The earliest archaeobiological evidence of the broadening agriculture in China recorded at Xishanping site in Gansu Province

Science in China, Series D: Earth Sciences

Volumn 50, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1707-1714

  Li, XiaoQiang ^a,b   Zhou, XinYing ^a,c   Zhou, Jie ^a,b   Dodson, J ^d   Zhang, HongBin ^a,c   Shang, Xue ^a,c  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^d AUSTRALIAN NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

4650 cal a BP; Archaeobiological proxy; Broadening agriculture; Gansu Province; Xishanping site

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CROPS; CULTIVATION; SEED;

ARCHAEOBIOLOGICAL PROXY; BROADENING AGRICULTURE; CROP TYPES;

GEOCHRONOLOGY;

AGRICULTURAL CHANGE; ARCHEAN; BARLEY; CROP PRODUCTION; CULTIVATION; NEOLITHIC; PALYNOLOGY; PREHISTORIC; WHEAT;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GANSU;

AVENA; CONIFEROPHYTA; ECHINOCHLOA COLONA; GLYCINE MAX; HORDEUM; PANICUM MILIACEUM; SETARIA ITALICA; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 35048824747     PISSN: 10069313     EISSN: 18622801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11430-007-0066-0     Document Type: Article

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