What can pollen grains from the Terracotta Army tell us?

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1153-1157

  Hu, Ya Qin ^a,f   Zhang, Zhong Li ^b   Bera, Subir ^c   Ferguson, David K ^d   Li, Cheng Sen ^a,e   Shao, Wen Bin ^b   Wang, Yu Fei ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b Museum of Terracotta Warrior and Horse of Qin Shihuang Mausoleum   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA   (India)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^e Beijing Museum of Natural History   (China)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

China; Palynology; Pollen; Qin Shihuang Mausoleum; Spores; Terracotta Army

Indexed keywords

PALYNOLOGY; POLLEN; SPORE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EQUIDAE;

EID: 33947546782     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2006.10.026     Document Type: Article

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