Origin and spread of wheat in China

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 72, Issue , 2013, Pages 108-111

  Dodson, John R ^a   Li, Xiaoqiang ^b,c   Zhou, Xinying ^b,c   Zhao, Keliang ^b,c   Sun, Nan ^b,c   Atahan, Pia ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AND PALEOANTHROPOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Archaeology; China; Earliest wheat in eastern Asia

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL SYSTEM; ARCHAEOLOGY; CHINA; EARLIEST WHEAT IN EASTERN ASIA; GANSU PROVINCE; HENAN PROVINCE; NORTHERN CHINA; RADIOCARBON AGE;

AGRICULTURE; GEOLOGY; NATURAL SCIENCES;

CROPS;

AGRICULTURAL HISTORY; ARCHAEOLOGY; FARMING SYSTEM; MILLET; RADIOCARBON DATING; RICE; SEED; WHEAT;

CHINA; GANSU; HENAN; HEXI CORRIDOR; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; XINJIANG UYGUR;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 84878504034     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2013.04.021     Document Type: Article

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