Fruits of Lithospermum officinale L. (Boraginaceae) used as an early plant decoration (2500 years BP) in Xinjiang, China

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 167-170

  Jiang, Hong En ^a,b,c   Li, Xiao ^d   Liu, Chang Jiang ^a   Wang, Yu Fei ^a   Li, Cheng Sen ^a,e  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^d Bureau of Cultural Relics of Turpan Prefecture   (China)

^e Beijing Museum of Natural History   (China)

Author keywords

China; Decoration; Fruits; Lithospermum officinale L.; Palaeoethnobotany; Xinjiang; Yanghai Tombs

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; ETHNOBOTANY; FRUIT; ORNAMENTATION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; XINJIANG UYGUR;

BORAGINACEAE; LITHOSPERMUM OFFICINALE;

EID: 33750185283     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2006.04.003     Document Type: Article

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