where was broomcorn millet first domesticated
An early form of domesticated broomcorn was being harvested across northern China possibly as far back as the 8th millennium BC (Lu et al. 2009) and certainly by the late 7th millennium BC (Liu & Chen 2012). By the 4th millennium BC broomcorn was being farmed in highland Sichuan (SE China) (dâAlpoim Guedes 2011). Domesticated broomcorn is first reported in the west around the early sixth millennium BC in places including Sacarovka, Moldavia and on the Dniester by mid 6th millennium (BC Anthony 2007). It is also found in slightly younger contexts at Tepe Yahya, Iran and Arukhlo, Georgia.