Plant exploitation and subsistence patterns of the Mesolithic in arid China: New evidence of plant macro-remains from the Pigeon Mountain site

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	Plant exploitation and subsistence patterns of the Mesolithic in arid China: New evidence of plant macro-remains from the Pigeon Mountain site
	Zheng, Xuefang 1; Peng, Fei 2; Wang, Shuzhi 3; Guo, Jialong 4; Wang, Huiming 4; Gao, Xing5,6,7 ; Zhao, Zhijun 3
	2023-05-05
发表期刊	FRONTIERS IN EARTH SCIENCE
卷号	11 期号:0 页码:9
摘要	The nature of the Mesolithic in China has not been studied much due to the few well-context sites discovered and excavated during this period. The situation also restricts the understanding of human subsistence in the Mesolithic period in China, especially in the arid region. The present paper reports the flotation results at Locality 10 of the Pigeon Mountain site in Northwest China. Ten species of plants belonging to six families were identified, dominated by Agriophyllum squarrosum and Artemisia sieversiana. No firm evidence proves the domestication. Combined with the lithic artefacts in QG10, ancient people could utilize plant resources by constructing or expanding the food spectrum. It is the first systematic archaeobotany work in the Paleolithic site of Northwest China. The result reminds us that the enhanced utilization of wild plant resources is a vital subsistence for Mesolithic people in arid regions.
关键词	Pigeon Mountain site macro-remains ancient plant utilization arid and semi-arid Northwest China
DOI	10.3389/feart.2023.1134677
关键词[WOS]	OPTIMAL FORAGING THEORY ; ORIGINS ; NINGXIA
收录类别	SCI
语种	英语
资助项目	Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities[2022QNYL03] ; National Social Science Foundation of China[19AKG001]
WOS研究方向	Geology
WOS类目	Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
WOS记录号	WOS:001000404100001
出版者	FRONTIERS MEDIA SA
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文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.205/handle/311034/22578
专题	中国科学院古脊椎动物与古人类研究所
通讯作者	Peng, Fei; Wang, Shuzhi; Zhao, Zhijun
作者单位	1.Univ Chinese Acad Social Sci UCASS, Beijing, Peoples R China 2.Minzu Univ China, Dept Archaeol & Museol, Beijing, Peoples R China 3.Chinese Acad Social Sci, Inst Archaeol, Beijing, Peoples R China 4.Ningxia Inst Cultural Rel & Archaeol, Yinchuan, Peoples R China 5.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Vertebrate Paleontol & Paleoanthropol, Key Lab Vertebrate Evolut & Human Origins, Beijing, Peoples R China 6.CAS Ctr Excellence Life & Paleoenvironment, Beijing, Peoples R China 7.Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Beijing, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Zheng, Xuefang,Peng, Fei,Wang, Shuzhi,et al. Plant exploitation and subsistence patterns of the Mesolithic in arid China: New evidence of plant macro-remains from the Pigeon Mountain site[J]. FRONTIERS IN EARTH SCIENCE,2023,11(0):9.
APA	Zheng, Xuefang.,Peng, Fei.,Wang, Shuzhi.,Guo, Jialong.,Wang, Huiming.,...&Zhao, Zhijun.(2023).Plant exploitation and subsistence patterns of the Mesolithic in arid China: New evidence of plant macro-remains from the Pigeon Mountain site.FRONTIERS IN EARTH SCIENCE,11(0),9.
MLA	Zheng, Xuefang,et al."Plant exploitation and subsistence patterns of the Mesolithic in arid China: New evidence of plant macro-remains from the Pigeon Mountain site".FRONTIERS IN EARTH SCIENCE 11.0(2023):9.

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