Plant crop remains from the outer burial pit of the Han Yangling   Mausoleum and their significance to Early Western Han agriculture

doi:10.1007/s11434-009-0048-z

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	Plant crop remains from the outer burial pit of the Han Yangling Mausoleum and their significance to Early Western Han agriculture
	Yang XiaoYan ; Liu ChangJiang ; Zhang JianPing ; Yang WuZhan ; Zhang XiaoHu ; Lue HouYuan
刊名	科学通报英文版
	2009
关键词	crop remains Early Western Han agriculture Han Yangling Mausoleum PHYTOLITHS
DOI	10.1007/s11434-009-0048-z
英文摘要	A large amount of carbonized plant remains were discovered in one of the outer burial pits of the Han Yangling Mausoleum, which was built more than 2000 years ago for the Jing Emperor, Liu, Qi (188-141 cal a BC), the fourth emperor of the Western Han Dynasty. The remains are identified by phytolith analysis and macrofossil morphological features. Seeds from foxtail millet (Setaria italica), broomcorn millet (Panicum miliaceum), rice (Oryza sativa) and chenopod (possible Chenopodium giganteum) are identified, suggesting that these four crops might have been the staple plant foods in the capital area (Guanzhong area), Shaanxi Province during the Early Western Han Dynasty. Chenopods were often considered as weeds since they have only been rarely found as carbonized seeds in prehistoric sites. This is the first time such a large amount of seeds has been found at a site, which provides strong material evidence for chenopod cultivation with a long history in China. Wheat was thought to be promoted and popularized in the Guanzhong area since the Wu Emporor, Liu, Che (156-87 cal a BC), the fifth emperor of the Western Han Dynasty. No wheat was found at this site, which supports the historical document record that wheat was still secondary in the diet and agrarian economy before the Wu Emperor's reign.; Multidisciplinary Sciences; SCI(E); 3; ARTICLE; 10; 1738-1743; 54
语种	英语
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://ir.pku.edu.cn/handle/20.500.11897/245877]
专题	城市与环境学院
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Yang XiaoYan,Liu ChangJiang,Zhang JianPing,et al. Plant crop remains from the outer burial pit of the Han Yangling Mausoleum and their significance to Early Western Han agriculture[J]. 科学通报英文版,2009.
APA	Yang XiaoYan,Liu ChangJiang,Zhang JianPing,Yang WuZhan,Zhang XiaoHu,&Lue HouYuan.(2009).Plant crop remains from the outer burial pit of the Han Yangling Mausoleum and their significance to Early Western Han agriculture.科学通报英文版.
MLA	Yang XiaoYan,et al."Plant crop remains from the outer burial pit of the Han Yangling Mausoleum and their significance to Early Western Han agriculture".科学通报英文版 (2009).