Earliest tea as evidence for one branch of the Silk Road across the Tibetan Plateau | |
Lu, HY (Lu, Houyuan)1,2; Zhang, JP (Zhang, Jianping)1,2; Yang, YM (Yang, Yimin)3; Yang, XY (Yang, Xiaoyan)4; Xu, BQ (Xu, Baiqing)2,5; Yang, WZ (Yang, Wuzhan)6; Tong, T (Tong, Tao)7; Jin, SB (Jin, Shubo)8; Shen, CM (Shen, Caiming)9; Rao, HY (Rao, Huiyun)3; Li, XG (Li, Xingguo)10; Lu, HL (Lu, Hongliang)11; Fuller, DQ (Fuller, Dorian Q.)12; Wang, L (Wang, Luo)1; Wang, C (Wang, Can)1; Xu, DK (Xu, Deke)1,2; Wu, NQ (Wu, Naiqin)1,2; Lu, HY | |
Source Publication | SCIENTIFIC REPORTS |
2016 | |
Volume | 6Issue:0Pages:18955 |
DOI | 10.1038/srep18955 |
Abstract | Phytoliths and biomolecular components extracted from ancient plant remains from Chang'an (Xi'an, the city where the Silk Road begins) and Ngari (Ali) in western Tibet, China, show that the tea was grown 2100 years ago to cater for the drinking habits of the Western Han Dynasty (207BCE-9CE), and then carried toward central Asia by ca.200CE, several hundred years earlier than previously recorded. The earliest physical evidence of tea from both the Chang'an and Ngari regions suggests that a branch of the Silk Road across the Tibetan Plateau, was established by the second to third century CE. |
Subject Area | 自然地理学 |
WOS ID | WOS:000368171800001 |
Language | 英语 |
Indexed By | SCI |
Keyword | Camellia Chemistry Caffeine China |
Cooperation Status | 国际 |
Department | 环境 |
Subtype | Article |
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Document Type | 期刊论文 |
Identifier | http://ir.itpcas.ac.cn/handle/131C11/7785 |
Collection | 图书馆 |
Corresponding Author | Lu, HY |
Affiliation | 1.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Geol & Geophys, Key Lab Cenozo Geol & Environm, Beijing 100029, Peoples R China 2.Chinese Acad Sci, Ctr Excellence Tibetan Plateau Earth Sci, Beijing 100101, Peoples R China 3.Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Beijing 100049, Peoples R China 4.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Geog Sci & Nat Resources, Beijing 100101, Peoples R China 5.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Tibetan Plateau Res, Beijing 100101, Peoples R China 6.Shaanxi Prov Inst Archaeol, Xian 710001, Peoples R China 7.Chinese Acad Social Sci, Inst Archaeol, Beijing 100710, Peoples R China 8.Minist Ind & Informat Technol, Beijing 100804, Peoples R China 9.Yunnan Normal Univ, Key Lab Plateau Lake Ecol & Global Change, Kunming 650092, Peoples R China 10.Ali Dist Culture Bur Tibet, Ali 859000, Peoples R China 11.Sichuan Univ, Ctr Tibetan Studies, Chengdu 610064, Peoples R China 12.UCL, Inst Archaeol, London WC1H 0PY, England |
Recommended Citation GB/T 7714 | Lu, HY ,Zhang, JP ,Yang, YM ,et al. Earliest tea as evidence for one branch of the Silk Road across the Tibetan Plateau[J]. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS,2016,6(0):18955. |
APA | Lu, HY .,Zhang, JP .,Yang, YM .,Yang, XY .,Xu, BQ .,...&Lu, HY.(2016).Earliest tea as evidence for one branch of the Silk Road across the Tibetan Plateau.SCIENTIFIC REPORTS,6(0),18955. |
MLA | Lu, HY ,et al."Earliest tea as evidence for one branch of the Silk Road across the Tibetan Plateau".SCIENTIFIC REPORTS 6.0(2016):18955. |
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