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1. Understanding the Possible Contamination of Ancient Starch Residues by Adjacent Sediments and Modern Plants in Northern China

Author:
Ma, Zhikun,   et al.   ; Zhang, Chi; Li, Quan; Perry, Linda; Yang, Xiaoyan;     Show all 5 Authors
Source:
Sustainability 2017 v.9 no.5
ISSN:
2071-1050
Subject:
agricultural land; archaeobotany; corn; sediments; soil; soil sampling; starch granules; sustainable development; wheat; China
Abstract:
... The potential contamination of ancient residues from both modern plant sources and sediments adjacent to archaeological contexts can complicate interpretation in the field of starch grain analysis, thus affecting the sustainable use of the method in archaeobotany. In this study, we examined two potential sources of contamination at a wheat field in Shandong Province and a maize field in Beijing, t ...
DOI:
10.3390/su9050752

2. New radiocarbon evidence on early rice consumption and farming in South China

Author:
Ma, Zhikun,   et al.   ; Yang, Xiaoyan; Wang, Weiwei; Zhuang, Yijie; Li, Zhao; Ma, Yongchao; Cui, Yong; Wei, Jun; Fuller, Dorian Q;     Show all 9 Authors
ISSN:
1477-0911
Subject:
carbon; radiocarbon dating; radionuclides; rice; river deltas; rivers; China
Abstract:
... While the possibility of indigenous rice cultivation cannot be entirely ruled out, there is increasing evidence suggesting that rice farming was introduced to South China during the late-Holocene. However, determination of the exact timing of the spread of rice farming to South China is fraught with the lack of reliable radiocarbon dates. In this article, we present 15 new AMS ¹⁴C dates of charred ...
DOI:
10.1177/0959683616678465

3. Rice bulliform phytoliths reveal the process of rice domestication in the Neolithic Lower Yangtze River region

Author:
Ma, Zhikun,   et al.   ; Ma, Yongchao; Yang, Xiaoyan; Huan, Xiujia; Wang, Weiwei; Li, Zhao; Sun, Guoping; Jiang, Leping; Zhuang, Yijie; Lu, Houyuan;     Show all 10 Authors
Source:
Quaternary international 2016 v.426 pp. 126-132
ISSN:
1040-6182
Subject:
domestication; phytoliths; wild rice; Yangtze River
Abstract:
... Recent studies have shown that the proportion of rice bulliform phytoliths with ≥9 fish-scale decorations can be used as a criterion to differentiate wild rice from its domesticated counterpart. The analysis of rice bulliform phytoliths recovered from 38 samples collected from eight archaeological sites dated to around 10,000–2200 BP suggests that the process of rice domestication in the Lower Yan ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.quaint.2016.02.030

4. Comparing subsistence strategies in different landscapes of North China 10,000 years ago

Author:
Ma, Zhikun,   et al.   ; Yang, Xiaoyan; Li, Jun; Yu, Jincheng; Stevens, Chris; Zhuang, Yijie;     Show all 6 Authors
ISSN:
1477-0911
Subject:
aquatic plants; domestication; lakes; landscapes; millets; mountains; piedmont; rivers; terraces; China
Abstract:
... A recent switch in the study of the beginning of agriculture is to demonstrate the increasingly closer interaction between people and the landscape and how this would have played a crucial role in the transition to agriculture. Understanding the palaeo-ecology of the local environments at key sites and its relationship with subsistence strategies is critical to an improved appreciation of such int ...
DOI:
10.1177/0959683615596833

5. Starch grain evidence reveals early pottery function cooking plant foods in North China

Author:
Ma, Zhikun,   et al.   ; Yang, Xiaoyan; Wang, Tao; Perry, Linda; Li, Quan; Huan, Xiujia; Yu, Jincheng;     Show all 7 Authors
Source:
Chinese science bulletin 2014 v.59 no.32 pp. 4352-4358
ISSN:
1001-6538
Subject:
cooking; domestication; farming systems; foods; fruits; millets; starch granules; China
Abstract:
... 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 we report ancient starch grains recovered from carbonized residues adhering to the bases of flat-bottomed vessels excavated from the Zhuannian site dating more than 10,000 cal a ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11434-014-0500-6

6. Plant microremains provide direct evidence for the functions of stone knives from the Lajia site, northwestern China

Author:
Ma, Zhikun,   et al.   ; Li, Quan; Huan, Xiujia; Yang, Xiaoyan; Zheng, Jingyun; Ye, Maolin;     Show all 6 Authors
Source:
Chinese science bulletin 2014 v.59 no.11 pp. 1151-1158
ISSN:
1001-6538
Subject:
Hordeum; Panicum miliaceum; Setaria italica; Triticum; crops; foods; grains; harvesting; knives; leaves; legumes; phytoliths; roots; starch granules; stems; China
Abstract:
... A large number of stone knives have been recovered from Neolithic archaeological sites in East Asia. However, direct evidence regarding the functions of the stone knives has been scarce, and hence, their functions have remained controversial. In this study, we recovered and analysed ancient starch grains and phytoliths from residues adhering to stone knives excavated from the Lajia site, Qinghai P ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11434-014-0174-0