Dietary shifts and diversities of individual life histories reveal cultural dynamics and interplay of millets and rice in the Chengdu Plain, China during the Late Neolithic (2500-2000 cal. BC)

doi:10.1002/ajpa.24259

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	Dietary shifts and diversities of individual life histories reveal cultural dynamics and interplay of millets and rice in the Chengdu Plain, China during the Late Neolithic (2500-2000 cal. BC)
	Yi, Bing 1,2; Liu, Xiangyu 3; Yan, Xue 3; Zhou, Zhiqing 3; Chen, Jian 3; Yuan, Haibing 4,5; Hu, Yaowu 2,6,7
	2021-02-27
发表期刊	AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY
ISSN	0002-9483
页码	15
通讯作者	Yuan, Haibing(yuanbenhb@scu.edu.cn) ; Hu, Yaowu(ywhu@fudan.edu.cn)
摘要	Objectives: We undertook a more comprehensive analyses than our previous study (Yi et al., International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, 2018, 28, 636-644) at the Gaoshan site (similar to 2500-2000 cal. BC) to expand our understanding of the different roles of rice and millets to human subsistence strategies, diachronic shift of human diets, diversity of human life histories and cultural influence (dental ablation) to human population. Materials and Methods: Carbon and nitrogen isotopic analyses of human (ribs and long bones, n = 68) and animal (n = 15) bones as well as carbonized seeds from rice and millets (n = 8) were undertaken. Human bones were directly AMS-C-14 dated. In addition, sequential sampling of 16 individuals with varied age and sex and cultural contexts for isotopic analysis was also conducted. Results: The calibrated dating results (n = 27) indicate that there existed two periods of occupation at the site, similar to 2500-2200 BC and similar to 2200-1900 BC. Moderate high delta N-15 values were found in the crops. Isotopic data from bone collagen suggest that the humans mainly relied on C-3-based animal protein and were supplemented by C-4-based foods. This isotopic pattern is also seen in pigs. Significant difference of human delta C-13 values (Mann-Whitney U test, p < 0.05) between the two periods was observed. Compared to the bones, the isotopic data of human dentine serial sections show a much wider variability and higher delta C-13 values. Discussion: The crops (millets and rice) were probably manured. Human individuals subsisted on rice/millet agriculture and pigs in general. In combination with the radiocarbon dates, the increase of C-3 (rice) consumption by the humans was found from the early (2500-2200 cal. BC) to late (2200-2000 cal. BC) periods, indicating the intensification of rice agriculture through time. However, four categories of human life histories during childhood are identified given different isotopic profiles of dentine sections, demonstrating that C-3 (rice) and C-4 (millets)-based foods played different roles in human lives. Even though, there were similar weaning practices among the human populations. It is surprising that human individuals with dental ablation, cultural characteristic in the Middle and Lower Yangtze River Valley, consumed more millets during childhood in the early period than those without dental ablation in the late period. Our study here provides novel insights into cultural dynamics and the interplay between rice and millets in rice-millet agricultural system during the Late Neolithic in Southwest China.
关键词	Chengdu Plain human life history millet-Rice agriculture stable isotope (C, N) analysis subsistence strategy
DOI	10.1002/ajpa.24259
收录类别	SCI
语种	英语
资助项目	National Natural Science Foundation of China[41773008] ; National Social Science Foundation in China[19BKG038] ; Project for Exploring the Origin of Chinese Civilization[2020YFC1521606]
项目资助者	National Natural Science Foundation of China ; National Social Science Foundation in China ; Project for Exploring the Origin of Chinese Civilization
WOS研究方向	Anthropology ; Evolutionary Biology
WOS类目	Anthropology ; Evolutionary Biology
WOS记录号	WOS:000622321200001
出版者	WILEY
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文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.205/handle/311034/18654
专题	中科院古脊椎所（2000年以后）
通讯作者	Yuan, Haibing; Hu, Yaowu
作者单位	1.Chinese Acad Sci, Key Lab Vertebrate Evolut & Human Origins, Inst Vertebrate Paleontol & Paleoanthropol, Beijing, Peoples R China 2.Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Dept Archaeol & Anthropol, Beijing, Peoples R China 3.Chengdu Municipal Inst Cultural Rel & Archaeol, Chengdu, Peoples R China 4.Sichuan Univ, Sch Archaeol & Museol, Chengdu 610064, Peoples R China 5.Sichuan Univ, Natl Demonstrat Ctr Expt Archaeol Educ, Chengdu 610064, Peoples R China 6.Fudan Univ, Dept Cultural Heritage & Museol, Shanghai 200433, Peoples R China 7.Fudan Univ, Inst Archaeol Sci, Shanghai 200433, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Yi, Bing,Liu, Xiangyu,Yan, Xue,et al. Dietary shifts and diversities of individual life histories reveal cultural dynamics and interplay of millets and rice in the Chengdu Plain, China during the Late Neolithic (2500-2000 cal. BC)[J]. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY,2021:15.
APA	Yi, Bing.,Liu, Xiangyu.,Yan, Xue.,Zhou, Zhiqing.,Chen, Jian.,...&Hu, Yaowu.(2021).Dietary shifts and diversities of individual life histories reveal cultural dynamics and interplay of millets and rice in the Chengdu Plain, China during the Late Neolithic (2500-2000 cal. BC).AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY,15.
MLA	Yi, Bing,et al."Dietary shifts and diversities of individual life histories reveal cultural dynamics and interplay of millets and rice in the Chengdu Plain, China during the Late Neolithic (2500-2000 cal. BC)".AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY (2021):15.