Earliest archaeobiological evidence of the broadening agriculture in China recorded at Xishanping site in Gansu Province

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dc.contributor.authorLi, XQen_AU
dc.contributor.authorZhou, XYen_AU
dc.contributor.authorZhou, Jen_AU
dc.contributor.authorDodson, JRen_AU
dc.contributor.authorZhang, HBen_AU
dc.contributor.authorShang, Xen_AU
dc.date.accessioned2009-10-09T03:36:26Zen_AU
dc.date.accessioned2010-04-30T05:02:07Zen_AU
dc.date.available2009-10-09T03:36:26Zen_AU
dc.date.available2010-04-30T05:02:07Zen_AU
dc.date.issued2007-11en_AU
dc.date.statistics2007-11en_AU
dc.description.abstractThe crop types and agricultural characteristic are reconstructed using the archaeobiological proxies of pollen, seed and phytolith at Xishanping site in Gansu Province between 5250 and 4300 cal a BP. The agricultural activity strengthened in Xishanping from 5100 cal a BP. It appeared the earliest cultivation of prehistoric rice in the most northwest China at 5070 cal a BP. The sudden disappearance of conifers and expansion of chestnut trees is likely to be the result of selective hewing of conifers and cultivation of chestnuts at about 4600 cal a BP. There existed 8 crop types of foxtail millet, broomcorn millet, rice, wheat, barley, oats, soybean and buckwheat at Xishanping between 4650 and 4300 cal a BP, which cover the main crop types of the two origin centers of East and West Asia. Not only has the wheat and barley been approved to spread to northwestern China, but the earliest complexity agriculture in Neolithic China appeared in Tianshui, Gansu Province. © 2007, Science in China Press (SCP)en_AU
dc.identifier.citationLi, X. Q., Zhou, X. Y., Zhou, J., Dodson, J., Zhang, H. B., & Shang, X. (2007). Earliest archaeobiological evidence of the broadening agriculture in China recorded at Xishanping site in Gansu Province. Science in China Series D: Earth Sciences, 50(11), 1707-1714. doi:10.1007/s11430-007-0066-0en_AU
dc.identifier.govdoc1130en_AU
dc.identifier.issn1006-9313en_AU
dc.identifier.issue11en_AU
dc.identifier.journaltitleScience in China Series D: Earth Sciencesen_AU
dc.identifier.pagination1707-1714en_AU
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11430-007-0066-0en_AU
dc.identifier.urihttp://apo.ansto.gov.au/dspace/handle/10238/1989en_AU
dc.identifier.volume50en_AU
dc.language.isoenen_AU
dc.publisherScience in China Press (SCP)en_AU
dc.subjectAgricultureen_AU
dc.subjectChinaen_AU
dc.subjectCropsen_AU
dc.subjectArchaeologyen_AU
dc.subjectCultivationen_AU
dc.subjectConifersen_AU
dc.titleEarliest archaeobiological evidence of the broadening agriculture in China recorded at Xishanping site in Gansu Provinceen_AU
dc.typeJournal Articleen_AU
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