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Diet and health changes at the end of the Chinese neolithic: the Yangshao/Longshan transition in Shaanxi province
American journal of physical anthropology • 117 (1) • Published In 2002 • Pages: 15-36
By: Pechenkina, Ekaterina A. (Ekaterina Alexandrovna), Benfer, Robert A., Wang, Zhijun.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
The authors present analyses on human skeletal remains from the Early Yangshao (7000-5000 BP) through the Early Longshan (5000-4000 BP) phases, with some data from the Western Zhao period (3800-2200 BP). (The latter two are not part of this tradition; the Yangshao phase sites are Beiliu, Jiangzhai, and Shijia.) They examined teeth, crania, and post-cranial remains, with particular interest in changes in diet and health between the Yangshao and Longshan phases, recognizing that this cultural change coincided with a climate that had become colder.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Anthropometry
- Descriptive somatology
- Ontogenetic data
- Physiological data
- Morbidity
- 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
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypesThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Physical Anthropologist
- 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
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Sarah Berry; 2019
- 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
- 7000-4000 BP
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Shaanxi, China
- NotesAdditional notes
- Ekaterina A. Pechenkina, Robert A. Benfer, Jr., and Wang Zhijun
- Includes bibliographical references (p.34-36)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 20014728
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Yangshao culture