A new insight into Cannabis sativa (Cannabaceae) utilization from 2500-year-old Yanghai Tombs, Xinjiang, China

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 414-422

  Jiang, Hong En ^a,b,c   Li, Xiao ^c   Zhao, You Xing ^d   Ferguson, David K ^e   Hueber, Francis ^f   Bera, Subir ^g   Wang, Yu Fei ^a   Zhao, Liang Cheng ^h   Liu, Chang Jiang ^a   Li, Cheng Sen ^a,i  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

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

^d KUNMING INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^f Beijing Forestry University ^*  (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA   (India)

^h BEIJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

ⁱ BEIJING MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (China)

Author keywords

Cannabis sativa L.; China; Palaeoethnobotany; Xinjiang; Yanghai Tombs

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS; CARBON 14;

ARTICLE; CANNABACEAE; CHINA; MEDICINAL PLANT; PALEONTOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; PLANT MORPHOLOGY; RITUAL;

CANNABIS; CARBON ISOTOPES; CHINA; FOSSILS; FRUIT; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT STEMS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; TIME FACTORS;

CANNABACEAE; CANNABIS; CANNABIS SATIVA;

EID: 33751077528     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2006.05.034     Document Type: Article

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