05/spices-in-ancient-india.html.

128

E. McDuff, 2019, op. cit.

129

L. M. V. Totelin, 2006, op. cit.

130

Theophrastus, fourth–third century BCE, op. cit., IX, 20.

131

Pliny, Natural History, XII, 14.

132

M. Cobb, 2018, op. cit.

133

F. Sabban, 1985, op. cit.

134

S. Ims, 2012, op. cit.

135

The Master Cooks of Richard II, 1390, op. cit.

136

John Russell, 1460–70, op. cit.

137

Walter Bailey, 1588, A short discourse on the three kinds of pepper in common use and certaine special medicines made of the same, tending to the preseruation of health.

138

J. Gerard, 1597, op. cit.

139

M. Gill, 2016, ‘Spices’, Indian Horizons, vol. 63, 3.

140

J. Sahni, 1987, op. cit.

141

Dr Q. Z. Ahmad, A. U. Rahman & Tajuddin, 2017, ‘Ethnobotany and therapeutic potential of kabab chini (Piper cubeba)’, World Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences.

142

S. Ims, 2012, op. cit.

143

P. N. Ravindran, 2017, The Encyclopedia of Herbs and Spices.

144

John Crawfurd, 1820, History of the Indian Archipelago, vol. 1, Archibald Constable & Co., Edinburgh.

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146

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147

E. Besong et al., 2016, ‘A Review of Piper guineense (African Black Pepper)’, Human Journals, vol. 6, 1.

148

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149

Tran Dang Xuan et al., 2008, ‘Efficacy of extracting solvents to chemical components of kava (Piper methysticum) roots’, Journal of Natural Medicines, 62.

150

V. Lebot & J. Levesque, 1989, ‘The origin and distribution of kava (Piper methysticum, Forst. F., Piperaceae): a phytochemical approach’, Allertonia, vol. 5, 2.

151

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152

J. Lindley, 1838, Flora medica.

153

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154

B. Salehi et al., 2019, ‘Piper Species: A Comprehensive Review on Their Phytochemistry, Biological Activities and Applications’, Molecules, 24, 7.

155

A. Baptista et al., 2019, ‘Antimicrobial activity of the essential oil of Piper amalago L. (Piperaceae) collected in coastal Ecuador’, Pharmacology online, vol. 3.

156

M. Avril, 2008, ‘A study case on Timiz (Piper Capense)’.

157

B. Salehi et al., 2019, op. cit.

158

U. C. Srivastava & K. V. Saji, ‘Under-exploited species of Piperaceae and their uses’ in K. S. Krishnamurthy et al., 2008, op. cit.

159

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160

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161

B. Salehi et al., 2019, op. cit.

162

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163

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164

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Chapter 5

1

H. N. Ridley, 1912, Spices, Macmillan & Co. Ltd, London.

2

G. Watt, 1908, The commercial products of India, John Murray, London.

3

A. C. Burnell, 1885, The voyage of John Huyghen van Linschoten to the East Indies, vol. 1, ch. 10, The Hakluyt Society, London.

4

P. A. Tiele, 1885, The voyage of John Huyghen van Linschoten to the East Indies, vol. 2, ch. 64, The Hakluyt Society, London.

5

K. P. Nair, 2020, The Geography of Cardamom (Elettaria cardamomum M) The Queen of Spices, vol. 2, Springer.

6

A. Kashyap, 2015 in K. B. Metheny & M. C. Beaudry (eds), Archaeology of Food: An Encyclopedia, Rowman & Littlefield; A. Kashyap & S. Weber, 2010, ‘Harappan plant use revealed by starch grains from Farmana, India’, Antiquity, 84, 326.

7

K. P. Prabhakaran Nair, 2013, The Agronomy and Economy of Turmeric and Ginger, Elsevier.

8

Sushruta, c. eighth century BCE, Sushruta Samhita, Ch. 46.

9

L. A. Lyall (translator), 1909, The Sayings of Confucius, Book X, 8, Longmans, Green & Co.

10

J. Innes Miller, 1969, op. cit.

11

C. Ptolemy, Geography, VII, 4, 1.

12

R. Strong, 2002, Feast: A History of Grand Eating, Jonathan Cape, London.

13

F. Rosengarten Jr, 1969, op. cit.

14

B. P. Foley et al., 2011, op. cit.

15

J. Innes Miller, 1969, op. cit.; M. Khvostov, 1907, Researches into the history of oriental commerce in Graeco-Roman Egypt, Kazan University.

