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Agricultural origins and the isotopic identity of domestication in northern China

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America106 (14)Published In 2009 • Pages: 5523-5528

By: Barton, Loukas William, Newsome, Seth D., Chen, Fa-Hu, Wang, Hui, Guilderson, Thomas P., Bettinger, Robert L..

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
The authors discuss their analysis and findings of stable isotopes on human and animal remains from the site of Dadiwan, and the implications for early plant and animal domestication in North China.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Dating methods in archaeology
Laboratory analysis of materials other than dating methods in archaeology
Fauna
Flora
Domesticated animals
Cereal agriculture
Chronologies and culture sequences
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
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
not applicable
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
7900-4900 BP
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Dadiwan, Qin'an, Tianshui, Gansu, China
NotesAdditional notes
Loukas Barton, Seth D. Newsome, Fa-Hu Chen, Hui Wang, Thomas P. Guilderson, and Robert L. Bettinger
Includes bibliographical references (p. 5527-5528)
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
16010069
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Yellow River Early Neolithic