Investigation of the ultrastructural characteristics of foxtail and broomcorn millet during carbonization and its application in archaeobotany

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 56, Issue 14, 2011, Pages 1495-1502

  Yang, Qing ^a,c   Li, XiaoQiang ^b   Zhou, XinYing ^a,b   Zhao, KeLiang ^a,c   Ji, Ming ^c,d   Sun, Nan ^a,c  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AND PALEOANTHROPOLOGY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^d NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND LIMNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

archaeobotany; broomcorn millet; carbonization process; foxtail millet; ultrastructural characteristics

Indexed keywords

ALOPECURUS PRATENSIS; ALVEOLATA; PANICUM MILIACEUM; SETARIA ITALICA;

EID: 79955763201     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-011-4423-1     Document Type: Article

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