Early wheat in China: Results from new studies at Donghuishan in the Hexi Corridor

Holocene

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 955-965

  Flad, Rowan ^a   Shuicheng, Li ^b   Xiaohong, Wu ^b   Zhijun, Zhao ^c  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

archaeobotany; archaeology; barley; China; early agriculture; paleoethnobotany; Silk Road

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; BARLEY; PALEOECOLOGY; VEGETATION HISTORY; WHEAT;

CHINA; DONGHUISHAN; GANSU;

HORDEUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 77956069962     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: 14770911     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959683609358914     Document Type: Article

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