Archaeobotanical evidence for early utilization of cockleburs (Xanthium strumarium L., Asteraceae) in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of China

doi:10.1007/s12520-018-0651-5

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	Archaeobotanical evidence for early utilization of cockleburs (Xanthium strumarium L., Asteraceae) in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of China
	Sheng, Pengfei 1,2; Shang, Xue 1,2; Jiang, Hongen 1,2
	2019-05-01
发表期刊	ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND ANTHROPOLOGICAL SCIENCES
ISSN	1866-9557
卷号	11 期号:5 页码:2027-2038
通讯作者	Jiang, Hongen([email protected])
摘要	Recently, the burs of Xanthium strumarium L. were discovered at the Yuergou site (400-200calBC) in the Turpan Basin of northwestern China. These burs were hard and medicated with tan or gray color. Compared with previous findings of cockleburs remains in China, the present discoveries of X. strumarium are much larger in terms of the number recovered (138 burs). These represent the most abundant finds of cockleburs (X. strumarium) from archaeological contexts in China directly dating to around 250calBC. Moreover, it is interesting that most of these cockleburs were broken with their seeds missing as modern experimental results performed here indicate that they were likely opened by humans with a knife. The cockleburs were likely used as a common medicinal resource and provide us with a glimpse of the wild plant use and daily practices of the ancient inhabitants of the Turpan Basin.
关键词	Archaeobotany Xanthium strumarium Traditional Chinese medicine Yuergou site
DOI	10.1007/s12520-018-0651-5
关键词[WOS]	YANGHAI TOMBS ; ETHNOBOTANY
收录类别	SCI
语种	英语
资助项目	NSFC[41672171] ; NSFC[41471167]
项目资助者	NSFC
WOS研究方向	Anthropology ; Archaeology ; Geology
WOS类目	Anthropology ; Archaeology ; Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
WOS记录号	WOS:000466856100025
出版者	SPRINGER HEIDELBERG
引用统计
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.205/handle/311034/9715
专题	中科院古脊椎所（2000年以后）
通讯作者	Jiang, Hongen
作者单位	1.Chinese Acad Sci, Key Lab Vertebrate Evolut & Human Origins, Inst Vertebrate Paleontol & Paleoanthropol, Beijing 100044, Peoples R China 2.Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Dept Archaeol & Anthropol, 19A Yuquan Rd, Beijing 100049, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Sheng, Pengfei,Shang, Xue,Jiang, Hongen. Archaeobotanical evidence for early utilization of cockleburs (Xanthium strumarium L., Asteraceae) in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of China[J]. ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND ANTHROPOLOGICAL SCIENCES,2019,11(5):2027-2038.
APA	Sheng, Pengfei,Shang, Xue,&Jiang, Hongen.(2019).Archaeobotanical evidence for early utilization of cockleburs (Xanthium strumarium L., Asteraceae) in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of China.ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND ANTHROPOLOGICAL SCIENCES,11(5),2027-2038.
MLA	Sheng, Pengfei,et al."Archaeobotanical evidence for early utilization of cockleburs (Xanthium strumarium L., Asteraceae) in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of China".ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND ANTHROPOLOGICAL SCIENCES 11.5(2019):2027-2038.