Morphological characteristics of seed starch granules of Fagaceae in South China and their implication in paleodiet.

ABSTRACT: Nut fruits likely played a significant role before and during the origin of agriculture; however, relatively little research conducted on the morphological characteristics and statistical comparisons of nut fruit starch granule hinders the progress of paleodietary analysis of prehistorical society. For better species identification of starch granule remaining on tools discovered at archaeological sites, it is desirable to develop a more abundant morphology database of modern nut fruit starch granules as well as the establishment of relevant identification standards. Therefore, nuts from 40 species in four genera (Quercus, Lithocarpus, Castanea, and Castanopsis) of Fagaceae were collected from South China for statistical measurement and comparative analysis. Star

SUBMITTER: Yu T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9702991 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature