Sago-Type Palms Were an Important Plant Food Prior to Rice in Southern Subtropical China

Xiaoyan Yang; Huw J. Barton; Zhiwei Wan; Quan Li; Zhikun Ma; Mingqi Li; Dan Zhang; Jun Wei

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0063148

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Sago-Type Palms Were an Important Plant Food Prior to Rice in Southern Subtropical China

Xiaoyan Yang ,

* E-mail: yangxy@igsnrr.ac.cn (XY); hjb15@leicester.ac.uk (HB)

Affiliation Institute of Geographical Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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Huw J. Barton ,

* E-mail: yangxy@igsnrr.ac.cn (XY); hjb15@leicester.ac.uk (HB)

Affiliation School of Archaeology and Ancient History, University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom
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Zhiwei Wan,

Affiliations Institute of Geographical Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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Quan Li,

Affiliation Institute of Geographical Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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Zhikun Ma,

Affiliations Institute of Geographical Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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Mingqi Li,

Affiliation Institute of Geographical Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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Dan Zhang,

Affiliation Institute of Geographical Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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Jun Wei

Affiliation Guangdong Provincial Museum, Guangzhou, China
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Sago-Type Palms Were an Important Plant Food Prior to Rice in Southern Subtropical China

Xiaoyan Yang,
Huw J. Barton,
Zhiwei Wan,
Quan Li,
Zhikun Ma,
Mingqi Li,
Dan Zhang,
Jun Wei

Published: May 8, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0063148

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Title: “Sago Palms, Bananas were Major Food Prior to Rice in Southern Areas of Ancient China”
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