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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.
Abstract
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.
- Region
- Asia
- Sub Region
- East Asia
- Document Type
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Archaeobotanist
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- Analyst
- Sarah Berry; 2018
- Field Date
- not applicable
- Coverage Date
- 10566-7529 BP
- Coverage Place
- Cishan, Wu'an, Hebei, China
- 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)
- LCCN
- 16010069
- LCSH
- Yellow River Early Neolithic