16

Pliny, Natural History, XII, 14.

17

Dioscorides, De Materia Medica, 2.

18

E. H. Warmington, 1928, op. cit.; Sallust, Histories, Book IV, 72, B. Maurenbrecher (ed.), 1891 (in Latin).

19

Pliny, Natural History, XII, 28.

20

Ibid. XII, 29.

21

Dioscorides, De Materia Medica, 1.

22

E. H. Warmington, 1928, op. cit., p. 185.

23

S. Santos Braga, 2019, ‘Ginger: Panacea or Consumer’s Hype?’, Applied Science, 9, 1570.

24

Apicius, De Re Coquinaria.

25

Hippocrates, Epidemics VII, 118.

26

Theophrastus, fourth–third century BCE, op. cit.

27

Celsus, De Medicina, III, 21; Ibid. vol. 24.

28

Dioscorides, De Materia Medica, 2.

29

Ibid. 1.

30

A. Gismondi et al., 2020, op. cit.

31

F. Rosengarten Jr, 1969, op. cit.

32

R. Tannahill, 1973, Food in History.

33

Digest of Justinian, 39, 16.7.

34

K. S. Mathew, 1983, Portuguese trade with India in the sixteenth century, New Delhi.

35

A. Hagen, 2006, op. cit.

36

C. Spencer, 2002, op. cit.

37

H. N. Ridley, 1912, op. cit.

38

J. Turner, 2004, op. cit.

39

A. C. Burnell, 1885, op. cit., ch. 31.

40

M. Van Der Veen, 2015, op. cit.

41

H. N. Ridley, 1912, op. cit.

42

C. Spencer, 2002, op. cit.

43

F. J. Green, 1979, op. cit.

44

W. E. Mead, 1931, The English Medieval Feast, George Allen & Unwin Ltd.

45

The Master Cooks of Richard II, 1390, op. cit.

46

J. O. Halliwell (ed.), 1883, The voiage and travaile of Sir John Maundeville, kt., which treateth of the way to Hierusalem; and of marvayles of Inde, with other ilands and countryes, rKeprinted from 1725 edition, Reeves and Turner, London.

47

Anon., 1393, Le Menagier de Paris, Jerome Pichon (ed.), 1846, La Societe des Bibliophiles François.

48

S. Ims, 2012, op. cit. hspace=0 vspace=0 align=left> 49

The Master Cooks of Richard II, 1390, op. cit.

50

Geoffrey Chaucer, c. 1400, The Canterbury Tales, General Prologue.

51

The household book of Dame Alice de Bryene, op. cit.

52

John Russell, 1460–70, op. cit.

53

P. W. Hammond, 1998, op. cit.

54

S. Ims, 2012, op. cit.

55

P. Freedman, 2005, ‘Spices and Late-Medieval European Ideas of Scarcity and Value’, Speculum, vol. 80, 4.

56

J. E. Thorold Rogers, 1866–1902, A history of agriculture and prices in England, vols 1–7, Oxford.

57

S. Halikowski Smith, 2001, ‘Portugal and the European spice trade, 1480–1580’, PhD thesis, European University Institute.

58

Thomas Vander Noot, c. 1510, Een notabel boecxken van cokeryen.

59

Sir Hugh Plat, 1603, op. cit.

60

K. Colquhoun, 2007, op. cit.

61

P. A. Tiele, 1885, op. cit., ch. 64.

62

S. Chaudhuri, 1969, ‘Trade and Commercial Organisation in Bengal, with special reference to the English East India Company, 1650–1720’, PhD thesis, University of London.

63

Hannah Glasse, 1747, op. cit.

64

J. E. Thorold Rogers, 1866, A history of agriculture and prices in England, vol. 1, Oxford.

65

John Murrel, 1617, op. cit.

66

William Shakespeare, 1598, Love’s Labours Lost, Act V, Scene I.

67

Z. Groundes-Peace, 1971, Mrs Groundes-Peace’s Old Cookery Notebook, David & Charles.

68

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69

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73

P. Westland, 1987, op. cit.

74

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75

A. Reddy, 2013, op. cit.

76

A. Hagen, 2006, op. cit.

77

J. E. Thorold Rogers, 1882, A history of agriculture and prices in England, vol. 4, Oxford.

78

F. Rosengarten Jr, 1969, op. cit.

79

J. Wiethold, 2007, Exotische Gewurze aus archaologischen Ausgrabungen als Quellen zur mittelalterlichen und fruhneuzeitlichen Ernahrungsgeschichte.

