We examine the changing importance of wild starch rich plant staples, predominantly tree
nuts, in early agricultural societies in East Asia and Europe, focusing on Korea, Japan, and …

Compound specific stable isotope analysis of amino acids (CSIA-AA) is a powerful tool for
determining dietary behaviors in complex environments and improving dietary …

作物驯化与农业起源是人类历史上最为重要的一项技术变革, 不仅彻底改变了人类的食物获取
方式, 还为定居的普及和社会经济层面的诸多变革奠定了基础, 深远地影响着人类社会的发展 …

Dietary patterns of leprosy patients from the medieval leprosarium at Odense (Denmark)
were investigated via carbon isotope ratio analysis of individual amino acids (δ 13 C AA) in …

Rice and millet arrived in Western Japan from Korea around 3,000 years ago and spread
eastwards across the archipelago in the next 700 years. However, the extent to which …

The inclusion of starchy plants as a staple in prehistoric diets reveals the intricacies of local
economies, evolution of crop cultivation and culinary transitions, yet the preservation of …

Archaeological evidence indicates that millet and rice spread into southwestern China
successively from the Ganqing Region and the Yangtze River Valley by approximately 5000 …

In 2021, the National Research Institute of Cultural Heritage (NRICH) installed a new
accelerator mass spectrometer (AMS) to date Korean national heritage. Before conducting …

Starch is the main substrate in millet thick wine (MTW). In order to control the fermentation
process of MTW, it is critical to monitor changes in the starch structure and physicochemical …

Megalithic cultures of central India provide important links between the southern Neolithic-
Chalcolithic cultures and the early Historical period (∼ 500 BC to∼ AD 700) and reveal …