Lu, H;
Zhang, J;
Yang, Y;
Yang, X;
Xu, B;
Yang, W;
Tong, T;
... Wu, N; + view all
(2016)
Earliest tea as evidence for one branch of the Silk Road across the Tibetan Plateau.
Sci Rep
, 6
p. 18955.
10.1038/srep18955.
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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.
| Type: | Article |
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| Title: | Earliest tea as evidence for one branch of the Silk Road across the Tibetan Plateau. |
| Location: | England |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1038/srep18955 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep18955 |
| Language: | English |
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| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS > Institute of Archaeology UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS > Institute of Archaeology > Institute of Archaeology Gordon Square |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1475206 |
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