80

James Greig, 1996, ‘Archaeobotanical and historical records compared – a new look at the taphonomy of edible and other useful plants from the 11th to the 18th centuries AD’, Circaea: The Journal of the Association for Environmental Archaeology, 12 (2).

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1

P. Lape et al., 2018, ‘New Data from an Open Neolithic Site in Eastern Indonesia’, Asian Perspectives, 57, 2.

2

F. Rosengarten Jr, 1969, op. cit.

3

C. Dickson, 1996, ‘Food, medicinal and other plants from the 15th century drains of Paisley Abbey, Scotland’, Vegetation History and Archaeobotany, 5, 1–2; E. Hajnalova, 1985, ‘New palaeobotanical finds from Medieval towns in Slovakia’, Slovenska Archeologia, 33/2.

4

T. J. Zumbroich, 2005, ‘The introduction of nutmeg (Myristica Fragrans Houtt.) and cinnamon (Cinnamomum Verum J.Presl) to America’, Acta Botanica Venezuelica, 28, 1.

5

M. L. Smith, 2019, op. cit.; Pliny, Natural History, XII, 15.

6

E. Kingwell-Banham et al., 2018, op. cit.

7

G. Milton, 1999, op. cit.

8

John Russell, 1460–70, op. cit.

9

D. Namdar et al., 2013, op. cit.

10

Herodotus, c. 430 BCE, Histories, III, 111.

11

Dioscorides, De Materia Medica, 1.

12

F. Rosengarten Jr, 1969, op. cit.

13

Pliny, Natural History, XII, 42.

14

A. Hagen, 2006, op. cit.

15

F. Rosengarten Jr, 1969, op. cit.

16

J. Jacobs, 1919, ‘Jewish contributions to civilization: an estimate’, The Jewish Publication Society of America.

17

C. Spencer, 2002, op. cit.

18

The household book of Dame Alice de Bryene, op. cit.

19

P. A. Tiele, 1885, op. cit., ch. 63.

20

Pliny, Natural History, XII, 59.

21

E. G. Ravenstein, 1900, ‘The Voyages of Diogo Cão and Bartholomeu Dias, 1482–88’, The Geographical Journal, vol. 16, 6.

22

E. G. Ravenstein (ed.), 1898, A Journal of the First Voyage of Vasco da Gama, 1497–1499, The Hakluyt Society, London; João de Barros, 1552–63, Decadas da Asia: Dos feitos, que os Portuguezes fizeram no descubrimento, e conquista, dos mares, e terras do Oriente.

23

H. E. J. Stanley (ed.), 1869, The Three Voyages of Vasco da Gama and his Viceroyalty, from the Lendas da India of Gaspar Correa, The Hakluyt Society, London.

24

E. G. Ravenstein (ed.), 1898, op. cit.

25

W. B. Greenlee (translator), 1938, The Voyage of Pedro Alvares Cabral to Brazil and India, The Hakluyt Society, London.

26

G. Correa, 1550s, ‘Lendas da India’, Academia Real das Sciencias de Lisboa, 1858–66.

27

H. E. J. Stanley (ed.), 1869, op. cit.

28

Ibid.

29

C. Wake, 1979, ‘The changing pattern of Europe’s pepper and spice imports, ca 1400–1700’, Journal of European Economic History, vol. 8, 2.

30

P. E. Pieris, 1920, Ceylon and the Portuguese, 1505–1658, American Ceylon Mission Press.

31

C. R. de Silva, 1973, ‘Trade in Ceylon cinnamon in the sixteenth century’, The Ceylon Journal of Historical and Social Studies, vol. III, New Series, No. 2.

32

W. D. G. Birch (ed.), 1880, The commentaries of the great Afonso DAlboquerque, translated from the Portuguese edition of 1774, The Hakluyt Society, London.

33

H. E. J. Stanley, 1874, The first voyage around the world, by Magellan, The Hakluyt Society, London.

34

N. Pullen (translator), 1696, Travels and voyages into Africa, Asia, and America, the East and West-Indies, Syria, Jerusalem, and the Holy-land performed by Mr. John Mocquet, London.

