Holocene cultural history of Red jungle fowl (Gallus gallus) and its domestic descendant in East Asia

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 142, Issue , 2016, Pages 102-119

  Peters, Joris ^a,b   Lebrasseur, Ophélie ^c   Deng, Hui ^d   Larson, Greger ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b BAVARIAN NATURAL HISTORY COLLECTIONS   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d SHANXI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Ancient DNA analysis; Domestic chicken; East Asia; Holocene; Palaeoclimate; Palaeozoogeography; Red jungle fowl (Gallus gallus); Shang Dynasty; Zooarchaeology

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; CULTIVATION; VEGETATION; WATERSHEDS;

ANCIENT DNAS; DOMESTIC CHICKEN; EAST ASIA; HOLOCENES; PALAEOCLIMATE; PALAEOZOOGEOGRAPHY; RED JUNGLE FOWL (GALLUS GALLUS); SHANG DYNASTY; ZOOARCHAEOLOGY;

HISTORY;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARCHAEOLOGY; CULTIVATION; CULTURAL HISTORY; DISPERSAL; DNA; DOMESTICATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HOLOCENE; MILLET; NEOLITHIC; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOCLIMATE; POULTRY; ZOOGEOGRAPHY;

ASIA; EUROPE; MESOPOTAMIA;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; GALLIFORMES; GALLUS; GALLUS GALLUS; SUIDAE;

EID: 84965142891     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2016.04.004     Document Type: Article

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