摘要
The Carbonized rice was discovered at Lilou Village, Ruzhou City, Henan Province in 1993 by scientists of Archaeology Inst, Henan Acad of Social Sciences. The excavations of which are nearly 4,000 years old showed by theC-detect. By using the novel selective washing method, archaeologists unearthed about 100 grains of the carbonized rice which were hardly visible to the naked eyes and spreaded in different strata and doline. Although they were dark in color as a result of the carbonized process, their external morphology remained intact. The longitudinal furrows were recognized clearly on the surfaces of the long round or short round rice grains.
