POPPY : A cross-disciplinary project to reveal the origin and early diffusion of the opium poppy in Europe and Southwest Asia

The main objectives of the project are to 1) identify the geographical origin(s) of poppy including the location(s) of its wild progenitor(s) and of its domestication, 2) define a chrono-cultural framework for its early domestication process and dispersal from Prehistory to the end of the Iron Age (6000-50 cal BC). Using archaeological material, as well as sampling of modern biodiversity kept in seed banks, this pioneering project involves several disciplines – archaeobotany, dating techniques, genomics, geometric morphometric methods, spatial analysis – to elucidate the role of the opium poppy in Europe’s natural and cultural heritage. The project is financed by the Fondation Fyssen (2018), the ANR (ANR-21-CE27-0006, 2022-2025) and the FCT (PTDC/HAR-ARQ/1709/2021, 2022-2024).

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