Multi-proxy investigations of subsistence strategy during Bronze Age in Inner Mongolia, China

doi:10.1038/s40494-025-02090-2

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	Multi-proxy investigations of subsistence strategy during Bronze Age in Inner Mongolia, China
	Sun, Xin 1,2; Shang, Xue 2; Yue, Gouming 3; Li, Qian3
	2025-10-09
发表期刊	NPJ HERITAGE SCIENCE
卷号	13 期号:1 页码:13
通讯作者	Shang, Xue(shangxue@ucas.ac.cn)
摘要	Investigations of ancient subsistence strategies are important to understand early civilizations. However, the emergence of high complexity and how groups adapted to the harsh environment in the loess-desert transition zone remain unclear, especially in the Inner Mongolian region. Here, we first present new evidence of archaeobotanical (n = 24) and stable isotope analyses (n = 23) of humans, animals, and plants from the Sharitala site in Inner Mongolia. It is shown that the foxtail millet has the highest proportion (90.9%) among all the crops. The average delta 15N value of foxtail millet seeds is 5.1 parts per thousand, which implies the existence of a certain degree of fertilization behavior. The ancestors of this region mainly consumed C4 type crops and/or the livestock raised on C4 type crops. By integrating data from 15 archaeological sites of the loess-desert transition zone, we found that the subsistence strategies were influenced by natural and social factors.
DOI	10.1038/s40494-025-02090-2
关键词[WOS]	ISOTOPE RATIOS ; COLLAGEN ; DIET ; AGRICULTURE ; MANAGEMENT ; PLATEAU ; HUMANS ; CARBON ; IMPACT ; BONE
收录类别	SCI
语种	英语
资助项目	National Natural Science Foundation of China[21BKG040] ; National Social Science Fund of China
项目资助者	National Natural Science Foundation of China ; National Social Science Fund of China
WOS研究方向	Arts & Humanities - Other Topics ; Chemistry ; Materials Science ; Spectroscopy
WOS类目	Humanities, Multidisciplinary ; Chemistry, Analytical ; Materials Science, Multidisciplinary ; Spectroscopy
WOS记录号	WOS:001590643700003
出版者	SPRINGER
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文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.205/handle/311034/24933
专题	中国科学院古脊椎动物与古人类研究所
通讯作者	Shang, Xue
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.Inst Cultural Rel & Archaeol Inner Mongolia Autono, Hohhot, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Sun, Xin,Shang, Xue,Yue, Gouming,et al. Multi-proxy investigations of subsistence strategy during Bronze Age in Inner Mongolia, China[J]. NPJ HERITAGE SCIENCE,2025,13(1):13.
APA	Sun, Xin,Shang, Xue,Yue, Gouming,&Li, Qian.(2025).Multi-proxy investigations of subsistence strategy during Bronze Age in Inner Mongolia, China.NPJ HERITAGE SCIENCE,13(1),13.
MLA	Sun, Xin,et al."Multi-proxy investigations of subsistence strategy during Bronze Age in Inner Mongolia, China".NPJ HERITAGE SCIENCE 13.1(2025):13.