Starch remains from human teeth reveal the Bronze and Early Iron Ages vegetal diet of Xinjiang, Northwest China

doi:10.1002/oa.3179

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	Starch remains from human teeth reveal the Bronze and Early Iron Ages vegetal diet of Xinjiang, Northwest China
	You, Sen 1,2; Wang, Long 3; Olsen, John W. W.4,5; Guan, Ying 5,6; Zhang, Quanchao 1,2,7
	2022-11-20
发表期刊	INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OSTEOARCHAEOLOGY
ISSN	1047-482X
页码	20
通讯作者	Guan, Ying(guanying@ivpp.ac.cn) ; Zhang, Quanchao(py2000sdqy@sina.com)
摘要	China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region has long been a vital link between Europe and Eastern Asia. Xinjiang's geographical location and natural environment have led to unique dietary habits and traditions among both the region's modern inhabitants and their ancient forebears. Here, we report on the analysis of human dental residue samples unearthed from the Jiayi Cemetery, a 10(th) to 2(nd) century BCE mortuary complex located in the Turpan Basin, Xinjiang, generating ancient starch granules produced by vegetal foodstuffs. Morphological analysis of starch granules and comparative data indicate that crops of Triticeae tribe and subfamily Panicoideae comprised a large portion of the diet, whereas common legumes, nuts, root, and tuber were also present, although in relatively smaller proportions. The discovery of these plant starch granules in archaeological context provides direct evidence of the Jiayi population's vegetal diet and sheds light on agricultural practices during this period. With supporting evidence drawn from zooarchaeological, archaeobotanical, and paleo-isotopic studies of Bronze Age sites in Xinjiang, we conclude that the people interred in the Jiayi Cemetery practiced cereal crop cultivation and animal husbandry in the Late Bronze and Early Iron Ages. The species of cereal crops represented suggest meaningful economic communication between Central and West Asia.
关键词	Bronze Age cereal agriculture dental residues Iron Age Jiayi Cemetery starch granules Xinjiang
DOI	10.1002/oa.3179
关键词[WOS]	HUMAN DENTAL CALCULUS ; GRAIN ANALYSIS REVEALS ; GEOMETRIC MORPHOMETRICS ; PLANT MICROFOSSILS ; CEREAL-GRAINS ; ANCIENT DIET ; SITE ; CROP ; IDENTIFICATION ; AGRICULTURE
收录类别	SCI
语种	英语
资助项目	Ancient Population and Molecular Archaeology in the Process of the Origin of Chinese Civilization Program[2020YFC1521607] ; National Natural Science Foundation of China[41772024] ; Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences[XDB26030404] ; Chinese Academy of Sciences President's International Fellowship Initiative (PIFI)[2018VCA0016] ; University of Arizona's Je Tsongkhapa Endowment for Central and Inner Asian Archaeology
项目资助者	Ancient Population and Molecular Archaeology in the Process of the Origin of Chinese Civilization Program ; National Natural Science Foundation of China ; Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences ; Chinese Academy of Sciences President's International Fellowship Initiative (PIFI) ; University of Arizona's Je Tsongkhapa Endowment for Central and Inner Asian Archaeology
WOS研究方向	Anthropology ; Archaeology
WOS类目	Anthropology ; Archaeology
WOS记录号	WOS:000888646500001
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/311034/22082
专题	中科院古脊椎所（2000年以后）
通讯作者	Guan, Ying; Zhang, Quanchao
作者单位	1.Jilin Univ, Bioarchaeol Lab, Changchun, Peoples R China 2.Jilin Univ, Sch Archaeol, Changchun, Peoples R China 3.Acad Turfanol, Turpan, Peoples R China 4.Univ Arizona, Sch Anthropol, Tucson, AZ USA 5.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Vertebrate Paleontol & Paleoanthropol, Key Lab Vertebrate Evolut & Human Origins, Beijing 100044, Peoples R China 6.Chinese Acad Sci, CAS Ctr Excellence Life & Paleoenvironm, Beijing, Peoples R China 7.Sch Archaeol, 2699 Qianjin Ave, Changchun, Jilin, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	You, Sen,Wang, Long,Olsen, John W. W.,et al. Starch remains from human teeth reveal the Bronze and Early Iron Ages vegetal diet of Xinjiang, Northwest China[J]. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OSTEOARCHAEOLOGY,2022:20.
APA	You, Sen,Wang, Long,Olsen, John W. W.,Guan, Ying,&Zhang, Quanchao.(2022).Starch remains from human teeth reveal the Bronze and Early Iron Ages vegetal diet of Xinjiang, Northwest China.INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OSTEOARCHAEOLOGY,20.
MLA	You, Sen,et al."Starch remains from human teeth reveal the Bronze and Early Iron Ages vegetal diet of Xinjiang, Northwest China".INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OSTEOARCHAEOLOGY (2022):20.