Book
Early food production in China's western Loess Plateau
UMI • Ann Arbor, Mich. • Published In 2015 • Pages:
By: Barton, Loukas William.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
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 6 pertains to Yangshao). In order to understand when millet agriculture became more than low-level food production, and because the physical archaeological evidence is limited, the author examined the stable isotope biochemistry of a sample of dogs, pigs, humans, and other animal remains from Dadiwan as an indicator of whether those people and animals consumed millet.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Identification
- Theoretical orientation in research and its results
- Archaeological excavation methods
- Laboratory analysis of materials other than dating methods in archaeology
- Domesticated animals
- Cereal agriculture
- Settlement patterns
- traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Middle-Upper Yellow River Middle 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
- Book
- 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
- 2004, 2006
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 7800-4900 BP
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- western Loess Plateau, Gansu, China
- NotesAdditional notes
- By Loukas William Barton
- UM 3396834
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-287)
- Thesis (Ph.D.) -- University of California, Davis, 2009
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Yangshao culture