Archaeobotanical Evidence of Hazelnut (Corylus heterophylla, Betulaceae) Exploitation in the Neolithic Northern China

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	Archaeobotanical Evidence of Hazelnut (Corylus heterophylla, Betulaceae) Exploitation in the Neolithic Northern China
	Shen, Pengfei 1; Shang, Xue 2,3; Zhou, Xinying 2; Jiang, Hongen 3
刊名	SAGE OPEN
	2019-06-01
卷号	9 期号:2 页码:9
关键词	Corylus nut foods wild plant use subsistence strategy Neolithic China
ISSN号	2158-2440
DOI	10.1177/2158244019858437
英文摘要	Hazelnut is an important nut food that was widely consumed throughout prehistory. Archaeologists frequently find the charred plant macrofossils of Corylus at archaeological sites throughout Eurasia. We present new records of charred Siberian hazelnut (Corylus heterophylla) that were recovered from the Beiniu site (109.32 degrees E, 34.46 degrees N) in Shaanxi Province, North West China, that are directly dated around 5,400 cal. yr BP. They are basic evidence that we use to reconstruct the early history of hazelnut use in the northern part of China. Our findings in China are much less abundant than the hazelnut remains recovered at archaeological sites in Europe and North America. We suggest that the hazelnuts deposited in the cultural layer of Beiniu site were not intentionally used as a fuel but rather were first broken and then consumed as food before their eventual charring in a refuse pit. These discoveries also contribute to our understanding of risk mitigation strategies in food production by ancient farmers in China.
资助项目	National Natural Science Foundation of China[41471167] ; National Natural Science Foundation of China[41371003] ; National Natural Science Foundation of China[41672171] ; China Postdoctoral Science Foundation[2018M641902]
WOS关键词	LOESS PLATEAU ; QUANTITATIVE RECONSTRUCTION ; GUANZHONG BASIN ; AGRICULTURE ; SITE ; PRECIPITATION ; VEGETATION ; VALLEY
WOS研究方向	Social Sciences - Other Topics
语种	英语
出版者	SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
WOS记录号	WOS:000472501300001
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://119.78.100.205/handle/311034/10031]
专题	古脊椎动物与古人类研究所_图书馆1
通讯作者	Zhou, Xinying; Jiang, Hongen
作者单位	1.Fudan Univ, Dept Cultural Heritage & Museol, Shanghai, Peoples R China 2.Chinese Acad Sci, Key Lab Vertebrate Evolut & Human Origins, Inst Vertebrate Paleontol & Paleoanthropol, 142 Xizhimenwai St, Beijing 100044, Peoples R China 3.Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Dept Archaeol & Anthropol, 9A Yuquan Rd, Beijing, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Shen, Pengfei,Shang, Xue,Zhou, Xinying,et al. Archaeobotanical Evidence of Hazelnut (Corylus heterophylla, Betulaceae) Exploitation in the Neolithic Northern China[J]. SAGE OPEN,2019,9(2):9.
APA	Shen, Pengfei,Shang, Xue,Zhou, Xinying,&Jiang, Hongen.(2019).Archaeobotanical Evidence of Hazelnut (Corylus heterophylla, Betulaceae) Exploitation in the Neolithic Northern China.SAGE OPEN,9(2),9.
MLA	Shen, Pengfei,et al."Archaeobotanical Evidence of Hazelnut (Corylus heterophylla, Betulaceae) Exploitation in the Neolithic Northern China".SAGE OPEN 9.2(2019):9.