Early millet use in West Liaohe area during early-middle Holocene
文献类型：SCI/SSCI论文
| 作者 | Ma Z. K.; Yang, X. Y.; Zhang, C.; Sun, Y. G.; Jia, X. |
| 发表日期 | 2016 |
| 关键词 | Plant domestication West Liaohe region Agricultural origin Neolithic Age Starch grain analysis starch grains north china east-asia plant domestication site |
| 英文摘要 | It is generally recognized that millet agriculture originated in northern China. However, the domestication process of foxtail millet ( Setaria italica) and broomcorn millet ( Panicum miliaceum) is still poorly understood. Based on statistical and morphological analyses of ancient millet starch grains, a tangible hypothesis has been proposed for the long-term domestication of green foxtail millet ( S. viridis). However, the hypothesis requires validation by evidence from more regions and more archaeological finds. The West Liaohe region is one of the earliest regions of millet cultivation. Here, we report ancient starch grains recovered from 12 stone grinding tools from eight sites of the Xiaohexi culture ( before 8.5 ka BP), Xinglongwa culture ( 8.2-7.4 ka BP), Zhaobaogou culture ( 7.0-6.4 ka BP), and Hongshan culture ( 6.5-5.0 ka BP) in the West Liaohe region of China. Our results indicate that the proportion of millet starch grains with wrinkled surfaces and rough edges, which are diagnostic of wild millet grasses, decreased from 13.0% to 3.4% from the Xiaohexi culture to the Hongshan culture. Millet starch grains measuring > 16.8. m, a size class recorded only in domesticated foxtail millet, increased from 55.0% to 62.1%. These millet data imply that the process of millet domestication in the West Liaohe region began in the Xiaohexi period and continued up to the Hongshan period. |
| 出处 | Science China-Earth Sciences |
| 卷 | 59 |
| 期 | 8 |
| 页 | 1554-1561 |
| 语种 | 英语 |
| ISSN号 | 1674-7313 |
| DOI标识 | 10.1007/s11430-015-5257-5 |
| 源URL | [http://ir.igsnrr.ac.cn/handle/311030/43134]  |
| 专题 | 地理科学与资源研究所_历年回溯文献 |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Ma Z. K.,Yang, X. Y.,Zhang, C.,et al. Early millet use in West Liaohe area during early-middle Holocene. 2016. |
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来源：地理科学与资源研究所
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