The age of Lajia site is about 4000 years ago. According to experts' appraisal and analysis, the noodle remains unearthed from Lajia site in Qinghai Province are noodles made by millet, which is the earliest noodle remains so far.
When experts were cleaning up a house site, they found an inverted pottery bowl at the door, which was smaller than the bowl we are using now. The experts carefully picked up the pottery bowl, and a lump fell off as soon as they got it halfway.
As a result, the experts squatted on the ground and carefully observed that there were several beige substances clearly visible on the top of this lump. After chemical identification, it turned out to be noodles, but it was different from the current noodles.
Experts said that this bowl of noodles is made of millet flour, which is the yellow wheat in our daily life. It is usually used to make cakes or make wine. Because yellow wheat tastes bad, we don't use it to make noodles now, but mainly use wheat flour.
Brief introduction of Lajia site in Qinghai;
From August 5438+0, 2006 to August1/kloc-0, 2006, the Gan Qing team of the Institute of Archaeology of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences cooperated with the Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology of Qinghai Province to continuously excavate the Qijia cultural site in Lajia Village on the bank of the Yellow River in Guanting Basin at the southern end of Minhe County, Qinghai Province, revealing an area of more than 700 square meters, with many important discoveries, which added new achievements to the archaeology of Guanting Basin.
Evidence of newly discovered earthquakes and floods, and determine the stratigraphic relationship accumulated at the disaster site; New signs of Little Square were discovered, foundation pits, sacrificial pits and burial pits were cleared, and important relics such as Founder bones and Jade Oracle bones were unearthed; The newly discovered well-preserved cave-like structure, location and distribution pattern, as well as the fireplace for baking food, put forward a new understanding of the settlement form.
The excavation shows that the earthquake caused a disastrous blow to the site, while the flood caused a devastating impact on the site. The scientific significance of the discovery of the disaster remains in Lajia site goes far beyond the scope of archaeology, which puts forward a new topic for interdisciplinary research and in-depth environmental archaeology research.