Identification of ancient starch grains from the tribe Triticeae in the North China Plain

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 3170-3177

  Yang, Xiaoyan ^a   Perry, Linda ^b,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^b Foundation for Archaeobotanical Research in Microfossils   (United States)

^c GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dichotomous key; Modern reference collection; Poaceae; Starch grain analysis; Tribe Triticeae

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL HISTORY; ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; CEREAL; CROP PRODUCTION; HOLOCENE; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; LITHIC FRAGMENT; MORPHOLOGY; NEOLITHIC; STARCH; TOOL USE;

CHINA; NORTH CHINA PLAIN;

AGROPYRON; HORDEUM; POACEAE; TRITICEAE;

EID: 84877911823     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2013.04.004     Document Type: Article

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