Table 4 The principal plant foods in three Neolithic regions on the China coast. Three domesticated plants (rice, foxtail millet, broomcorn millet) and three non-domesticated ones (water chestnuts, foxnuts, barnyard grasses) are listed
From: A northern Chinese origin of Austronesian agriculture: new evidence on traditional Formosan cereals
Plants | Excavated region | ||
|---|---|---|---|
Shandong | Taiwan | Hangzhou Bay area | |
Rice | + | + | + |
Foxtail millet | + | + | – |
Broomcorn millet | + | + | – |
Water chestnuts (Trapa spp.) | – | – | + |
Foxnuts (Euryale ferox) | (−) | – | + |
Barnyard grasses | – | – | + |