• BINGHAM: AN OVERVIEW
• HISTORY OF BINGHAM
  • Introduction
  • Prehistoric times
  • Iron Age
  • Roman Bingham
  • The Anglo-Saxons
  • Medieval Bingham
  • Tudor times
  • Stuart times
  • Georgian times
  • Victorian Bingham
  • 20th Century
  • 21st Century
• ARCHAEOLOGY
  • Project Details
  • Field Walking
    • Summary
    • Field Walking Method
    • Database Design
    • Details about the Parish
    • Protocol
    • Description of Finds
      • Introduction
      • Flints
      • Stone Axes
      • Iron Age
      • Roman
      • Anglo-Saxon
      • Saxo-Norman
      • Medieval
      • Post Medieval
      • Stoneware
      • Clay Pipes
      • Glass
      • 19th-20th C
      • Miscellaneous
    • Analysis of Results
      • Introduction
      • Prehistory
      • Iron Age
      • Roman
      • Anglo-Saxon
      • Medieval
      • Tudor-Stuart
      • 18th Century
      • Modern
    • References
    • Conclusions
  • Crow Close
    • Purpose and location
    • Historical background
    • Topographical survey
    • Geophysical surveys
    • Analysis of results
    • Discussion/conclusions
    • References
    • Acknowledgements
  • Test Pits
    • Market Place Dig
    • Robert Miles Jnr School
    • Archaeological test pits
    • Churchyard
  • Warner's Paddock
• STUDY OF OLD MAPS
  • Bingham in 1586
    • Introduction
    • Interpretation
    • Town Centre
    • Additional Holdings
    • The Open Fields
      • Furlongs/Holdings/Strips
      • South Field
      • East Field
      • West Field
      • North Field
    • Holdings and Strips
      • Reconstructing holdings
      • Analysis of holdings
      • Sizes of holdings
    • Street and road names
  • Bingham in 1776
    • The Estate Terrier
    • Town Map
    • The Fields
    • Homesteads
    • Shared Tenancies
  • Bingham in 1841
    • Apportionment
    • Town Map
    • Life in 1841
    • Analysis
    • 1841-1901
• BUILT HERITAGE
  • Introduction
  • Development of Bingham
  • House Histories
  • Old and New Views
  • Architectural Details
  • Street Names
  • St Mary Church
• CRIME AND PUNISHMENT
• FARMING IN BINGHAM
• BINGHAM AT WAR
  • World War I
  • World War II
• BINGHAM'S RAILWAYS
• CHURCHYARD
  • Introduction
  • Search the Churchyard
  • Churchyard Map
  • Genealogical Charts
  • Inscriptions
  • Species List
• ORAL HISTORY
• NATURAL HISTORY
  • Wildlife and Flora
  • Natural History Surveys
  • Linear Park
• GEOLOGY

Emmer and spelt

Emmer is a low yielding, tall form of wheat with no husk that originated by natural hybridisation of wild species in the Near East and is known from about 7000 BC. It became the staple cereal all over Europe and the Near East in prehistoric times. Spelt is similar to emmer, but has a tough husk that is hard to remove. Both spelt and emmer were widely grown in Iron Age Britain.