On the verge of domestication: Early use of C4 plants in the Horn of Africa

A Ruiz-Giralt, L Nixon-Darcus… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
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 …

Sorghum and finger millet cultivation during the Aksumite period: Insights from ethnoarchaeological modelling and microbotanical analysis

A Ruiz-Giralt, A Beldados, S Biagetti… - Journal of Computer …, 2023 - repositori.upf.edu
Cross-cultural models are a useful tool to generate hypotheses about the past using
ethnographic data, especially when they can be validated against the archaeological record …

Late Neolithic to Bronze Age water management and upland rice cultivation in the mountainous areas of Southeastern China Coast

G Wu, X Zuo, W Wu, L Ren, C Wu, Y Lin, H Xie… - Quaternary …, 2024 - Elsevier
The southeast coast of China is a crucial area for the spread of agriculture from mainland
Asia to Taiwan and the islands of Southeast Asia. However, whether prehistoric rice …

Predicting plant water availability from phytolith assemblages: an experimental approach for archaeological reconstructions in drylands

F D'Agostini, J Ruiz Pérez, M Madella, V Vadez… - Vegetation History and …, 2024 - Springer
In this study we investigate the relationship between phytolith formation and transpiration
rate in Eleusine coracana (finger millet), Cenchrus americanus (syn. Pennisetum glaucum …

An Interplay of Dryland and Wetland: Millet and Rice Cultivation at the Peiligang Site (8000–7600 BP) in the Middle Yellow River Valley, China

J Wang, Y He, Y Tang, L Liu, Y Li, X Chen, W Gu - Agronomy, 2023 - mdpi.com
The Peiligang culture (ca. 9000–7000 cal. BP) represents the first Neolithic settlements in
the middle Yellow River Valley, marking the beginning of millet and rice farming in the …

A rapid and simple method for the extraction of biogenic silica (BSi) in phytolith-poor sediments and soils

A Mazuy, V Ferrara, A Ekblom, C Delhon - MethodsX, 2024 - Elsevier
Phytoliths can be used to reconstruct human-nature dynamics over the long term (from
decennial to centennial and millennial time scales) and may capture activities that cannot be …

Isotopic analysis of modern sorghum and finger millet from different altitudes in Ethiopia: implications for ancient farming practices

A Varalli, A Beldados, F d'Agostini, M Mvimi… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
C4 crops such as sorghum (Sorghum bicolor) and finger millet (Eleusine coracana) have
played a significant role in the economic livelihood in arid and semi-arid zones of tropical …

[PDF][PDF] An Interplay of Dryland and Wetland: Millet and Rice Cultivation at the Peiligang Site (8000–7600 BP) in the Middle Yellow River Valley, China. Agronomy 2023 …

J Wang, Y He, Y Tang, L Liu, Y Li, X Chen, W Gu - 2023 - academia.edu
The Peiligang culture (ca. 9000–7000 cal. BP) represents the first Neolithic settlements in
the middle Yellow River Valley, marking the beginning of millet and rice farming in the …