Through the flotation analysis of the large plant remains from the Shang Dynasty at the Guduiqiao site,it was found that agriculture was the main livelihood of the ancient inhabitants of the site,and they also made full use of the wild edible plant resources around the settlement.The quantitative analysis results showed that rice had a clear dominance,followed by mil-let,with lesser amounts of barley and wheat found.Crops were mainly harvested from the upper part of the stem,including by pinching the tassel.The ancient people had crops processed and the processing activities at the site were found in the late stage of processing.The ancient people consciously adopted intervention measures with the weeds.
the Guduiqiao Sitethe Shang Dynastyagricultureharvesting methodcrops processing
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