The use of underground storage organs in the Early Neolithic (Linearbandkeramik and Blicquy/Villeneuve-Saint-Germain) in the Paris Basin: the contribution of starch grain analyses

Underground storage organs are poorly preserved in the archaeological record, and as a result their contribution to diet of ancient societies is understood. Starch grain analysis well-established methodology used archaeology reveal use various plants, including tubers, rhizomes, roots. This paper presents results study starch grains recovered from millstones sites located Paris Basin. Our highlight tubers by these first agricultural populations at beginning Neolithic (Linearbandkeramik Blicquy-Villeneuve-Saint-Germain; 5200-4700 BC), providing new data on agro-pastoral societies.