Ancient plant use at the site of Yuergou, Xinjiang, China: implications from desiccated and charred plant remains

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	Ancient plant use at the site of Yuergou, Xinjiang, China: implications from desiccated and charred plant remains
	Jiang, Hongen 1,2; Wu, Yong 3; Wang, Huanhuan 1,2; Ferguson, David K.4; Li, Cheng-Sen 5; jianghongen@gucas.ac.cn
	2013-03-01
发表期刊	VEGETATION HISTORY AND ARCHAEOBOTANY
ISSN	0939-6314
卷号	22 期号:2 页码:129-140
文章类型	Article
摘要	Archaeobotanical studies were undertaken at the Yuergou site, which is located in the Turpan basin in Xinjiang, China, and which has been dated to around 2300-2400 years b.p. Altogether 21 taxa were identified. Four cereal remains were identified, Triticum aestivum, Hordeum vulgare var. coeleste, Panicum miliaceum and Setaria italica. The first three were probably cultivated while the last one may not have been grown deliberately, but probably grew together with plants of P. miliaceum. A fruit stone of Ziziphus jujuba (Chinese date) was discovered, which showed that this may have been cultivated around the site during that time. Charcoal of Picea sp. was found, from wood which must have been used as fuel by the indigenous people. Fifteen taxa of wild plants were also identified, most of which can be considered as weeds, and which grew near the site. Burs of Xanthium strumarium were discovered. As nearly all of them were broken, the seeds may have been used by the ancient inhabitants. Since most of the cereal remains consisted of chaff, they must represent by-products. Furthermore, grains of Echinochloa crus-galli may also have been exploited as complementary food resources. All the above indicate that both cultivated and wild plants were used for cereals, fuel, or other purposes, and plant resources played important roles in the daily life of the ancient inhabitants of the Yuergou site.
关键词	Ancient Agriculture Central Asia Cereals Millet Wood Charcoal Crop Processing
WOS标题词	Science & Technology ; Life Sciences & Biomedicine
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关键词[WOS]	IRON-AGE ; YANGHAI TOMBS ; BP ; L.
收录类别	SCI ; SSCI
语种	英语
WOS研究方向	Plant Sciences ; Paleontology
WOS类目	Plant Sciences ; Paleontology
WOS记录号	WOS:000314335900004
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文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.205/handle/311034/4209
专题	古人类及旧石器研究室
通讯作者	jianghongen@gucas.ac.cn
作者单位	1.Chinese Acad Sci, Grad Univ, Dept Sci Hist & Archaeometry, Beijing 100049, Peoples R China 2.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Vertebrate Palaeontol & Palaeoanthropol, Lab Human Evolut, Beijing 100044, Peoples R China 3.Xinjiang Inst Archaeol, Urumqi 830011, Xinjiang, Peoples R China 4.Univ Vienna, Inst Palaeontol, A-1090 Vienna, Austria 5.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Bot, State Key Lab Systemat & Evolutionary Bot, Beijing 100093, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Jiang, Hongen,Wu, Yong,Wang, Huanhuan,et al. Ancient plant use at the site of Yuergou, Xinjiang, China: implications from desiccated and charred plant remains[J]. VEGETATION HISTORY AND ARCHAEOBOTANY,2013,22(2):129-140.
APA	Jiang, Hongen,Wu, Yong,Wang, Huanhuan,Ferguson, David K.,Li, Cheng-Sen,&jianghongen@gucas.ac.cn.(2013).Ancient plant use at the site of Yuergou, Xinjiang, China: implications from desiccated and charred plant remains.VEGETATION HISTORY AND ARCHAEOBOTANY,22(2),129-140.
MLA	Jiang, Hongen,et al."Ancient plant use at the site of Yuergou, Xinjiang, China: implications from desiccated and charred plant remains".VEGETATION HISTORY AND ARCHAEOBOTANY 22.2(2013):129-140.