Fruit stones from Tiao Lei's tomb of Jiangxi in China,and their palaeoethnobotanical significance |
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| Authors: | Hongen Jiang Jun Yang David K Ferguson Ya Li ChangSui Wang Cheng-Sen Li Changjiang Liu |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Scientific History and Archaeometry, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 19A Yuquan Road, Beijing 100049, China;2. The Lab of Human Evolution, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100044, China;3. Jiangxi Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology, Nanchang 330025, China;4. Institute of Palaeontology, University of Vienna, Althanstraβe 14, A-1090 Vienna, Austria;5. State Key Laboratory of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China |
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| Abstract: | Fruit stones were discovered in Mr. Tiao Lei's Tomb (around 300 AD) at Nanchang, China. The morphology and anatomy of the fruit stones were investigated. They are identified as belonging to three species, namely, Chinese plum (Prunus salicina Lindley), red bayberry (Myrica rubra Sieb. et Zucc.), and Chinese date (Ziziphus jujuba Mill.). These stones suggest the possibility of orchards in the local area, and the fresh or processed drupes of these three species probably played important roles in the tomb owner's life. |
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| Keywords: | Ancient horticulture Archaeobotany Fruit remains Plant history |
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