supported by the Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(XDA05130603 and XDA05130402);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(40771205 and 41371217)
Early pottery sherds excavated in northern China date back to more than 11,000 cal a BP,and are presumed to have been used as cooking vessels.There has been,however,no direct evidence to demonstrate this function.Here...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 40771205);National Science Foundation for Distinguished Young Scholars (Grant No. 40625002);Knowledge Innovation Project from Chinese Academy of Sciences (Grant No. KZC2-YW-315-5)
Charred residues adhering to sherds of ceramic cooking vessels,pots (Fu),excavated from the Kuahuqiao site (8000-7000 cal a BP) in Zhejiang Province were examined using the method of starch grain analysis.Ancient star...
supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 40771205);National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars (Grant No. 40625002);Knowledge Innovation Project from Chinese Academy of Sciences (Grant No. KZCX2-YW-315)
Chenqimogou site, located at the south bank of Tao River, is comprised of a large group of graves dated to ~4000 a BP. For its large scale, unique mortuary system, and abundant of typical artifacts, the site was named...
Supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 40771205);National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars (Grant No. 40625002);Knowledge Innovation Project from Chinese Academy of Sciences (Grant No. KZC2-YW-315-5)
Prehistoric groundstone tools including slabs (metate, mo-pan) and mullers (mano, mo-bang) are often considered to be tools that were used to process cereals in ancient China. Most archaeologists believe that groundst...
Supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No.40771205);National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars (Grant No. 40625002);Chinese Civilization Origins Project (Grant No. 2006BAK21B20);Knowledge Innovation Project from Chinese Academy of Sciences (Grant No. KZCX2-YW-315-5)
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...