Social Complexification and Pig (Sus scrofa) Husbandry in Ancient China: A Combined Geometric Morphometric and Isotopic Approach

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0158523

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	Social Complexification and Pig (Sus scrofa) Husbandry in Ancient China: A Combined Geometric Morphometric and Isotopic Approach
	Cucchi, Thomas 1,2; Dai, Lingling 3,4; Balasse, Marie 1; Zhao, Chunqing 5; Gao, Jiangtao 5; Hu, Yaowu 3; Yuan, Jing 5; Vigne, Jean-Denis 1
	2016-07-06
发表期刊	PLOS ONE
卷号	11 期号:7
文章类型	Article
摘要	Pigs have played a major role in the economic, social and symbolic systems of China since the Early Neolithic more than 8,000 years ago. However, the interaction between the history of pig domestication and transformations in Chinese society since then, have not been fully explored. In this paper, we investigated the co-evolution from the earliest farming communities through to the new political and economic models of state-like societies, up to the Chinese Empire, using 5,000 years of archaeological records from the Xiawanggang (XWG) and Xinzhai (XZ) sites (Henan Province). To trace the changes of pig populations against husbandry practices, we combined the geometric morphometric analysis of dental traits with a study of the stable carbon and nitrogen isotope ratios from bone collagen. The domestication process intensified during the Neolithic Yangshao, prompted by greater selective pressure and/or better herd control against wild introgression. After that, pig farming, in XWG, relied on local livestock and a gradual change of husbandry practices overtime. This was characterized by a gentle increase in millet foddering and animal protein intake, until a complete change over to household management during the Han dynasty. The only rupture in this steady trend of husbandry occurred during the Longshan period, with the appearance of small sized and idiosyncratic pigs with specific feeding practices (relying on millet and household scraps). From three exploratory hypothesis, we explored the possibility of anti-elite pig production in XWG during the Longshan period, as a means to resist incorporation into a new economic model promoting intensified domestic production. This exploratory hypothesis is the most suitable to our dataset; however, numerous areas need to be explored further in order to adequately document the role of pigs in the rise of China's complex societies.
WOS标题词	Science & Technology
DOI	10.1371/journal.pone.0158523
关键词[WOS]	COMPLEX SOCIETIES ; NORTHERN CHINA ; BONE-COLLAGEN ; GENE FLOW ; DOMESTICATION ; CARBON ; ANIMALS ; HENAN ; SHAPE ; LONG
收录类别	SCI ; SSCI
语种	英语
项目资助者	CNRS-CASS program ; ERAnet Co- Reach project (European-Chinese Bioarchaeological Collaboration, Euch-Bioarch)(137)
WOS研究方向	Science & Technology - Other Topics
WOS类目	Multidisciplinary Sciences
WOS记录号	WOS:000379809400056
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文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.205/handle/311034/7023
专题	中科院古脊椎所（2000年以后）
作者单位	1.Univ Paris 04, CNRS, Museum Natl Hist Nat, UMR Archeozool Archeobot Soc Prat & Environm 7209, Paris, France 2.Univ Aberdeen, Dept Archaeol, Aberdeen, Scotland 3.Anhui Univ, Hist Fac, Hefei, Peoples R China 4.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Vertebrate Palaeontol & Palaeoanthropol, Key Lab Vertebrate Evolut & Human Origins, Beijing, Peoples R China 5.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Archaeol, Beijing, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Cucchi, Thomas,Dai, Lingling,Balasse, Marie,et al. Social Complexification and Pig (Sus scrofa) Husbandry in Ancient China: A Combined Geometric Morphometric and Isotopic Approach[J]. PLOS ONE,2016,11(7).
APA	Cucchi, Thomas.,Dai, Lingling.,Balasse, Marie.,Zhao, Chunqing.,Gao, Jiangtao.,...&Vigne, Jean-Denis.(2016).Social Complexification and Pig (Sus scrofa) Husbandry in Ancient China: A Combined Geometric Morphometric and Isotopic Approach.PLOS ONE,11(7).
MLA	Cucchi, Thomas,et al."Social Complexification and Pig (Sus scrofa) Husbandry in Ancient China: A Combined Geometric Morphometric and Isotopic Approach".PLOS ONE 11.7(2016).