Early wheat in China: Results from new studies at Donghuishan in the Hexi Corridor

Holocene - Tập 20 Số 6 - Trang 955-965 - 2010
Rowan K. Flad1, Shuicheng Li2, Xiaohong Wu2, Zhijun Zhao3
1Harvard University, USA
2Peking University, People's Republic of China
3Chinese Academy of Sciences, People's Republic of China

Tóm tắt

The earliest direct dates of wheat in East Asia come from Donghuishan in Gansu Province, China. Few other dates of wheat in East Asia are direct dates. The previous direct dates at Donghuishan were obtained from wheat without secure context. New samples were taken from a stratigraphic profile at Donghuishan and directly dated. The wheat remains are earlier than any other directly dated wheat east of the Xinjiang Autonomous Region, but considerably later than the previously dated specimen from the same site. These new dates, from the early second millennium BC, are the earliest evidence of significant wheat and barley production and show that the Hexi Corridor played a critical role in the introduction of wheat to China.

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