Investigating the relationship between Phoenicians and wine through geometric morphometry
Grapevine ( Vitis vinifera ) is one of the most important fruit crops of the past and present world, both economically and culturally. The wild and domesticated forms, respectively Vitis vinifera subsp. sylvestris and V. vinifera subsp. vinifera , differ by an array of traits, including the form of their seeds that may be retrieved in archaeological assemblages. These are smaller, rounder and with a shorter stalk in the case of wild grapevine, and larger, more elongated and less sharply sculptured in the cultivated varieties [1].