A broad-spectrum subsistence economy in Neolithic Inner Mongolia, China: Evidence from grinding stones

Holocene

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 726-742

  Liu, Li ^a   Kealhofer, Lisa ^b   Chen, Xingcan ^c   Ji, Ping ^d  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CHINESE ACADEMY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES   (China)

^d Inner Mongolia Institute of Archaeology   (China)

Author keywords

millet; phytoliths; starch granules; underground storage organs; usewear analysis; Yangshao culture

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; CLIMATE VARIATION; CULTURAL HISTORY; GRASS; GRINDING; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; MILLET; NEOLITHIC; NUT; PALEOLITHIC; PHYTOLITH; RHIZOME; SUBSISTENCE; TOOL USE; TUBER;

CHINA; DAIHAI LAKE; NEI MONGGOL;

EID: 84901012289     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: 14770911     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959683614526938     Document Type: Article

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