The emergence of complex societies represents one of the major developments of human
prehistory. Diverse agricultural strategies were implemented to produce the increased grain …

It is generally understood that foxtail millet and broomcorn millet were initially domesticated
in Northern China where they eventually became the dominant plant food crops. The rarity of …

China is one of the main global centers of origin of agriculture. Foxtail millet (Setaria italica),
common millet (Panicum miliaceum), and rice (Oryza sativa) were the first crops to be …

This new edition of the definitive work on doing paleoethnobotany brings the book up to date
by incorporating new methods and examples of research, while preserving the overall …

This article reviews evidence of how starch granules associated with archaeological
artefacts provide an insight into the use of plants by our ancestors for food, medicines and …

The earliest evidence of agriculture in the Horn of Africa dates to the Pre-Aksumite period
(ca. 1600 BCE). Domesticated C3 cereals are considered to have been introduced from the …

Three grinding stones from Shizitan Locality 14 (ca. 23,000–19,500 calendar years before
present) in the middle Yellow River region were subjected to usewear and residue analyses …

Accessing information on plant consumption before the adoption of agriculture is
challenging. However, there is growing evidence for use of locally available wild plants from …

Agricultural origins and dispersals are subjects of fundamental importance to archaeology
as well as many other scholarly disciplines. These investigations are world-wide in scope …

Ancient starch analysis is an important methodology for researching ancient ecology, plant
use, diet, and tool function; particularly in the deep past when other proxies may not survive …