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Early Holocene chicken domestication in northern China

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America111 (49)Published In 2014 • Pages: 17564-17569

By: Xiang, Hai, Gao, Jianqiang, Yu, Baoquan, Zhou, Hui, Cai, Dawei, Zhang, Youwen, Chen, Xiaoyong, Wang, Xi, Hofreiter, Michael, Zhao, Xingbo.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
The authors examined early chicken bones from four sites in China (Nanzhuangtou, Cishan, Wangyin, and Jiuliandun Chu tombs) dating from 10,000 to 2300 BP. The DNA from these remains were compared with other known chicken DNA worldwide to determine whether the bones were chicken, and to which species or haplotype they might belong. It is proposed that China was one of places chickens were domesticated.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Theoretical orientation in research and its results
Organization and analysis of results of research
Dating methods in archaeology
Laboratory analysis of materials other than dating methods in archaeology
Climate
Fauna
Comparative evidence
Innovation
Poultry raising
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.
Archaeozoologist
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
No Date Given
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
10500-2300 BP
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
lower Yellow River drainage, China
NotesAdditional notes
Hai Xiang, Jianqiang Gao, Baoquan Yu, Hui Zhou, Dawei Cai, Youwen Zhang, Xiaoyong Chen, Xi Wang, Michael Hofreiter, and Xingbo Zhao
Includes bibliographical references (p. 17569)
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
16010069
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Yellow River Early Neolithic