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What did the grinding stones grind?: New light on Early Neolithic subsistence economy in the Middle Yellow River Valley, China
Antiquity • 84 • Published In 2010 • Pages: 816-833
By: Liu, Li, Field, Judith, Fullagar, R. L. K., Bestel, Sheahan, Chen, Xingcan, Ma, Xiaolin.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Grinding tools from two Peiligang subtradition sites were analyzed for evidence of what plants were processed using them, through examination of use-wear and starch residues.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Laboratory analysis of materials other than dating methods in archaeology
- Experimental data
- Flora
- Food preparation
- General tools
- Diet
- traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Yellow River Early Neolithic
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Asia
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- East Asia
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Archaeologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Sarah Berry; 2018
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1970s, 1987
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 9000-7000 BP
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Shigu and Egou, Henan, China
- NotesAdditional notes
- Li Liu, Judith Field, Richard Fullagar, Sheahan Bestel, Xingcan Chen, and Xiaolin Ma
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 831-833)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 29021740
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Peilgang