Archaeobotanical study of ancient food and cereal remains at the Astana Cemeteries, Xinjiang, China.

Starch grain, phytolith and cereal bran fragments were analyzed in order to identify the food remains including cakes, dumplings, as well as porridge unearthed at the Astana Cemeteries in Turpan of Xinjiang, China. The results suggest that the cakes were made from Triticum aestivum while the dumplin...

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Main Authors: Tao Chen, Yan Wu, Yongbing Zhang, Bo Wang, Yaowu Hu, Changsui Wang, Hongen Jiang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3447823?pdf=render