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Starch grain evidence reveals early pottery function cooking plant foods in North Chinaarticle 2014 • Yang, Xiaoyan et al.
North China Upper Paleolithic • Asia > East Asia
The authors discuss their excavations at Zhuannian, including the collection of potsherds with residues that were analyzed for starch grains. Laboratory procedures are described and analysis results presented....Earliest domestication of common millet (pancium miliaceum) in East Asia extended to 10,000 years agoarticle 2009 • Lu, Houyuan et al.
Yellow River Early Neolithic • Asia > East Asia
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....