Starch grains from human teeth reveal the plant consumption of proto-Shang people (c. 2000-1600 BC) from Nancheng site, Hebei, China

doi:10.1007/s12520-021-01416-y

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	Starch grains from human teeth reveal the plant consumption of proto-Shang people (c. 2000-1600 BC) from Nancheng site, Hebei, China
	Chen, Tao 1; Hou, Liangliang 1; Jiang, Hongen 2; Wu, Yan 3,4; Henry, Amanda G.5,6
	2021-09-01
发表期刊	ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND ANTHROPOLOGICAL SCIENCES
ISSN	1866-9557
卷号	13 期号:9 页码:12
通讯作者	Chen, Tao([email protected])
摘要	The founding processes of the first state of ancient China with a known written record, the Shang dynasty (3600-3046 cal BP), have been poorly understood. Recent discoveries of a host of archaeological sites dating to the proto-Shang culture (4000-3600 cal BP) have helped elucidate the transition to the Shang culture. Nevertheless, there are few investigations about the mode of subsistence and economy of the proto-Shang culture, and how this might have shaped the transition to statehood. In this present study, we analyzed the starch grains preserved in dental calculus and teeth surfaces from 16 samples from the site of Nancheng in order to gain a better understanding of the subsistence strategy and plant consumption of proto-Shang people. We also performed experiments to test how different cooking methods may lead to size changes in the starches of four Poaceae plants, in order to identify the processing methods used by the proto-Shang people. The results indicate that Triticum aestivum, Coix lacryma-jobi, Setaria italica and some yet-unidentified roots and tubers were consumed by these individuals. These data indicate a broader spectrum of plant consumption than that seen by previous archaeobotanical and stable isotope analyses. Such a broad spectrum of plant consumption provided a substantial economic base for proto-Shang people and might be one of the factors supporting the subsequent development of the Shang state culture.
关键词	Starch grains Dental calculus Cooking Proto-Shang culture
DOI	10.1007/s12520-021-01416-y
关键词[WOS]	HUMAN DENTAL CALCULUS ; HUMAN EXPLOITATION ; DIET ; MICROFOSSILS ; REMAINS ; XINJIANG ; MILLET ; FOODS ; AGRICULTURE ; CEMETERY
收录类别	SCI
语种	英语
资助项目	Max Planck Society ; National Natural Science Foundation of China[41672171] ; National Natural Science Foundation of China[41877427]
项目资助者	Max Planck Society ; National Natural Science Foundation of China
WOS研究方向	Anthropology ; Archaeology ; Geology
WOS类目	Anthropology ; Archaeology ; Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
WOS记录号	WOS:000687161100002
出版者	SPRINGER HEIDELBERG
引用统计
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.205/handle/311034/18180
专题	中科院古脊椎所（2000年以后）
通讯作者	Chen, Tao
作者单位	1.Shanxi Univ, Sch Hist & Culture, Dept Archaeol, Taiyuan 030006, Peoples R China 2.Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Dept Archaeol & Anthropol, Beijing 100049, Peoples R China 3.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Vertebrate Paleontol & Paleoanthropol, Key Lab Vertebrate Evolut & Human Origins, Beijing 100044, Peoples R China 4.CAS Ctr Excellence Life & Paleoenvironm, Beijing 100044, Peoples R China 5.Leiden Univ, Fac Archaeol, Dept Archaeol Sci, Einsteinweg 2, NL-2333 CC Leiden, Netherlands 6.Max Planck Inst Evolutionary Anthropol, Dept Human Evolut, Deutsch Pl 6, D-04103 Leipzig, Germany
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Chen, Tao,Hou, Liangliang,Jiang, Hongen,et al. Starch grains from human teeth reveal the plant consumption of proto-Shang people (c. 2000-1600 BC) from Nancheng site, Hebei, China[J]. ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND ANTHROPOLOGICAL SCIENCES,2021,13(9):12.
APA	Chen, Tao,Hou, Liangliang,Jiang, Hongen,Wu, Yan,&Henry, Amanda G..(2021).Starch grains from human teeth reveal the plant consumption of proto-Shang people (c. 2000-1600 BC) from Nancheng site, Hebei, China.ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND ANTHROPOLOGICAL SCIENCES,13(9),12.
MLA	Chen, Tao,et al."Starch grains from human teeth reveal the plant consumption of proto-Shang people (c. 2000-1600 BC) from Nancheng site, Hebei, China".ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND ANTHROPOLOGICAL SCIENCES 13.9(2021):12.