The process of rice domestication occurred in the Lower Yangtze region of Zhejiang, China, between 6900 and 6600 years ago. Archaeobotanical evidence from the site of Tianluoshan shows that the proportion of nonshattering domesticated rice (Oryza sativa) spikelet bases increased over this period from 27% to 39%. Over the same period, rice remains increased from 8% to 24% of all plant remains, w...

Abstract A heavy and impressive chest — part of the museum collection city Antwerp served as a strongbox to securely store city’s historical documents, including citizen privileges, public liberties, responsibilities. recent dendrochronological survey revealed that tree-ring pattern lid dates 1005–1294 CE , suggesting felling date early in 14th century. The Silver fir wood originated from Vosge...

Analysis of flotation samples from twelve sites in Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh (south India) provides clear evidence for the predominant subsistence plants of the Neolithic period (2,800–1,200 cal b.c.). This evidence indicates that the likely staples were two pulses (Vigna radiata and Macrotyloma uniflorum) and two millet-grasses (Brachiaria ramosa and Setaria verticillata) which were indigen...

The archaeological and archaeobotanical research conducted in southern part the Western Desert Egypt included efforts at identifying plant material preserved daub. samples selected for this type of analysis were taken from site E-05-1 Bargat El-Shab. This occupied seasonally by nomadic people beginning Holocene. study provide very little data on remains daub confirms application grass, as a tem...

Abstract Current knowledge of the origins and routes introduction both tetraploid hexaploid free-threshing wheats (FTWs) from western Asia into Europe remains imprecise. Archaeobotanical distinction ploidy level is often dependent on sparsely recovered rachis segments, while more specific identification cultivars within groups using morphological characteristics either grain or chaff generally ...

Southern Central Asia witnessed widespread expansion in urbanism and exchange, between roughly 2200 1500 B.C., fostering a new cultural florescence, sometimes referred to as the Greater Khorasan Civilization. Decades of detailed archeological investigation have focused on development urban settlements, political systems, inter-regional exchange within across broader region, but little is known ...