Human subsistence strategy at Liuzhuang site, Henan, China during the proto-Shang culture (similar to 2000-1600 BC) by stable isotopic analysis

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	Human subsistence strategy at Liuzhuang site, Henan, China during the proto-Shang culture (similar to 2000-1600 BC) by stable isotopic analysis
	Hou, Liangliang 1,2; Hu, Yaowu 1,2; Zhao, Xinping 3; Li, Suting 3; Wei, Dong 4; Hou, Yanfeng 3; Hu, Baohua 4,5; Lv, Peng 6; Li, Tao 7; Song, Guoding 1,2; Wang, Changsui 1,2; liangliang_hou@eva.mpg.de
	2013-05-01
发表期刊	JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SCIENCE
ISSN	0305-4403
卷号	40 期号:5 页码:2344-2351
文章类型	Article
摘要	Since the discovery of the proto-Shang culture, created mostly by ancestors of the Shang clan from the late Neolithic Age to the early Shang period (similar to 2000-1600 BC), the subsistence strategy and lifestyle of humans in China during their movement southwards have been a great focus. Chinese literature and archaeological findings suggest that the proto-Shang societies were composed of different cultural groups and had various subsistence strategies. For example, at the Liuzhuang site, three types of burials, i.e., stone coffin, wooden coffin and earthen shaft-pit, are found. The wooden coffin and earthen shaft-pit burials had been adopted locally in the Central Plains since the Neolithic Age while the stone coffin burials were usually used by people living in Northeast China and had never been found in the Central Plains before. In this study, stable carbon and nitrogen isotopic analyses were performed on human bones from the Liuzhuang site and animal bones from Zhangdeng site in Henan province, China to determine whether different social groups had various accesses to food resources and whether their dietary difference was related to inequality in social status. Humans have mean delta C-13 and delta N-15 values of -7.6 +/- 0.6 parts per thousand. and 9.6 +/- 1.0 parts per thousand (n = 19) respectively, which strongly indicates that humans rely primarily on C-4-based food. The main contribution of C-4-based food in their diet is from millet agriculture or animals that consume millet by-products. The isotopic spacing of carbon and nitrogen isotopic values between pigs and humans, between dogs and humans, and between cattle and humans, all imply that these animals were the main meat resources for humans. Surprisingly, the delta C-13 values and delta N-15 values of humans with different types of burials are quite close, indicating that they had equal access to food resources. This result suggests that the proto-Shang humans had adapted to the local subsistence strategy, and the local cultural factors in the Central Plains were very well integrated into proto-Shang culture. (C) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
关键词	The Proto-shang Culture Liuzhuang Site (Lzs) Zhangdeng Site (Zds) Subsistence Strategy Delta C-13 And Delta N-15
WOS标题词	Science & Technology ; Social Sciences ; Life Sciences & Biomedicine ; Physical Sciences
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关键词[WOS]	PALEODIETARY RECONSTRUCTION ; NORTHERN CHINA ; HUMAN DIET ; CARBON ; COLLAGEN ; BONE ; POPULATION ; RATIOS
收录类别	SCI ; SSCI ; AHCI
语种	英语
WOS研究方向	Anthropology ; Archaeology ; Geology
WOS类目	Anthropology ; Archaeology ; Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
WOS记录号	WOS:000316834100012
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文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.205/handle/311034/4175
专题	古人类及旧石器研究室
通讯作者	liangliang_hou@eva.mpg.de
作者单位	1.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Vertebrate Paleontol & Paleoanthropol, Lab Human Evolut, Beijing 100044, Peoples R China 2.Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Dept Sci Hist & Archaeometry, Beijing 100049, Peoples R China 3.Henan Prov Inst Cultural Rel & Archaeol, Zhengzhou 450000, Peoples R China 4.Jilin Univ, Res Ctr Chinese Frontier Archaeol, Changchun 130012, Peoples R China 5.Wuhan Univ, Sch Hist, Wuhan 430072, Peoples R China 6.Chinese Acad Social Sci, Inst Archaeol, Beijing 100710, Peoples R China 7.Univ Pittsburgh, Dept Anthropol, Pittsburgh, PA 15260 USA
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Hou, Liangliang,Hu, Yaowu,Zhao, Xinping,et al. Human subsistence strategy at Liuzhuang site, Henan, China during the proto-Shang culture (similar to 2000-1600 BC) by stable isotopic analysis[J]. JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SCIENCE,2013,40(5):2344-2351.
APA	Hou, Liangliang.,Hu, Yaowu.,Zhao, Xinping.,Li, Suting.,Wei, Dong.,...&liangliang_hou@eva.mpg.de.(2013).Human subsistence strategy at Liuzhuang site, Henan, China during the proto-Shang culture (similar to 2000-1600 BC) by stable isotopic analysis.JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SCIENCE,40(5),2344-2351.
MLA	Hou, Liangliang,et al."Human subsistence strategy at Liuzhuang site, Henan, China during the proto-Shang culture (similar to 2000-1600 BC) by stable isotopic analysis".JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SCIENCE 40.5(2013):2344-2351.