35

J. Villiers, 1981, ‘Trade and Society in the Banda Islands in the Sixteenth Century’, Modern Asian Studies, vol. 15, 4.

36

M. Lobato, 1995, ‘The Moluccan Archipelago and Eastern Indonesia in the Second Half of the 16th Century in the Light of Portuguese and Spanish Accounts’, The Portuguese and the Pacific, International Colloquium at Santa Barbara.

37

F. C. Lane, 1940, ‘The Mediterranean Spice Trade: Further Evidence of its Revival in the Sixteenth Century’, The American Historical Review, vol. 45, 3.

38

F. Pretty, Sir Francis Drake’s Famous Voyage Round the World.

39

Francis Fletcher (From notes of), 1652, The World Encompassed by Sir Francis Drake, Nicholas Bourne, London.

40

C. R. Markham (ed.), 1877, The voyages of Sir James Lancaster to the East Indies, Narrative of the first voyage by Henry May, The Hakluyt Society, London.

41

C. R. Markham (ed.), 1877, Ibid., ‘The first voyage made to East India by Master James Lancaster’, the Hakluyt Society, London.

42

B. Corney (ed.), 1855, The Voyage of Sir Henry Middleton to Bantam and the Maluco Islands, The Hakluyt Society, London.

43

F. C. Danvers (ed.), 1896, Letters received by the East India Company, vol. 1, Sampson, Low, Martson & Co., London.

44

S. Purchas, 1625, Purchas his Pilgrimes, vol. 3, James MacLehose and sons, Glasgow, 1905.

45

C. R. Markham (ed.), 1877, op. cit., Commission Issued to Sir Henry Middleton, The Hakluyt Society, London.

46

F. Rosengarten Jr, 1969, op. cit.

47

F. C. Danvers (ed.), 1896, op. cit., Document 119.

48

J. Villiers, 1990, ‘One of the Especiallest Flowers in our Garden: The English Factory at Makassar, 1613–1667’ in Archipel, vol. 39.

49

J. E. Thorold Rogers, 1866–1902, op. cit.

50

C. Wake, 1979, op. cit.

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H. K. M. Padilha & R. L. Barbieri, 2016, ‘Plant breeding of chili peppers (Capsicum, Solanaceae) – A review’, Australian Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences, 10 (15).

2

L. Perry et al., 2007, ‘Starch Fossils and the Domestication and Dispersal of Chili Peppers (Capsicum spp L.) in the Americas’, Science, 315.

3

L. Perry, 2015, in K. B. Metheny & M. C. Beaudry (eds), Archaeology of Food, Rowman & Littlefield.

4

K. H. Kraft et al., 2014, ‘Multiple lines of evidence for the origin of domesticated chili pepper, Capsicum annuum, in Mexico’, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 111, 17.

5

L. Perry et al., 2007, op. cit.

6

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7

C. R. Markham (translator), 1893, The Journal of Christopher Columbus (during his first voyage, 1492–93), The Hakluyt Society, London.

8

F. A. MacNutt (translator), 1912, The Eight Decades of Peter Martyr D’Anghera, vol. 1, First Decade Book 1, p.65, G. P. Putnam’s Sons.

9

R. H. Major (translator), 1870, ‘Letter of Dr Chanca on the second voyage of Columbus’, Select Letters of Christopher Columbus, The Hakluyt Society, London.

10

J. Andrews, 1993, ‘Diffusion of Mesoamerican Food Complex to Southeastern Europe’, Geographical Review, vol. 83, 2.

11

S. Halikowski Smith, 2015, ‘In the shadow of a pepper-centric historiography: Understanding the global diffusion of capsicums in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries’, Journal of Ethnopharmacology (2015), dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jep.2014.10.048i.

12

M. Christine Daunay, H. Laterrot & J. Janick, 2008, ‘Iconography and History of Solanaceae: Antiquity to the 17th century’ in J. Janick (ed.), Horticultural Reviews, vol. 34.

13

L. Fuchs, 1543, New kreuterbuch (De historia stirpium 1542).

14

J. Gerard, 1597, op. cit.

15

J. Andrews, 1993, op. cit.

16

M. Preusz et al., 2015, ‘Exotic Spices in Flux: Archaeobotanical Material from Medieval and Early Modern Sites of the Czech Lands (Czech Republic)’, IANSA, vol. 1, 2.

