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Earliest domestication of common millet (pancium miliaceum) in East Asia extended to 10,000 years ago

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America • 106 (18) • Published In 2009 • Pages: 7367-7372

By: Lu, Houyuan, Zhang, Jianping, Liu, Kam-biu, Wu, Naiqin, Li, Yumei, Zhou, Kunshu, Ye, Maolin, Zhang, Tianyu, Zhang, Haijiang, Yang, Xiaoyan, Shen, Licheng, Xu, Deke, Li, Quan.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document

The authors radiocarbon-dated and analyzed grain remains excavated from storage pits. The archaeological specimens were compared with modern botanical samples, permitting identification of species of millet.

SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF

Theoretical orientation in research and its results

Dating methods in archaeology

Laboratory analysis of materials other than dating methods in archaeology

Flora

Cereal agriculture

Preservation and storage of food

Chronologies and culture sequences

traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)

Yellow River Early Neolithic

RegionThe area the document pertains to

Asia

Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region

East Asia

Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs

article

Evaluation

Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.

Archaeobotanist

Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.

4: Excellent Secondary Data

AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection

Sarah Berry; 2018

Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document

not applicable

Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to

10566-7529 BP

Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)

Cishan, Wu'an, Hebei, China

NotesAdditional notes

Houyuan Lu, Jianping Zhang, Kam-biu Liu, Naiqin Wu, Yumei Li, Kunshu Zhou, Maolin Ye, Tianyu Zhang, Haijiang Zhang, Xiaoyan Yang, Licheng Shen, Deke Xu, and Quan Li

Includes bibliographical references (p. 7371-7372)

LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number

16010069

LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings

Yellow River Early Neolithic