Starch grain analysis reveals function of grinding stone tools at Shangzhai site, Beijing

doi:10.1007/s11430-009-0089-9

	Starch grain analysis reveals function of grinding stone tools at Shangzhai site, Beijing
	Yang XiaoYan 1; Yu JinCheng 2; Lue HouYuan 3; Cui TianXing 4; Guo JingNing 2; Ge QuanSheng 1
刊名	SCIENCE IN CHINA SERIES D-EARTH SCIENCES
	2009-08-01
卷号	52 期号:8 页码:1164-1171
关键词	starch grain analysis artifact function slab and muller Shangzhai Site Beijing
ISSN号	1006-9313
DOI	10.1007/s11430-009-0089-9
文献子类	Article
英文摘要	Prehistoric groundstone tools including slabs (metate, mo-pan) and mullers (mano, mo-bang) are often considered to be tools that were used to process cereals in ancient China. Most archaeologists believe that groundstone tools are indicators of an agrarian economy. This study employed starch grain analysis to examine a slab and a muller excavated from the Shangzhai Site (7500-7000 cal a BP), Beijing. Identifiable starch grains recovered from the stone tools were classified into 9 genera and 12 species, most of which were from acorns and foxtail millets. Remains from the oak species Q. mongolicus, Q. acuttssima, and Q. dentate were identified as well as a few starch grains from broomcorn (Panicum miliaseum) and bean (Vigna sp.). Other starch grains were from unidentifiable roots and grasses. A variety of starch grains indicates that the grinding stone tools were used to process not only cereals, but also other seeds or roots that had to be ground or husked, thus bringing into question the aforementioned cereal hypothesis. Because the numbers of starch grains from nuts and millets were so large, both gathering and cultivation might have been important economic patterns before 7000 years ago in Beijing area. Moreover, the starch remains are derived from plants that indicate that the paleoclimate of Beijing was wetter and warmer than today's.
WOS关键词	PANAMA ; MAIZE ; L.
WOS研究方向	Geology
语种	英语
出版者	SCIENCE PRESS
WOS记录号	WOS:000268983300011
资助机构	National Natural Science Foundation of China(40771205) ; National Natural Science Foundation of China(40771205) ; National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars(40625002) ; National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars(40625002) ; Chinese Academy of Sciences(KZC2-YW-315-5) ; Chinese Academy of Sciences(KZC2-YW-315-5) ; National Natural Science Foundation of China(40771205) ; National Natural Science Foundation of China(40771205) ; National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars(40625002) ; National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars(40625002) ; Chinese Academy of Sciences(KZC2-YW-315-5) ; Chinese Academy of Sciences(KZC2-YW-315-5) ; National Natural Science Foundation of China(40771205) ; National Natural Science Foundation of China(40771205) ; National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars(40625002) ; National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars(40625002) ; Chinese Academy of Sciences(KZC2-YW-315-5) ; Chinese Academy of Sciences(KZC2-YW-315-5) ; National Natural Science Foundation of China(40771205) ; National Natural Science Foundation of China(40771205) ; National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars(40625002) ; National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars(40625002) ; Chinese Academy of Sciences(KZC2-YW-315-5) ; Chinese Academy of Sciences(KZC2-YW-315-5)
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://ir.iggcas.ac.cn/handle/132A11/70552]
专题	中国科学院地质与地球物理研究所
通讯作者	Yang XiaoYan
作者单位	1.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Geog Sci & Nat Resources Res, Beijing 100101, Peoples R China 2.Beijing Cultural Rel Inst, Beijing 100009, Peoples R China 3.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Geol & Geophys, Beijing 100029, Peoples R China 4.Peking Univ, Sch Archaeol & Museol, Beijing 100871, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Yang XiaoYan,Yu JinCheng,Lue HouYuan,et al. Starch grain analysis reveals function of grinding stone tools at Shangzhai site, Beijing[J]. SCIENCE IN CHINA SERIES D-EARTH SCIENCES,2009,52(8):1164-1171.
APA	Yang XiaoYan,Yu JinCheng,Lue HouYuan,Cui TianXing,Guo JingNing,&Ge QuanSheng.(2009).Starch grain analysis reveals function of grinding stone tools at Shangzhai site, Beijing.SCIENCE IN CHINA SERIES D-EARTH SCIENCES,52(8),1164-1171.
MLA	Yang XiaoYan,et al."Starch grain analysis reveals function of grinding stone tools at Shangzhai site, Beijing".SCIENCE IN CHINA SERIES D-EARTH SCIENCES 52.8(2009):1164-1171.