Evidence for early viticulture in China: proof of a grapevine (Vitis vinifera L., Vitaceae) in the Yanghai Tombs,Xinjiang |
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| Authors: | Hong-En Jiang Yong-Bing Zhang Xiao Li Yi-Feng Yao David K Ferguson En-Guo Lü Cheng-Sen Li |
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| Institution: | 1. State Key Laboratory of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 20, Nanxincun, Xiangshan, Beijing 100093, China;2. Academia Turfanica of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Turpan 838000, China;3. Department of Scientific History and Archaeometry, Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 19A Yuquan Road, Beijing 100049, China;4. Institute of Palaeontology, University of Vienna, Althanstraβe 14, A-1090 Vienna, Austria;5. Xinjiang Institute of Archaeology, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Urumchi 830011, China |
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| Abstract: | A stem was discovered in the Yanghai Tombs, Turpan District in Xinjiang, China. Anatomical features showed it to be of grape (Vitis vinifera L.). Radiocarbon dating indicates it to be nearly 2300 years old, which would suggest that there was grape cultivation at least from that time. To date, this is the earliest physical evidence of V. vinifera cultivation in China. |
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| Keywords: | Ancient horticulture Archaeobotany Plant history Plant remain Vitis vinifera |
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