17

M. Christine Daunay, H. Laterrot & J. Janick, 2008, op. cit.

18

E. Katz, 2009, ‘Chili Pepper, from Mexico to Europe: Food, Imaginary and Cultural Identity’ in Food, Imaginaries and Cultural Frontiers: Essays in Honour of Helen Macbeth, University of Guadalajara.

19

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20

J. Ettenberg, 2019, ‘A brief history of chili peppers’, www.legalnomads.com/history-chili-peppers.

21

I. Mehta, 2017, ‘Chillies – The Prime Spice – A History’, IOSR-Journal of Humanities and Social Science.

22

J. I. Lockhart (translator), 1844, The Memoirs of the Conquistador Bernal Diaz Del Castillo, J. Hatchard & Son, London.

23

S. D. & M. D. Coe, 1996, The True History of Chocolate, Thames & Hudson.

24

Antonio Colmenero de Ledesma, 1631, Curioso tratado de la naturalez y calidad del Chocolate, Madrid.

25

J. O. Swahn, 1997, The Lore of Spices, Barnes & Noble.

26

C. C. de Guzman & R. R. Zara, 2012, ‘Vanilla’ in K. V. Peter (ed.), Handbook of herbs and spices, vol. 1, Woodhead Publishing Ltd.

27

M. Randolph, 1836, The Virginia Housewife, John Plaskitt, Baltimore, Internet Archive.

28

V. Linares et al., 2019, ‘First evidence for vanillin in the old world: Its use as mortuary offering in Middle Bronze Canaan’, Journal of Archaeological Science, Reports 25.

29

C. R. Markham (translator), 1893, op. cit.

30

M. Preusz et al., 2015, op. cit.

31

J. Ray, 1686, Historia Plantarum, London.

32

Eliza Smith, 1727, op. cit.; Hannah Glasse, 1747, op. cit.

33

E. Kay, 2014, Dining with the Georgians, Amberley.

Chapter 8

1

R. P. Woodward, ‘Sucrose’ in K. B. Metheny & M. C. Beaudry (eds), 2015, Archaeology of Food, Rowman & Littlefield.

2

Plants of the World Online, Kew.

3

A. H. Paterson, P. H. Moore & T. L. Tew, ‘The Gene Pool of Saccharum Species and their improvement’ in A. H. Paterson (ed.), 2013, Genomics of the Saccharinae, Springer.

4

M. Dams & L. Dams, 1977, ‘Spanish rock art depicting honey gathering during the Mesolithic’, Nature, 268; M. Roffet-Salque et al., 2015, ‘Widespread exploitation of the honeybee by early Neolithic farmers’, Open Research Exeter, Nature.

5

F. d’Errico et al., 2012, ‘Early evidence of San material culture represented by organic artifacts from Border Cave, South Africa’, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, vol. 109, 33.

6

M. B. Hammad, 2018, ‘Bees and Beekeeping in Ancient Egypt’, Journal of Association of Arab Universities for Tourism and Hospitality.

7

Herodotus, c. 430 BCE, Histories, I, 198.

8

Pliny, Natural History, XI, 12

9

Ibid. XXII, 50

10

Columella, De Re Rustica.

11

Petronius, 54–68 CE, Satyricon, Ch. 56.

12

Wu Mingren, 2019, ‘A Treasure in Ruins: Ancient Mehrgarh Lost to Thieves and Violence’, www.ancient-origins.net.

13

M. Gros-Balthazard & J. M. Flowers, 2021, ‘A Brief History of the Origin of Domesticated Date Palms’ in J. M. Al-Khayri et al. (eds), The Date Palm Genome, vol. 1, Compendium of Plant Genomes, Springer, doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-73746-7_3.

14

Dioscorides, De Materia Medica, 2; Pliny, Natural History, XII, 17.

15

Strabo, c. 18 CE, Geographica, XV, 1.20.

16

G. Watt, 1908, op. cit.

17

E. Rhys (ed.), 1908, The Travels of Marco Polo, J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd.

18

R. C. Power et al., 2019, ‘Asian Crop Dispersal in Africa and Late Holocene Human Adaptation to Tropical Environments’, Journal of World Prehistory, 32.

