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DOI	10.1088/1748-9326/ab6783
	Dietary shift and social hierarchy from the Proto-Shang to Zhou Dynasty in the Central Plains of China
	Li X.; Zhang S.; Lu M.; Qiu M.; Wen S.; Ma M.
发表日期	2020
ISSN	17489318
卷号	15 期号:3
英文摘要	The Proto-Shang, the Shang and the Zhou dynasties (∼2000-221 BCE: Before Common Era) are key periods in the origin and evolution of ancient civilizations in China since the periods include the processes and mechanisms of social development in the Central Plains of China during the Bronze Age. However, human-environment interactions in the context of trans-Eurasia cultural exchange during that time are not well-understood. In this study, isotopic analysis and radiocarbon dating of human and animal bones from Xinancheng cemetery in southeast Shanxi Province are reported. It was deduced that, for the period ∼1000-800 BCE, humans buried in Xinancheng cemetery relied primarily on C4-based foods and upper-status individuals consumed more animal protein and probably C3 crops. Also, considering the paleoclimate and other archaeological data of the Central Plains, the human diet and subsistence strategies changed significantly with more C3 staples such as wheat being consumed during the Eastern Zhou (770-221 BCE), as evidenced by an increased intake of wheat by lower-status individuals and the development of a mixed wheat and millet agricultural system. It is argued that the socio-economic change around the late western Zhou-early eastern Zhou Dynasty occurred as a result of the necessity to adapt to the aggravation caused by climate deterioration and population pressures, factors which profoundly influenced the economic and lifestyle patterns in ancient China. The socio-economic system of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty displayed more resilience to climate change than that of earlier periods. © 2020 The Author(s). Published by IOP Publishing Ltd.
英文关键词	bronze age; carbon and nitrogen isotopic analysis; central plains; climate change; social resilience; socio-economic status
语种	英语
scopus关键词	Agricultural robots; Animals; Bronze; Climate change; Deterioration; Economics; Isotopes; Public works; Bronze age; Carbon and nitrogen; central plains; social resilience; Socio-economic status; Economic and social effects; bone; Bronze Age; carbon isotope; cemetery; isotopic analysis; nitrogen isotope; paleoclimate; protein; radiocarbon dating; social behavior; social development; socioeconomic status; wheat; China; Eurasia; Shanxi; Animalia; Triticum aestivum
来源期刊	Environmental Research Letters
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/154179
作者单位	MOE Key Laboratory of Western China's Environmental System, College of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, China; College of Public Health, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, China; Institute of Archaeological Science, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200433, China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Li X.,Zhang S.,Lu M.,et al. Dietary shift and social hierarchy from the Proto-Shang to Zhou Dynasty in the Central Plains of China[J],2020,15(3).
APA	Li X.,Zhang S.,Lu M.,Qiu M.,Wen S.,&Ma M..(2020).Dietary shift and social hierarchy from the Proto-Shang to Zhou Dynasty in the Central Plains of China.Environmental Research Letters,15(3).
MLA	Li X.,et al."Dietary shift and social hierarchy from the Proto-Shang to Zhou Dynasty in the Central Plains of China".Environmental Research Letters 15.3(2020).