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The transition to agriculture at Dadiwan, People's Republic of China
Current anthropology • 51 (5) • Published In 2010 • Pages: 703-714
By: Bettinger, Robert L., Barton, Loukas, Morgan, Christopher, Chen, Fahu, Wang, Hui, Guilderson, Thomas P., Ji, Duxue, Zhang, Dongju.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
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 Neolithic Tradition.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Identification
- Archaeological excavation methods
- Dating methods in archaeology
- Cereal agriculture
- Lithic industries
- Cultural stratigraphy
- 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.
- 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
- 2002, 2004, 2006, 2009
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 60000-5700 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
- Robert L. Bettinger, Loukas Barton, Christopher Morgan, Fahu Chen, Hui Wang, Thomas P. Guilderson, Duxue Ji, and Dongju Zhang
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 713-714)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- a 63000576
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Yellow River Region (China)--Antiquities