19

M. Van Der Veen, ‘Quseir Al-Qadim (Egypt)’ in K. B. Metheny & M. C. Beaudry (eds), 2015, Archaeology of Food.

20

J. O. Swahn, 1997, op. cit.

21

J. E. Thorold Rogers, 1866, op. cit.

22

B. K. Wheaton, 1983, Savouring the Past, Chatto & Windus.

23

The Master Cooks of Richard II, 1390, op. cit.

24

J. B. Thacher, 1903, The De Torres Memorandum, Christopher Columbus, His Life, His Work, His Remains, G. P. Putnam’s Sons. hspace=0 vspace=0 align=left> 25

P. A. Tiele, 1885, op. cit., ch. 58.

26

J. Gerard, 1597, op. cit.

27

R. Strong, 2002, op. cit.

28

E. Abbott, 2009, Sugar, Duckworth Overlook.

29

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Chapter 9

1

A. Rubio-Moraga, et al., 2009, ‘Saffron is a monomorphic species as revealed by RAPD, ISSR and microsatellite analyses’, BMC Research Notes, 2:189, www.biomedcentral.com/1756-0500/2/189.

2

E. R. Ellison, 1978, op. cit.

3

C. M. Hogan, 2007, Knossos Fieldnotes, The Modern Antiquarian.

4

P. Willard, 2002, Secrets of Saffron: The Vagabond Life of the World’s Most Seductive Spice, Souvenir Press.

5

Apicius, De Re Coquinaria.

6

A. Hagen, 2006, op. cit.

7

B. L. Evans, 1995, ‘Cretoyne, Cretonee’ in Mary-Jo Arn (ed.), Medieval Food and Drink, ACTA vol. XXI.

8

P. W. Hammond, 1998, op. cit.

9

C. B. Hieatt, 1996, ‘The Middle English culinary recipes in MS. Harley 5401: an edition and commentary’, Medium ?vum, 65.

10

J. E. Thorold Rogers, 1866–1902, op. cit.

11

Celsus, De Medicina, Books III, IV, V, VI.

12

P. Westland, 1987, op. cit.

13

Gervase Markeham, 1615, op. cit.

14

F. Sabban, 1985, op. cit.

15

N. Culpeper, 1653, Complete Herbal.

16

Pliny, Natural History, Book XXI, 17.

17

T. Popova, 2016, op. cit.

18

Ibid.; A. K. Pokharia et al., 2011, ‘Archaeobotany and archaeology at Kanmer, a Harappan site in Kachchh, Gujarat: evidence for adaptation in response to climatic variability’, Current Science, vol. 100, 12.

19

Pliny, Natural History, XXIV, 120.

20

P. B. Lewicka, 2011, Food and Foodways of Medieval Cairenes: Aspects of Life in an Islamic Metropolis of the Eastern Mediterranean, Brill.

21

L. Zaouali, 2007, Medieval Cuisine of the Islamic World: A Concise History with 174 Recipes, University of California Press.

22

P. Westland, 1987, op. cit.

23

C. Ulbright, 2010, Natural Standard Herb and Supplement Guide: an Evidence-based Reference.

24

J. Gerard, 1597, op. cit.

25

N. Culpeper, 1653, Complete Herbal.

26

S. Raghaven, 2007, op. cit.

27

R. K. Kakani & M. M. Anwer, ‘Chapter 16, Fenugreek’ in K. V. Peter (ed.), 2012, Handbook of herbs and spices, vol. 1, Wiley.

28

Theophrastus, fourth–third century BCE, op. cit., Book IX, 13.

29

Pliny, Natural History, XXII, 11.

30

G. Markham, 1623, Country Contentments.

31

Eliza Smith, 1727, op. cit.

32

A. C. Wootton, 1910, Chronicles of Pharmacy, vol. 2, Macmillan and Co. Ltd, London.

33

A. K. Pokharia et al., 2021, ‘Rice, beans and pulses at Vadnagar: an early historical site with a Buddhist monastery in Gujarat, western India’, Geobios (2021), doi.org/10.1016/j.geobios.2020.12.002.

34

Pliny, Natural History, XII, 12.

35

F. Adams, 1847, The Seven Books of Paulus Aegineta, vol. 3, The Sydenham Society.

36

P. A. Tiele, 1885, op. cit., ch. 81.

37

O. B. Frenkel, 2017, ‘Transplantation of Asian spices in the Spanish empire 1518–1640: entrepreneurship, empiricism, and the crown’, PhD thesis, McGill University.

38

Ibid.

