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DOI	10.3389/feart.2021.748327
	Pastoralism and Millet Cultivation During the Bronze Age in the Temperate Steppe Region of Northern China
	Zhang, Yaping; Zhang, Ying; Hu, Songmei; Zhou, Xinying; Liu, Linjing; Liu, Junchi; Zhao, Keliang; Li, Xiaoqiang
通讯作者	Zhao, KL (通讯作者)
发表日期	2021
EISSN	2296-6463
卷号	9
英文摘要	Eastern and Western Asia were important centers for the domestication of plants and animals and they developed different agricultural practices and systems. The timing, routeway and mechanisms of the exchanges between the two centers have long been important scientific issues. The development of a mixed pastoral system (e.g., with the rearing of sheep, goats and cattle) and millet cultivation in the steppe region of northern China was the result of the link between the two cultures. However, little detailed information is available about the precise timing and mechanisms involved in this mixture of pastoralism and millet cultivation. To try to address the issue, we analyzed the pollen, fungal spores and phytolith contents of soil samples from the Bronze Age Zhukaigou site in the steppe area of North China, which was combined with AMS C-14 dating of charcoal, millet and animal bones. A mixed pastoralism and millet agricultural system appeared at the site between 4,000 and 3,700 cal yr BP, and the intensity of animal husbandry increased in the later stage of occupation. Published data indicate that domestic sheep/goats appeared across a wide area of the steppe region of northern China after similar to 4,000 cal yr BP. A comparison of records of sheep/goat rearing and paleoclimatic records from monsoon area in China leads us to conclude that the mixture of pastoralism and millet cultivation was promoted by the occurrence of drought events during 4,200-4,000 cal yr BP. Moreover, we suggest that mixed rainfed agriculture and animal husbandry increased the adaptability and resilience of the inhabitants of the region which enabled them to occupy the relatively arid environment of the monsoon marginal area of northern China.
关键词	INNER-MONGOLIA CLIMATE-CHANGE HOLOCENE DOMESTICATION ORIGINS RECONSTRUCTION AGRICULTURE XINJIANG SPREAD BASIN
英文关键词	Zhukaigou site; 4; 2 cal kyr BP; sheep; goat rearing; rainfed agriculture; human adaptation
语种	英语
WOS研究方向	Geology
WOS类目	Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
WOS记录号	WOS:000727671600001
来源期刊	FRONTIERS IN EARTH SCIENCE
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/260363
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Zhang, Yaping,Zhang, Ying,Hu, Songmei,et al. Pastoralism and Millet Cultivation During the Bronze Age in the Temperate Steppe Region of Northern China[J]. 中国科学院青藏高原研究所,2021,9.
APA	Zhang, Yaping.,Zhang, Ying.,Hu, Songmei.,Zhou, Xinying.,Liu, Linjing.,...&Li, Xiaoqiang.(2021).Pastoralism and Millet Cultivation During the Bronze Age in the Temperate Steppe Region of Northern China.FRONTIERS IN EARTH SCIENCE,9.
MLA	Zhang, Yaping,et al."Pastoralism and Millet Cultivation During the Bronze Age in the Temperate Steppe Region of Northern China".FRONTIERS IN EARTH SCIENCE 9(2021).