Early millet use in northern China

doi:10.1073/pnas.1115430109

	Early millet use in northern China
	Yang, Xiaoyan 1; Wan, Zhiwei 1,2; Perry, Linda 3,4; Lu, Houyuan 5; Wang, Qiang 1; Zhao, Chaohong 6; Li, Jun 7; Xie, Fei 8; Yu, Jincheng 9; Cui, Tianxing 6
刊名	PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
	2012-03-06
卷号	109 期号:10 页码:3726-3730
关键词	starch grain analysis agriculture origins early Neolithic millet domestication East Asia
ISSN号	0027-8424
DOI	10.1073/pnas.1115430109
文献子类	Article
英文摘要	It is generally understood that foxtail millet and broomcorn millet were initially domesticated in Northern China where they eventually became the dominant plant food crops. The rarity of older archaeological sites and archaeobotanical work in the region, however, renders both the origins of these plants and their processes of domestication poorly understood. Here we present ancient starch grain assemblages recovered from cultural deposits, including carbonized residues adhering to an early pottery sherd as well as grinding stone tools excavated from the sites of Nanzhuangtou (11.5-11.0 cal kyBP) and Donghulin (11.0-9.5 cal kyBP) in the North China Plain. Our data extend the record of millet use in China by nearly 1,000 y, and the record of foxtail millet in the region by at least two millennia. The patterning of starch residues within the samples allow for the formulation of the hypothesis that foxtail millets were cultivated for an extended period of two millennia, during which this crop plant appears to have been undergoing domestication. Future research in the region will help clarify the processes in place.
WOS关键词	STARCH GRAIN ANALYSIS ; DOMESTICATION ; SITE ; DONGHULIN
WOS研究方向	Science & Technology - Other Topics
语种	英语
出版者	NATL ACAD SCIENCES
WOS记录号	WOS:000301117700031
资助机构	Chinese Academy of Sciences(XDA05130603) ; Chinese Academy of Sciences(XDA05130603) ; China Global Change Research Program(2010CB950100) ; China Global Change Research Program(2010CB950100) ; National Natural Science Foundation of China(40771205 ; National Natural Science Foundation of China(40771205 ; Archaeobiology Laboratory at the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History ; Archaeobiology Laboratory at the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History ; 41072140) ; 41072140) ; Chinese Academy of Sciences(XDA05130603) ; Chinese Academy of Sciences(XDA05130603) ; China Global Change Research Program(2010CB950100) ; China Global Change Research Program(2010CB950100) ; National Natural Science Foundation of China(40771205 ; National Natural Science Foundation of China(40771205 ; Archaeobiology Laboratory at the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History ; Archaeobiology Laboratory at the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History ; 41072140) ; 41072140) ; Chinese Academy of Sciences(XDA05130603) ; Chinese Academy of Sciences(XDA05130603) ; China Global Change Research Program(2010CB950100) ; China Global Change Research Program(2010CB950100) ; National Natural Science Foundation of China(40771205 ; National Natural Science Foundation of China(40771205 ; Archaeobiology Laboratory at the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History ; Archaeobiology Laboratory at the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History ; 41072140) ; 41072140) ; Chinese Academy of Sciences(XDA05130603) ; Chinese Academy of Sciences(XDA05130603) ; China Global Change Research Program(2010CB950100) ; China Global Change Research Program(2010CB950100) ; National Natural Science Foundation of China(40771205 ; National Natural Science Foundation of China(40771205 ; Archaeobiology Laboratory at the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History ; Archaeobiology Laboratory at the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History ; 41072140) ; 41072140)
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://ir.iggcas.ac.cn/handle/132A11/84194]
专题	中国科学院地质与地球物理研究所
通讯作者	Yang, Xiaoyan
作者单位	1.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Geog Sci & Nat Resources Res, Beijing 100101, Peoples R China 2.Chinese Acad Sci, Grad Univ, Beijing 100049, Peoples R China 3.Fdn Archaeobot Res Microfossils, Fairfax, VA 22038 USA 4.George Mason Univ, Ctr Earth Observing & Space Res, Dept Geog & Geoinformat Sci, Fairfax, VA 22030 USA 5.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Geol & Geophys, Beijing 100029, Peoples R China 6.Peking Univ, Sch Archaeol & Museol, Beijing 100101, Peoples R China 7.Shanxi Univ, Sch Hist Culture, Taiyuan 030006, Peoples R China 8.Hebei Prov Adm Cultural Heritage, Shijiazhuang 050011, Peoples R China 9.Beijing Cultural Rel Inst, Beijing 100009, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Yang, Xiaoyan,Wan, Zhiwei,Perry, Linda,et al. Early millet use in northern China[J]. PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,2012,109(10):3726-3730.
APA	Yang, Xiaoyan.,Wan, Zhiwei.,Perry, Linda.,Lu, Houyuan.,Wang, Qiang.,...&Ge, Quansheng.(2012).Early millet use in northern China.PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,109(10),3726-3730.
MLA	Yang, Xiaoyan,et al."Early millet use in northern China".PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 109.10(2012):3726-3730.