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Prehistoric agriculture in China
foraging and farming: the evolution of plant exploitation • London • Published In 1989 • Pages: 643-649
By: An, Zhimin.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This document provides a brief, broad overview of the Early Neolithic in the eastern half of China, including information on agricultural tools, cereals grown, and domestic animals.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Identification
- Culture summary
- Domesticated animals
- Cereal agriculture
- General tools
- 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
- essay
- 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
- 8000-7000 BP
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- eastern China
- NotesAdditional notes
- An Zhimin
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 649)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 88028751
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Peiligang culture