Article Analysis_Early evidence for beer drinking in China

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ANTH 324 Article Analysis Article Analysis: Early evidence for beer drinking in a 9000-year-old platform mound in southern China. 10 points possible Assignment Directions: 1. Read Wang et al., 2021 article Early evidence for beer drinking in a 9000-year-old platform mound in southern China. 2. Answer the questions about the article using complete sentences in the boxes. Responses should be your own words. No direct quotes. 3. Submit the assignment to Canvas. Make sure that files are saved as doc, docx, rtf, or pdf. DO NOT SUBMIT FILES SAVED AS .pages (this format does not work in canvas) Questions: 1. What hypothesis do the authors propose and how do they test it? 2. What microfossil (a.k.a microbotanical) residues were analyzed to look for the presence of fermentation?

ANTH 324 Article Analysis 3. What type of modification to rice granules represents diagnostic evidence for brewing alcohol? (Hint: the authors identified three types of rice granules, only two have diagnostic damage) 4. The term saccharification literally means to make sugar. It is the process by which complex carbohydrates (e.g., such as starch or cellulose) are broken down into simple carbohydrates (e.g., sugar). This process requires enzymes. What three saccharification agents were used in ancient China to make beer? 5. What saccharification agents were present on the Qiaotou pottery analyzed in this study? That is, method did the ancient Chinese people use to make beer at this site?

ANTH 324 Article Analysis 6. According to the authors, what is the social significance of beer drinking at Qiaotou? In what context was beer being consumed? 7. Were the people at Qiaotou agriculturalists? How do they know this? What evidence is provided? 8. What is the Beer Hypothesis? How might alcohol and the domestication of cereal crops, like rice, be related?

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