Millets and rice were important for the demographic history of China. This review draws on current archaeobotanical evidence for rice and millets across China, Korea, eastern Russia, Taiwan, Mainland
Organic residues are a rich source of biomolecular information on ancient diets. In particular, foodcrusts, charred residues on ceramics, are commonly analysed for their lipid content and to a lesser
Pipeline trenching in the eastern margins of the Wind River Basin, Wyoming, uncovered a hearth in the trench wall at Site 48FR2139. The hearth yielded a radiocarbon date of 4220 ± 80 BP, suggesting a