This paper summarises the results of 225 studies seed impressions in pottery assemblages from 182 archaeological sites across Kyushu, Shikoku and Honshu islands covering Late/Final Jomon–Middle Yayoi period (ca. 2000–1 BCE). Focussing on rice, foxtail millet broomcorn impressions, this archaeobotanical dataset was used to reconstruct when where these crops arrived Eurasian mainland islands, how...

Effective conversion of lignocellulosic material as renewable energy source has significant reflection on economic and environmental impact. Diluted acid hydrolysis at optimal condition was used to liberate fermentable sugar. The sorghum stalks, the alkali pretreatment of biomass and hydrolysis in diluted hydrochloric acid were investigated. The hydrolysis reaction was carried out in a 5L react...

Panicum miliaceum (broomcorn millet) is a tetraploid cereal, which was among the first domesticated crops, but is now a minor crop despite its high water use efficiency. The ancestors of this species have not been determined; we aimed to identify likely candidates within the genus, where phylogenies are poorly resolved. Nuclear and chloroplast DNA sequences from P. miliaceum and a range of dipl...

Stable isotope analyses demonstrate that C 4 plants played an important dietary role in Eurasian prehistory. Uncertainty remains, however, about when and how crops were integrated into the diet of Central Asian populations. Here, authors present ? 13 15 N stable analysis human animal bone collagen from Kyrgyzstan, revealing plant—likely broomcorn millet—consumption third millennium BC. Combinin...