Fuel types and use in late Western Zhou (877 – 771 BCE) industrial contexts in Northwest China

Abstract To date, the types of fuels used in pottery kilns during the Western Zhou Dynasty have not been adequately addressed. Samples from updraft kilns and semi-downdraft kilns at the Fengjing site, the capital in the late Western Zhou period, were selected for analysis. Through phytolith and wood...

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Main Authors: Zhikun Ma, Shu Liu, Xuan Yi, Liya Tang, Zhongyang Fu, Di Wang, Qingli Sun
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2024-08-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-71195-8