Evidence from plant starch residues of the function of early pottery and the plant diet of Neolithic inhabitants of Inner Mongolia, North China

doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2020.10.010

IVPP-IR > 中科院古脊椎所（2000年以后）

	Evidence from plant starch residues of the function of early pottery and the plant diet of Neolithic inhabitants of Inner Mongolia, North China
	Guan, Ying 1,2; Wang, Chunxue 3; Zhou, Zhenyu 4; Cheng, Jingtang 3; Cao, Jianen 5; Ta, La 6; Xiong, Zenglong 7
	2022-01-20
发表期刊	QUATERNARY INTERNATIONAL
ISSN	1040-6182
卷号	608 页码:215-225
通讯作者	Guan, Ying([email protected])
摘要	Studies of the East Asian Neolithic have been conducted for more than a century and many attempts have been made to interpret the functions of prehistoric pottery, particularly the earliest ceramics. The unsophisticated pottery discovered in the Weijiawopu site opens a window for the study of early ceramic function. We conducted plant residue analyses of ceramics from the Weijiawopu Neolithic site; the largest Hongshan Culture settlement in Inner Mongolia, China. The site is thought to belong to the early to middle period of the Hongshan Culture, approximately 6500-5500 cal BP. Based on evidence from starch grains, we identified four main plant resources: 1) cereal grains; 2) Dioscorea plant tubers; 3) beans; and 4) nuts. None of the individual starch grains exhibit surface damage, indicating they did not undergo extensive processing such as grinding or cooking. Hence, we conclude that the pottery samples analyzed derive from food storage containers, indicating one major function of early pottery at the site. Furthermore, wild plants are thought to have been an essential part of the Weijiawopu people's subsistence base, suggesting a mixed economic pattern based upon both domestication activities and hunting-gathering-foraging lifeways.
关键词	Inner Mongolia Weijiawopu site Hongshan culture Neolithic Early pottery function Starch residue analysis
DOI	10.1016/j.quaint.2020.10.010
关键词[WOS]	GRAIN ANALYSIS REVEALS ; DENTAL CALCULUS ; STONE TOOLS ; FOOD RESOURCES ; SITE ; IDENTIFICATION ; GRANULES ; EXPLOITATION ; MICROREMAINS ; FORAGERS
收录类别	SCI
语种	英语
资助项目	National Natural Science Foundation of China[41772024] ; Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences[XDB26030404]
项目资助者	National Natural Science Foundation of China ; Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
WOS研究方向	Physical Geography ; Geology
WOS类目	Geography, Physical ; Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
WOS记录号	WOS:000718032500003
出版者	PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
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文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.205/handle/311034/19199
专题	中科院古脊椎所（2000年以后）
通讯作者	Guan, Ying
作者单位	1.Chinese Acad Sci, Key Lab Vertebrate Evolut & Human Origins, Inst Vertebrate Paleontol & Paleoanthropol, Beijing 100044, Peoples R China 2.CAS Ctr Excellence Life & Paleoenvironm, Beijing 100044, Peoples R China 3.Jinlin Univ, Res Ctr Chinese Frontier Archaeol, Changchun 130012, Jilin, Peoples R China 4.Chinese Acad Hist, Chinese Acad Social Sci, Inst Archaeol, Beijing 100029, Peoples R China 5.Inst Archaeol, Hohhot 010010, Peoples R China 6.Museum Inner Mongolia Autonomous Reg, Hohhot 010020, Peoples R China 7.Inst Archaeol, Shenyang 110003, Liaoning, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Guan, Ying,Wang, Chunxue,Zhou, Zhenyu,et al. Evidence from plant starch residues of the function of early pottery and the plant diet of Neolithic inhabitants of Inner Mongolia, North China[J]. QUATERNARY INTERNATIONAL,2022,608:215-225.
APA	Guan, Ying.,Wang, Chunxue.,Zhou, Zhenyu.,Cheng, Jingtang.,Cao, Jianen.,...&Xiong, Zenglong.(2022).Evidence from plant starch residues of the function of early pottery and the plant diet of Neolithic inhabitants of Inner Mongolia, North China.QUATERNARY INTERNATIONAL,608,215-225.
MLA	Guan, Ying,et al."Evidence from plant starch residues of the function of early pottery and the plant diet of Neolithic inhabitants of Inner Mongolia, North China".QUATERNARY INTERNATIONAL 608(2022):215-225.