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DOI	10.1177/0959683620941144
	New evidence from the Qugong site in the central Tibetan Plateau for the prehistoric Highland Silk Road
	Gao, Yu; Yang, Jishuai; Ma, Zhikun; Tong, Yan; Yang, Xiaoyan
通讯作者	Yang, XY (通讯作者)
发表日期	2021
ISSN	0959-6836
EISSN	1477-0911
起始页码	230
结束页码	239
卷号	31 期号:2
英文摘要	Located in the central Eurasia, the Tibetan Plateau (TP) is a key area for the spread of culture, technology, and species. However, the Plateau's role in the prehistoric food globalization has been underestimated due to the lack of archeological materials. The Qugong site was the only scientifically excavated site in the central TP up to now. It is the earliest and among the most important prehistoric settlements in the central TP, with charcoals dated to 3750-3500 cal. BP. Wild deer (Cervidae) and domesticated yak (Bos grunniens) and sheep (Ovis aries) remains were unearthed, but no archeobotanical studies had been conducted. Here we present new radiocarbon dating from charred seeds and archeobotanical data of the Qugong site. Dating back to 3400 cal. BP, there were foxtail millet (Setaria italica), broomcorn millet (Panicum miliaceum), wheat (Triticum aestivum), hulled barley (Hordeum vulgare), naked barley (Hordeum vulgarevar.nudum), and bitter buckwheat (Fagopyrum tataricum) identified at this site. We propose millets in the central TP came from the eastern TP, while wheat and barley here probably came from northern South Asia. It indicates that the Eastern and Western cultures arrived in the central TP in prehistory via different routes in late fourth Millennium BP. The intercultural communications not only flourished the prehistoric central TP but also laid the foundation for the later 'Highland Silk Road'.
关键词	FOOD GLOBALIZATION HUMAN OCCUPATION SOUTH-ASIA AGRICULTURE CHINA WHEAT SPREAD DISPERSAL MOUNTAINS EMERGENCE
英文关键词	archeobotanical macro-remains; crop dispersal; East-West culture communication; food globalization in prehistory; South Asia
语种	英语
WOS研究方向	Physical Geography ; Geology
WOS类目	Geography, Physical ; Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
WOS记录号	WOS:000549987100001
来源期刊	HOLOCENE
来源机构	中国科学院青藏高原研究所
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/260265
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Gao, Yu,Yang, Jishuai,Ma, Zhikun,et al. New evidence from the Qugong site in the central Tibetan Plateau for the prehistoric Highland Silk Road[J]. 中国科学院青藏高原研究所,2021,31(2).
APA	Gao, Yu,Yang, Jishuai,Ma, Zhikun,Tong, Yan,&Yang, Xiaoyan.(2021).New evidence from the Qugong site in the central Tibetan Plateau for the prehistoric Highland Silk Road.HOLOCENE,31(2).
MLA	Gao, Yu,et al."New evidence from the Qugong site in the central Tibetan Plateau for the prehistoric Highland Silk Road".HOLOCENE 31.2(2021).