From extensive collection to intensive cultivation, the role of fruits and nuts in subsistence economy on Chinese Loess Plateau

doi:10.1007/s12520-020-01255-3

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	From extensive collection to intensive cultivation, the role of fruits and nuts in subsistence economy on Chinese Loess Plateau
	Shen, Hui 1,2; Li, Xiaoqiang2,3,4
	2021-04-01
发表期刊	ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND ANTHROPOLOGICAL SCIENCES
ISSN	1866-9557
卷号	13 期号:4 页码:16
摘要	The transformation from hunting-gathering to the intensive cultivation of cereals, fruits, and nuts has long been discussed. This study combines archaeobotanical evidence from seeds/stones and wood charcoal with historic texts to record the changing role of fruits and nuts in ancient diet on the Chinese Loess Plateau. At the early stage of millet domestication, extensive collection of wild fruits and nuts likely made a vital contribution to the food supply. During the Yangshao period, cereals became the dominant food resource with declining numbers of fruits/nuts, implying a shift from largely gathering to crops cultivation. An increase in the number and ubiquity of Prunus remains during the Longshan time potentially signals the beginnings of fruit cultivation that gains momentum in the Xia-Shang period. Our results indicate that the beginning of fruit cultivation probably coincided with the rise of early urbanism, as seen in West Asia. However, in contrast to West Asia, where arboriculture is seen as prerequisite for the social changes that underpinned urbanization, less evidence for the transformation of fruits and nuts associated with craft specialization was seen in ancient China. As fruits were traditionally used as luxury food and dedication to ancestors, we speculate that the connection between fruits and feasting probably motivated ancient farmers to invest long-term labor into the planting and further the domestication of fruits in China.
关键词	Loess Plateau Plant remains Fruit Nut Cultivation Urbanism
DOI	10.1007/s12520-020-01255-3
收录类别	SCI
语种	英语
资助项目	National Natural Science Foundation of China[41730319] ; Strategic Priority Research Program of CAS[XDB26030401]
WOS研究方向	Anthropology ; Archaeology ; Geology
WOS类目	Anthropology ; Archaeology ; Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
WOS记录号	WOS:000627379000001
出版者	SPRINGER HEIDELBERG
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文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.205/handle/311034/18582
专题	中科院古脊椎所（2000年以后）
通讯作者	Li, Xiaoqiang
作者单位	1.Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Sch Humanities, Beijing 100049, Peoples R China 2.Chinese Acad Sci, Key Lab Vertebrate Evolut & Human Origins, Inst Vertebrate Paleontol & Paleoanthropol, Beijing 100044, Peoples R China 3.CAS Ctr Excellence Life & Paleoenvironm, Beijing 100044, Peoples R China 4.Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Coll Earth & Planetary Sci, Beijing 100049, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Shen, Hui,Li, Xiaoqiang. From extensive collection to intensive cultivation, the role of fruits and nuts in subsistence economy on Chinese Loess Plateau[J]. ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND ANTHROPOLOGICAL SCIENCES,2021,13(4):16.
APA	Shen, Hui,&Li, Xiaoqiang.(2021).From extensive collection to intensive cultivation, the role of fruits and nuts in subsistence economy on Chinese Loess Plateau.ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND ANTHROPOLOGICAL SCIENCES,13(4),16.
MLA	Shen, Hui,et al."From extensive collection to intensive cultivation, the role of fruits and nuts in subsistence economy on Chinese Loess Plateau".ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND ANTHROPOLOGICAL SCIENCES 13.4(2021):16.

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