# Kefir cheese lumps from Xiaohe burials

> Kefir cheese lumps from Xiaohe burials

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**ART** 0D90EDJA20NH·Artifact · sample

# Kefir cheese lumps from Xiaohe burials

SamplepublisherAbout 3,500 years old

[Cite]

**Not kept here.** This copy isn't ours to show. [See it where it's published](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2014.02.005).

Yang et al.. publisher

## Copies 2

**Document** Yang et al. · doi.org · 2014 · publisherPrimary source: [Proteomics evidence for kefir dairy in Early Bronze Age China](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0D90DT1A3X7V/proteomics-evidence-for-kefir-dairy-in-early-bronze-age)2 steps from the original

[Where it's published](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2014.02.005)

**Document** Liu et al. · doi.org · 2024-09-25 · publisherPrimary source: [Bronze Age cheese reveals human-Lactobacillus interactions over evolutionary history](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0D90DSSG5QQR/bronze-age-cheese-reveals-human-lactobacillus-interactions)2 steps from the original

[Where it's published](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2024.08.008)

## Where it was made

[Xiaohe cemetery (Small River Cemetery No. 5)](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0D90DXPG04AT/xiaohe-cemetery-small-river-cemetery-no-5) · Cemetery

## Sources 2

- [Bronze Age cheese reveals human-Lactobacillus interactions over evolutionary history](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0D90DSSG5QQR/bronze-age-cheese-reveals-human-lactobacillus-interactions)_SRC_
- [Proteomics evidence for kefir dairy in Early Bronze Age China](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0D90DT1A3X7V/proteomics-evidence-for-kefir-dairy-in-early-bronze-age)_SRC_

## Cite it

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Mysteries Department. (2026). Kefir cheese lumps from Xiaohe burials [Artifact ART0D90EDJA20NH]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ART0D90EDJA20NH
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Key

**ART** 0D90EDJA20NH

Kind

Sample

Held by

Xinjiang Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology

Dated

about 3,500 years old

Licence

publisher

Place

[Xiaohe cemetery (Small River Cemetery No. 5)](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0D90DXPG04AT/xiaohe-cemetery-small-river-cemetery-no-5)

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[Tarim Basin mummies (Xiaohe)](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/tarim-mummies)

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