Early millet use in West Liaohe area during early-middle Holocene

doi:10.1007/s11430-015-5257-5

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	Early millet use in West Liaohe area during early-middle Holocene
	Ma ZhiKun ; Yang XiaoYan ; Zhang Chi ; Sun YongGang ; Jia Xin
刊名	SCIENCE CHINA-EARTH SCIENCES
	2016
关键词	Plant domestication West Liaohe region Agricultural origin Neolithic Age Starch grain analysis STARCH GRAINS NORTH CHINA EAST-ASIA PLANT DOMESTICATION SITE
DOI	10.1007/s11430-015-5257-5
英文摘要	It is generally recognized that millet agriculture originated in northern China. However, the domestication process of foxtail millet ( Setaria italica) and broomcorn millet ( Panicum miliaceum) is still poorly understood. Based on statistical and morphological analyses of ancient millet starch grains, a tangible hypothesis has been proposed for the long-term domestication of green foxtail millet ( S. viridis). However, the hypothesis requires validation by evidence from more regions and more archaeological finds. The West Liaohe region is one of the earliest regions of millet cultivation. Here, we report ancient starch grains recovered from 12 stone grinding tools from eight sites of the Xiaohexi culture ( before 8.5 ka BP), Xinglongwa culture ( 8.2-7.4 ka BP), Zhaobaogou culture ( 7.0-6.4 ka BP), and Hongshan culture ( 6.5-5.0 ka BP) in the West Liaohe region of China. Our results indicate that the proportion of millet starch grains with wrinkled surfaces and rough edges, which are diagnostic of wild millet grasses, decreased from 13.0% to 3.4% from the Xiaohexi culture to the Hongshan culture. Millet starch grains measuring > 16.8. m, a size class recorded only in domesticated foxtail millet, increased from 55.0% to 62.1%. These millet data imply that the process of millet domestication in the West Liaohe region began in the Xiaohexi period and continued up to the Hongshan period.; Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences [XDA05130603, XDA05130402]; National Natural Science Foundation of China [41371217, 41072140, 41301208]; A&HCI; SCI(E); EI; SSCI; 中国科学引文数据库(CSCD); REVIEW; yangxy@igsnrr.ac.cn; 8; 1554-1561; 59
语种	英语
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://ir.pku.edu.cn/handle/20.500.11897/491707]
专题	考古文博学院
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Ma ZhiKun,Yang XiaoYan,Zhang Chi,et al. Early millet use in West Liaohe area during early-middle Holocene[J]. SCIENCE CHINA-EARTH SCIENCES,2016.
APA	Ma ZhiKun,Yang XiaoYan,Zhang Chi,Sun YongGang,&Jia Xin.(2016).Early millet use in West Liaohe area during early-middle Holocene.SCIENCE CHINA-EARTH SCIENCES.
MLA	Ma ZhiKun,et al."Early millet use in West Liaohe area during early-middle Holocene".SCIENCE CHINA-EARTH SCIENCES (2016).