Table 3 Flotation results of plant macro-remains at the Fenghuangzui site

From: Agricultural foundations of the Late Neolithic walled town at Fenghuangzui in central China

Classification

Qujialing period

Shijiahe period

Meishan period

Subtotal

Gramineae

Oryza sativa

612

1840

52

2504

S. italica

4

10

 

14

P. miliaceum

1

2

 

3

Triticum aestivum

1

4

 

5

Gramineae

Echinochloa crus-galli

  

1

1

S. viridis

 

1

 

1

Panicoideae

4

6

2

12

Chenopodiaceae

Chenopodium album

9

64

2

75

Polygonaceae

Polygonum lapathifolium

1

1

 

2

Polygonum aviculare

1

1

 

2

Polygonaceae

10

11

 

21

Amaranthaceae

Amaranthus retroflexus

8

10

 

18

Amaranthus

 

1

 

1

Leguminosae

Glycine soja

 

1

 

1

Lespedeza bicolor

1

3

 

4

Leguminosae

 

3

 

3

Cyperaceae

Scirpus juncoides

4

7

 

11

Fimbristylis dichotoma

1

  

1

Cyperus iria

6

6

1

13

Cyperaceae

2

  

2

Euphorbiaceae

Acalypha australis

5

19

1

25

Portulacaceae

Portulaca oleracea

7

35

5

47

Oxalidaceae

Oxalis corniculata

 

4

 

4

Rubiaceae

Galium

1

1

 

2

Caprifoliaceae

Sambucus chinensis

 

1

 

1

Labiatae

Perilla frutescens

5

1

1

7

Solanaceae

1

  

1

Caryophyllaceae

Cerastium

  

1

1

kernel

 

4

 

4

Unknown

47

99

10

156

Subtotal

731

2135

76

2942