Earliest known well-preserved flour comestibles unearthed in the Wupu Cemetery in Hami, Xinjiang, China

doi:10.1111/arcm.12957

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	Earliest known well-preserved flour comestibles unearthed in the Wupu Cemetery in Hami, Xinjiang, China
	Wang, Lijing 1,2; Ge, Yong 2; Wang, Yongqiang 3; Zhang, Guilin 4; Wang, Binghua 3; Jiang, Hongen 2,5
	2024-02-06
发表期刊	ARCHAEOMETRY
ISSN	0003-813X
页码	17
通讯作者	Jiang, Hongen(jianghongen@ucas.ac.cn)
摘要	Exploring the utilisation of flour in ancient Xinjiang is crucial for understanding the use of different grain crops as staple comestibles. In this study, multiple analyses were applied to identify five flour food remnants discovered in the Wupu Cemetery (1100-400 BCE) in Hami, Xinjiang. Results show that two of the samples were comprised of broomcorn millet (Panicum miliaceum) mixed with wheat (Triticum aestivum) and barley (Hordeum spp.), one of wheat and barley, and the remaining two primarily of broomcorn millet with a low quantity of foxtail millet (Setaria italica). Plant microfossils analysis and microscopic observation of cross-sections of the five samples indicate that these crop materials were coarsely ground into flour and then probably baked without fermentation. These findings provide the earliest evidence that broomcorn millet, wheat, and barley were processed as cakes in Hami 3000 years ago. Moreover, the findings in this study also emphasise the reassessment of the role of foxtail millet in the dietary consumption of the ancient Wupu inhabitants, as foxtail millet was abundant in tombs, but scarce in comestible food sources. This research sheds light on and contributes to a more precise reconstruction of the dietary patterns of ancient indigenous people in Hami.
关键词	barley cooking technique food remains millet plant microfossils wheat
DOI	10.1111/arcm.12957
关键词[WOS]	PANICUM-MILIACEUM ; STARCH GRAINS ; MILLET ; NOODLES ; IDENTIFICATION ; TURPAN ; WHEAT ; SITE ; ASIA
收录类别	SCI
语种	英语
资助项目	National Natural Science of China ; National Social Science Fund of China[22BKG041] ; Chongqing Normal University[21XWB031] ; Key Laboratory of Vertebrate Evolution and Human Origins, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences ; [42377443]
项目资助者	National Natural Science of China ; National Social Science Fund of China ; Chongqing Normal University ; Key Laboratory of Vertebrate Evolution and Human Origins, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
WOS研究方向	Archaeology ; Chemistry ; Geology
WOS类目	Archaeology ; Chemistry, Analytical ; Chemistry, Inorganic & Nuclear ; Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
WOS记录号	WOS:001157232000001
出版者	WILEY
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文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.205/handle/311034/23147
专题	中国科学院古脊椎动物与古人类研究所
通讯作者	Jiang, Hongen
作者单位	1.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Vertebrate Paleontol & Paleoanthropol, Key Lab Vertebrate Evolut & Human Origins, Beijing, Peoples R China 2.Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Dept Archaeol & Anthropol, Beijing, Peoples R China 3.Xinjiang Inst Archaeol & Cultural Rel, Urumqi, Peoples R China 4.Chongqing Normal Univ, Sch Archaeol & Museol, Chongqing, Peoples R China 5.Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Dept Archaeol & Anthropol, Beijing 100049, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Wang, Lijing,Ge, Yong,Wang, Yongqiang,et al. Earliest known well-preserved flour comestibles unearthed in the Wupu Cemetery in Hami, Xinjiang, China[J]. ARCHAEOMETRY,2024:17.
APA	Wang, Lijing,Ge, Yong,Wang, Yongqiang,Zhang, Guilin,Wang, Binghua,&Jiang, Hongen.(2024).Earliest known well-preserved flour comestibles unearthed in the Wupu Cemetery in Hami, Xinjiang, China.ARCHAEOMETRY,17.
MLA	Wang, Lijing,et al."Earliest known well-preserved flour comestibles unearthed in the Wupu Cemetery in Hami, Xinjiang, China".ARCHAEOMETRY (2024):17.