Fermented beverages were integral to early Chinese culture — chap. 2, “Along the Banks of the Yellow River,” opening paragraph

McGovern, Patrick E. Uncorking the Past: The Quest for Wine, Beer, and Other Alcoholic Beverages. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2010.

The author frames archaeological evidence from Neolithic China as evidence that fermented beverages participated in early social relations, ceremony, feasting, and festival life.

Patrick E. McGovern, Uncorking the Past: The Quest for Wine, Beer, and Other Alcoholic Beverages (Berkeley: University of California Press, 2010), chap. 2, “Along the Banks of the Yellow River,” opening paragraph.

Patrick E. McGovern, Uncorking the Past: The Quest for Wine, Beer, and Other Alcoholic Beverages (Berkeley: University of California Press, 2010), chap. 2, “Along the Banks of the Yellow River,” opening paragraph.

chap. 2, “Along the Banks of the Yellow River,” opening paragraph

McGovern, Uncorking the Past, chap. 2, “Along the Banks of the Yellow River,” opening paragraph.

chap. 2, “Along the Banks of the Yellow River,” opening paragraph

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