Early food production in China's western Loess Plateau
Book 2015 • Barton, Loukas William

Middle-Upper Yellow River Middle Neolithic • Asia > East Asia
This dissertation is about the site of Dadiwan, its excavation, and excavations in the western Loess Plateau. The site was intensively occupied at two different periods: during the Dadiwan (7900-7200 BP) and Yangshao (6800-4900 BP) phases (Component ...

Agricultural origins and the isotopic identity of domestication in northern China
article 2009 • Barton, Loukas William et al.

Yellow River Early Neolithic • Asia > East Asia
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....

Climate change and cultural response around 4000 cal yr BP in the western part of Chinese Loess Plateau
article 2005 • An, Cheng-Bang et al.

Yellow River Late Neolithic • Asia > East Asia
The authors collected and examined pollen and shell samples from soil profiles (dating from the Dadiwan to Xindian phases, and mainly along the Sujiawan section west of Dingxi, Gansu) as evidence for environmental change in the western Loess Plateau,...

The transition to agriculture at Dadiwan, People's Republic of China
article 2010 • Bettinger, Robert L. et al.

Yellow River Early Neolithic • Asia > East Asia
Small-scale excavations date the different components at the site, and document a transition from foraging to low-intensity cultivation of millet. Microlithic artifacts also were found. Only site components 5 and 6 pertain to the Yellow River Early N...