The Impact of Geomorphological Settings and Environmental Influences on Crop Utilization in the Mid-to-Late Neolithic Period in Shaanxi Province, Northwest China

Land, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 14(2), С. 234 - 234

Опубликована: Янв. 23, 2025

During the Middle-to-Late Neolithic period (7000–3800 BP), Shaanxi Province served as a critical juncture in transmission of crops. Foxtail millet (Setaria italica), broomcorn (Panicum miliaceum), and rice (Oryza sativa) spread westwards into Gansu–Qinghai region southwards Sichuan basin, whilst wheat (Triticum aestivum) barley (Hordeum vulgare) were transmitted through to middle lower Yellow River regions. settlements are found all three main geomorphic settings Shaanxi: Loess Plateau, plains, mountainous areas. While extent which crop diffusion distribution influenced by environmental changes has previously been highlighted, strategies utilization different contexts have not specified. Based on crop-remains data from 33 archaeological sites Shaanxi, this study uses statistical modeling ArcGIS-based spatial analysis investigate prehistoric during its determinants. Our results indicate following: (1) The dominant crops foxtail millet, with proportion increasing over time. (2) Guanzhong Plain was earliest adopt (~7000–3800 BP). Subsequently, had Qinba Mountains ~5000 BP at latest. By ~3800 BP, affected entire northern only Shimao site around 4000 BP. Finally, In addition, rice, wheat, mainly enhanced agricultural diversity but limited impact Northern where cattle sheep enriched subsistence since about 4500 (3) Environmental factors extents—elevation river proximity minimal effects significantly presence barley. These led pattern dominated while developed mixed farming systems incorporating four seed types. This provides new insights mechanisms influencing human adaptation Shaanxi.

Язык: Английский

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Broad-scale valley agriculture reaches back to the Ming Dynasty based on multiproxy records from Guli Lake, northeastern Tibetan Plateau

Quaternary Science Reviews, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 352, С. 109208 - 109208

Опубликована: Янв. 31, 2025

Язык: Английский

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Earliest sustained settlement by farmers and symbiotic relationship with foragers at high altitude on the Tibetan Plateau

Quaternary Science Reviews, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 356, С. 109305 - 109305

Опубликована: Март 14, 2025

Язык: Английский

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Applying habitat suitability modelling to establish the species identity of ambiguous animal depictions in archaeology: new insights into the wild bovids of ancient Egypt

Journal of Archaeological Science, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 179, С. 106239 - 106239

Опубликована: Май 14, 2025

Язык: Английский

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Local cultivation of millets-based agriculture on the Tibetan plateau around 3400 BP: Phytolith evidence from the Qugong site

Journal of Archaeological Science Reports, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 65, С. 105217 - 105217

Опубликована: Май 23, 2025

Язык: Английский

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