39

J. Whitlam et al., 2018, ‘Pre-agricultural plant management in the uplands of the central Zagros: the archaeobotanical evidence from Sheikh-e Abad’, Vegetation History and Archaeobotany, 27(6).

40

H. Saul et al., 2013, ‘Phytoliths in Pottery Reveal the Use of Spice in European Prehistoric Cuisine’, Plos One.

41

A. Mikic, 2015, ‘Reminiscences of the cultivated plants early days as treasured by ancient religious traditions: the mustard crop (Brassica spp. and Sinapis spp.) in earliest Christian and Islamic texts’, Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution, 63.

42

S. Weber, 1999, ‘Seeds of urbanism: palaeoethnobotany and the Indus civilisation’, Antiquity, 73, 813–26.

43

E. R. Ellison, 1978, op. cit.

44

T. Popova, 2016, op. cit.

45

A. Livarda & M. Van der Veen, 2008, op. cit.

46

A. Hagen, 2006, op. cit.

47

The Master Cooks of Richard II, 1390, op. cit.

48

G. Tirel, fourteenth century, ‘The Viandier of Taillevent’.

49

C. D. Wright, 2011, A History of English Food, Random House.

50

J. Taylor, 1638, Taylors Feast.

51

P. Westland, 1987, op. cit.; J. Thomas et al., 2012, ‘Mustard’ in K. V. Peter (ed.), Handbook of herbs and spices, vol. 1, Woodhead.

52

J. Gerard, 1597, op. cit.

53

N. Culpeper, 1653, Complete Herbal.

54

P. Westland, 1987, op. cit.

55

Pliny, Natural History, XX, 12.

56

M. Preusz et al., 2015, op. cit.

57

J. Gerard, 1597, op. cit.

58

T. Mayerne, 1658, Archimagirus Anglo-Gallicus; T. P., J. P., R. C., N. B., 1674, The English and French Cook; Hannah Woolley, 1670, op. cit.

59

J. Cooper, 1654, The Art of Cookery Refin’d and Augmented.

60

Kenelme Digby, 1669, op. cit.

61

Hannah Glasse, 1747, op. cit.

62

C. P. Bryan, 1930, op. cit.

63

P. G. Kritikos & S. P. Papadaki, 1967, ‘The history of the poppy and of opium and their expansion in antiquity in the Eastern Mediterranean’, Bulletin of Narcotics, 19, 3.

64

Hippocrates, Diseases III, Ch. 16; Hippocrates, Internal Affections Ch. 12; Ibid. Ch. 40.

65

Pliny, Natural History, XIX Ch. 53.

66

Ibid. XX Ch. 76.

67

Celsus, De Medicina, II, 32.

68

Ibid. III, 10.

69

Ibid. IV, 10; IV, 14; V, 15; V, 23.

70

Ibid. VI, 6; VI, 7; VI, 9.

71

M. Robinson & E. Rowan, 2015, op. cit.

72

Athenaeus, op. cit., Epitome II Ch. 83.

73

G. Watt, 1908, op. cit.

74

P. A. Tiele, 1885, op. cit., Ch. 78.

75

N. Culpeper, 1653, Complete Herbal.

76

Hannah Glasse, 1747, op. cit.

77

D. Bedigian, 2010, op. cit.

78

M. S. Vats, 1940, ‘Excavations at Harappa’, Manager of Publications, Government of India, Delhi; D. Q. Fuller, 2003, op. cit.

79

Ibid.

80

M. P. Charles, 1993, ‘Botanical remains’ in A. Green (ed.), Abu Salabikh Excavations: The 6G Ash-Tip and its Contents: Cultic and Administrative Discard from the Temple? vol. 4. British School of Archaeology in Iraq, London.

81

J. W. Parry, 1955, ‘The story of spices’, Economic Botany, vol. 9, 2.

82

A. Emery-Barbier, 1990, ‘L’homme et l’environnement en Egypte durant la periode pre-dynastique’ in S. Bottema, G. Entjes-Nieborg & W. Van Zeist (eds), Man’s role in the shaping of the Eastern Mediterranean Landscape, Balkema, Rotterdam.

83

Pliny, Natural History, VI Ch. 32.

84

Ibid. XVIII Ch. 22; XXII Ch. 64.

85

F. Adams (translator), 1847, op. cit.

86

Herodotus, c. 430 BCE, Histories, III, 48.

