Fruit from the Sands: The Silk Road Origins of the Foods We Eat

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Wednesday, December 4, 2019, 7:00pm - 8:15pm

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Arnold Arboretum, Hunnewell Building, 125 Arborway, Boston

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https://my.arboretum.harvard.edu/Info.aspx?DayPlanner=2092&DayPlannerDate=12/4/2019

Event Description:

From almonds and apples to tea and rice, many foods that we consume
today have histories that can be traced out of prehistoric Central
Asia along the tracks of the Silk Road to kitchens in Europe, America,
China, and elsewhere in East Asia. The exchange of goods, ideas,
cultural practices, and genes along these ancient routes extends back
five thousand years, and organized trade along the Silk Road dates to
at least Han Dynasty China in the second century BC. Robert Spengler
presents a broad array of archaeological, botanical, and historical
evidence, narrating the story of the origins and spread of agriculture
across Inner Asia and into Europe and East Asia. Through the preserved
remains of plants found in archaeological sites, he identifies the
regions where our most familiar crops were domesticated and follows
their routes as people carried them around the world, shaping the
course of human history.

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Wednesday, December 4, 2019 - 19:00 to 20:15

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