Archaeobotanical Data for Research on the Introduction of Wheat into China  

作　　者：Zhao Zhijun Zhang Lingling 赵志军;张羚羚(译)(Institute of Archaeology,CASS,Beijing 100710,China;不详)

机构地区：[1]Institute of Archaeology,CASS,Beijing 100710,China [2]不详

出　　处：《Chinese Annals of History of Science and Technology》2017年第1期59-79,共21页中国科学技术史（英文）

基　　金：The research was funded by an innovation project of CASS,“Origins and Early Development of Agriculture in China”(No.WS05_2017_SCX_3125).

摘　　要：After being introduced into China from West Asia,wheat gradually replaced such varieties of millet as Setaria italica and Panicum miliaceum to become the main dry-land farming crop in northern China,forming China’s current agricultural production pattern of rice in the south and wheat in the north.To date,there have been dozens of reported archaeological discoveries about early wheat remains.According to these newly unearthed findings,wheat was introduced into China through at least two routes between 4500 and 4000 years ago.One is the grassland route from West Asia,through Central Asia,the Bronze Age cultures of the Eurasian Steppe,the Northern Cultural Zone in northern China to the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River.The other is the oasis route from West Asia,through Central Asia,Pamir’s oases on both sides of the Tarim Basin,the Hexi Corridor,to the Loess Plateau of northern China.

关 键 词：archaeobotany wheat wheat INTRODUCTION to China wheat diffusion Eurasian Steppe flotation technique 

分 类 号：S512.1[农业科学—作物学]