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Article: Chinese may have fermented drinks over 9,000 years ago.(University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology)
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- Modern Brewery Age
- Article date:
- December 20, 2004
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AP--Archaeologists have found evidence that a Chinese community may have been fermenting drinks more than 9,000 years ago. The team, led by Patrick E. McGovern of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, found pieces of 16 pottery vessels at Jiahu, an early new stone age village in China's Henan province. This is the same site where archaeologists have found the earliest evidence of musical instruments, including an ancient flute.
The ceramics were dated to about 7,000 B.C.--9,000 years ago--and the scientists analyzed residue that had collected inside the pots.
The results showed chemicals that matched residues from modern ...