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

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 2344-2351

  Hou, Liangliang ^a,b   Hu, Yaowu ^a,b   Zhao, Xinping ^c   Li, Suting ^c   Wei, Dong ^d   Hou, Yanfeng ^c   Hu, Baohua ^d,e   Lv, Peng ^f   Li, Tao ^g   Song, Guoding ^a,b   Wang, Changsui ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AND PALEOANTHROPOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c Henan Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology   (China)

^d JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f CHINESE ACADEMY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES   (China)

^g UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Liuzhuang site (LZS); Subsistence strategy; The proto Shang culture; Zhangdeng site (ZDS)

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; CARBON ISOTOPE; CULTURAL HISTORY; NEOLITHIC; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; SOCIAL STATUS; STABLE ISOTOPE; SUBSISTENCE;

CHINA; HENAN;

ANIMALIA; BOS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; SUIDAE;

EID: 84873732004     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2013.01.005     Document Type: Article

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