New evidence for the exploitation of the Triticeae tribe at approximately 4,000 cal. BP in the Gansu-Qinghai area of Northwest China

doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2016.04.028

	New evidence for the exploitation of the Triticeae tribe at approximately 4,000 cal. BP in the Gansu-Qinghai area of Northwest China
	Li, Mingqi
刊名	QUATERNARY INTERNATIONAL
	2016-12-28
卷号	426 页码:97-106
关键词	Triticeae tribe Starch grain analysis Neolithic Wheat and barley Gansu-Qinghai area
ISSN号	1040-6182
DOI	10.1016/j.quaint.2016.04.028
通讯作者	Li, Mingqi(limq@igsnrr.ac.cn)
英文摘要	The Triticeae tribe, especially wheat (Triticum aestivum) and barley (Hordeum vulgare), has played an important role in human civilization and the development of agriculture in Eurasia. However, their dispersal route in China has been disputed due to a lack of sufficient evidence for the exploitation of wheat and barley. In this study, starch grains were retrieved from artifacts, ash pits, ancient house-floor sediment, and ancient human dental calculus from five sites dated to approximately 5000-4000 years before present (cal. BP) in the Gansu-Qinghai area of Northwest China. Using modern starch grain references, nine major types of starch grains were identified. The proportions of Triticeae tribe ranged from 14.7% to 60.6% of the total, indicating that this tribe was a component of the diet. In conjunction with existing archaeological evidence from previous studies, it is proposed that wheat and barley were likely used by ancient humans (approximately 4000 cal. BP) in a large area in Gansu and eastern Qinghai in Northwest China. The results provide new evidence for the exploitation of the Triticeae tribe at this time in this region of China and a valuable dataset for discussing the dispersal of wheat and barley in China during the late prehistoric period. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ltd and INQUA. All rights reserved.
WOS关键词	STARCH GRAIN ANALYSIS ; WESTERN LOESS PLATEAU ; DENTAL CALCULUS ; TIBETAN PLATEAU ; NORTHERN CHINA ; STONE TOOLS ; WHEAT ; SITE ; AGRICULTURE ; PROVINCE
WOS研究方向	Physical Geography ; Geology
语种	英语
出版者	PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
WOS记录号	WOS:000390535300013
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://ir.igsnrr.ac.cn/handle/311030/65267]
专题	中国科学院地理科学与资源研究所
通讯作者	Li, Mingqi
作者单位	Chinese Acad Sci, Key Lab Land Surface Pattern & Simulat, Inst Geog Sci & Nat Resources Res, Beijing 100101, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Li, Mingqi. New evidence for the exploitation of the Triticeae tribe at approximately 4,000 cal. BP in the Gansu-Qinghai area of Northwest China[J]. QUATERNARY INTERNATIONAL,2016,426:97-106.
APA	Li, Mingqi.(2016).New evidence for the exploitation of the Triticeae tribe at approximately 4,000 cal. BP in the Gansu-Qinghai area of Northwest China.QUATERNARY INTERNATIONAL,426,97-106.
MLA	Li, Mingqi."New evidence for the exploitation of the Triticeae tribe at approximately 4,000 cal. BP in the Gansu-Qinghai area of Northwest China".QUATERNARY INTERNATIONAL 426(2016):97-106.