Chemical identification and cultural implications of a mixed fermented beverage from late prehistoric China

Asian Perspectives

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 249-275

  McGovern, Patrick E ^a   Underhill, Anne P ^b   Fang, Hui ^c   Luan, Fengshi ^c   Hall, Gretchen R ^a   Yu, Haiguang ^c   Wang, Chen Shan ^a   Cai, Fengshu ^c   Zhao, Zhijun ^d   Feinman, Gary M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^c SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d Institute of Archaeology   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRINKING; HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; PREHISTORIC;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

CRATAEGUS; HARNESS; VITIS SP.;

EID: 31544475448     PISSN: 00668435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/asi.2005.0026     Document Type: Review

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