Exploring the carbonization effect on the interspecific identification of cotton (Gossypium spp.) seeds using classical and 2D geometric morphometrics
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2023
- handle: 10670/1.qryxpj
- hal: hal-04102316
- doi: 10.1016/j.jasrep.2023.104007
- WOS: 001003647700001
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cotton seeds traditional morphometrics geometric morphometrics experimental carbonization interspecific identification -bio]/Biodiversity/Systematics, Phylogenetics and taxonomy -bio]/Vegetal Biology/BotanicsSujets proches
Gossypium Gossypium hirsutum Upland cotton Gossypium mexicanum Hairy cotton American upland cotton ThurberiaCiter ce document
Juliette Milon et al., « Exploring the carbonization effect on the interspecific identification of cotton (Gossypium spp.) seeds using classical and 2D geometric morphometrics », HAL-SHS : archéologie, ID : 10.1016/j.jasrep.2023.104007
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The history of cotton (Gossypium sp), which has become along past millennia a plant of major economic interest, relies on the dried or charred cotton seeds found in archaeobotanical assemblages. Our capacity to document the dispersal routes of cotton, however, is hampered by the lack of taxonomic resolution at specific levels based on current seed anatomic features. In order to explore the taxonomic signal at the interspecific level of cotton seeds, and the impact of carbonization on this signal, we used 2D geometric morphometrics (GM) comparing modern dried cotton seeds of the four domesticates (G. arboreum, G. herbaceum, G. barbadense, G. hirsutum) and experimentally charred seeds. Linear measurements were also considered (length, width and thickness). The shape and form (size + shape) of dried and charred cotton seeds were captured using an outline analysis with a sliding semi-landmarks approach and compared after a Generalized Procrustes Superimposition (GPS). Under the chosen experimental charring protocol, the reaction of cotton seeds to charring was globally characterized by a size reduction but no major shape deformation; however, this study also shows that the outline form of the seeds rather than their shape provides more stringent taxonomic discriminations than linear measurements. This pilot study emphasizes the relevance of the GM approach while underlying the limit of this method for the taxonomical study of archaeological cotton seeds.