An Examination of Agricultural Activities as Seen in the"Offerings and Duty Accounts during the Yongkang Era of the Kan Family's Gaochang State"
The"Offerings and Duty Accounts during the Yongkang Era of the Kan Family's Gaochang State"excavated from Yanghai No.1 Cemetery in Turpan records a variety of agriculture-related activities during the period of Kan's Gaochang Kingdom.They include"delivering wheat","delivering alfalfa(Medicago sativa)","earthing up grapes(Vitis vinifera)","cultivating indigo plant(Polygonum tinctorium)",and other offerings and labor behaviors,reflecting the agricultural development and relatively mature agricultural system in Turpan during this period,and revealing the regional cultural characteristics of exchanges and integration in Turpan.