87

R. Chakravarti, 2012, op. cit.

88

Pliny, Natural History, XII Ch. 26.

89

Kew Online, Plants of the World.

90

J. Mulherin, 1988, Spices & Natural Flavourings, Ward Lock.

91

P. Westland, 1987, op. cit.

92

M. Van Der Veen, ‘Quseir Al-Qadim (Egypt)’ in K. B. Metheny & M. C. Beaudry (eds), 2015, Archaeology of Food.

93

M. Shaida, 2000, The Legendary Cuisine of Persia, Grub Street.

94

F. Sabban, 1985, op. cit.

95

G. Watt, 1908, op. cit.

96

P. A. Tiele, 1885, op. cit., Ch. 51.

97

Theophrastus, fourth–third century BCE, op. cit., Book III, 18, 5; Pliny, Natural History, XIII, 13.

98

N. Culpeper, 1653, Complete Herbal.

99

www.tombos.org.

100

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101

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102

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103

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104

Mansfeld’s world database of agricultural and horticultural crops.

105

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106

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107

J. S. Butola & R. K. Vashistha, 2013, ‘An overview on conservation and utilisation of Angelica glauca Edgew. In three Himalayan states of India’, Medicinal Plants, 5, 3.

108

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113

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114

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116

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1

A. C. Wootton, 1910, op. cit.

2

J. R. Coxe, 1846, The Writings of Hippocrates and Galen, Lindsay and Blakiston, Philadelphia.

3

A. C. Wootton, 1910, op. cit.

4

Hieronymus Frascatorius, 1546, De Contagione et Contagiosis Morbis.

5

F. Adams, 1847, op. cit. Book VII, 8.

6

British Medical Journal Correspondence, 19 August 1911.

7

A. C. Wootton, 1910, op. cit.

8

Ibid.

9

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W. L. Applequist & D. E. Moerman, 2011, ‘Yarrow (Achillea millefolium L.): A Neglected Panacea? A Review of Ethnobotany, Bioactivity, and Biomedical Research’, Economic Botany, 65, 2.

11

K. Hardy et al., 2012, ‘Neanderthal medics? Evidence for food, cooking, and medicinal plants entrapped in dental calculus’, Naturwissenschaften, DOI 10.1007/s00114-012-0942-0, Springer-Verlag.

12

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13

N. H. Aboelsoud, 2010, ‘Herbal medicine in ancient Egypt’, Journal of Medicinal Plants Research, vol. 4 (2).

14

N. Boivin & D. Fuller, 2009, op. cit.

15

E. G. Cuthbert F. Atchley, 1909, A History of the Use of Incense in Divine Worship, Longmans, Green & Co.

16

Herodotus, c. 430 BCE, Histories, II, 40.

17

E. G. Cuthbert F. Atchley, 1909, op. cit.

18

Homer, eighth century BCE, The Iliad, Book XIV.

19

E. G. Cuthbert F. Atchley, 1909, op. cit.

20

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21

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22

Theophrastus, fourth–third century BCE, op. cit. IX, 9, 3.

23

Pliny, Natural History, XXII, 9.

24

J. Gerard, 1597, op. cit.

25

A. M. Downham Moore & R. Pithavadian, 2021, ‘Aphrodisiacs in the global history of medical thought’, Journal of Global History, 16, 1.

26

R. Burton (translator), 1883, The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana, VI, Ch. 1.

27

Ibid. VII Ch. 1.

28

F. F. Arbuthnot & R. Burton (translators), 1885, Ananga-Ranga, Kama Shastra Society of London and Benares, Cosmopoli.

29

Ibid. Ch. VI.

30

‘The Origin of Ambergris’ (uchicago.edu).

31

S. D. & M. D. Coe, 1996, op. cit.

32

A. M. Downham Moore & R. Pithavadian, 2021, op. cit.

Chapter 11

1

cosylab.iiitd.edu.in/recipedb; cosylab.iiitd.edu.in/flavordb; S. E. Ahnert, 2013, ‘Network analysis and data mining in food science: the emergence of computational gastronomy’, Flavour, 2:4; A. Jain, N. K. Rakhi, G. Bagler, 2015, Analysis of Food Pairing in Regional Cuisines of India, Plos One, doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0139539.

2

S. E. Kintzios, ‘Oregano’ in Handbook of herbs and spices, vol. 2.

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