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Agricultural origins in north China pushed back to the Pleistocene-Holocene boundary

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America • 106 (18) • Published In 2009 • Pages: 7271-7272

By: Crawford, Gary W..

Abstract
The author looks at early millet agriculture at the site of Cishan, urging further studies of millet and other botanical remains throughout North China in order to understand the domestication of millet and the first agricultural communities.
Subjects
Theoretical orientation in research and its results
Dating methods in archaeology
Flora
Cereal agriculture
Settlement patterns
Chronologies and culture sequences
tradition
Yellow River Early Neolithic
Region
Asia
Sub Region
East Asia
Document Type
article
Evaluation
Creator Type
Archaeologist
Document Rating
4: Excellent Secondary Data
Analyst
Sarah Berry; 2018
Field Date
not applicable
Coverage Date
10400-7500 BP
Coverage Place
Cishan, Wu'an, Hebei, China
Notes
Gary W. Crawford
Includes bibliographical references (p. 7272)
LCCN
16010069
LCSH
Yellow River Early Neolithic