Prehistoric trans-continental cultural exchange in the Hexi Corridor, northwest China

doi:10.1177/0959683617735585

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	Prehistoric trans-continental cultural exchange in the Hexi Corridor, northwest China
	Dodson, John 3,4; Chen, Fahu 5; Cui, Yifu 5; Li, Haiming 5; Yang, Yishi 1; Dong, Guanghui 5; Liu, Xinyi 2; Wang, Hui 1; Chen, Guoke 1
刊名	HOLOCENE
	2018-04-01
卷号	28 期号:4 页码:621-628
关键词	Archaeobotany Culture Elements Hexi Corridor Long-distance Cultural Communication Neolithic And Bronze Ages Radiocarbon Dating
DOI	10.1177/0959683617735585
文献子类	Article
英文摘要	We report dozens of direct radiocarbon dates on charred grains from 22 archaeological sites of the Neolithic and Bronze Ages in the Hexi Corridor, northwest China, a key region for trans-Eurasian exchange in prehistoric and historical times. These charred grains include remains of wheat and barley domesticated in southwest Asia and broomcorn and foxtail millet which originated from north China. Together with previously published radiocarbon dates, we consider these newly obtained radiocarbon results in the context of material cultures associated with them, to explore an episode of trans-continental cultural exchange foci at the Hexi Corridor. Our results show that millet cultivators who used painted potteries from the western Loess Plateau first settled the Hexi Corridor around 4800 BP. Communities who cultivated wheat and barley moved into this region from the west around 4000 BP, bringing with them technologies and materials not seen in central China before, including bronze metallurgy, mud bricks, and mace heads. This was part of the east-west contact which became evident in the Hexi Corridor since the late fifth millennium BP, and continued over the subsequent two millennia, and predated the formation of the overland Silk Road in the Han Dynasty (202 BC-AD 220).
WOS关键词	BRONZE-AGE ; FOOD GLOBALIZATION ; SOUTHERN LEVANT ; LOESS PLATEAU ; AGRICULTURE ; EURASIA ; WHEAT ; ASIA ; METALLURGY ; BP
WOS研究方向	Physical Geography ; Geology
语种	英语
WOS记录号	WOS:000429957000010
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://ir.ieecas.cn/handle/361006/5208]
专题	地球环境研究所_黄土与第四纪地质国家重点实验室（2010~）
作者单位	1.Gansu Prov Inst Cultural Relics & Archaeol, Lanzhou, Gansu, Peoples R China 2.Washington Univ, Dept Anthropol, St Louis, MO 63130 USA 3.Univ New South Wales, Sch Biol Earth & Environm Sci, Sydney, NSW, Australia 4.Chinese Acad Sci, State Key Lab Loess & Quaternary Geol, Inst Earth Environm, Xian, Shaanxi, Peoples R China 5.Lanzhou Univ, Coll Earth & Environm Sci, MOE Key Lab Western Chinas Environm Syst, Tianshui South Rd, Lanzhou 730000, Gansu, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Dodson, John,Chen, Fahu,Cui, Yifu,et al. Prehistoric trans-continental cultural exchange in the Hexi Corridor, northwest China[J]. HOLOCENE,2018,28(4):621-628.
APA	Dodson, John.,Chen, Fahu.,Cui, Yifu.,Li, Haiming.,Yang, Yishi.,...&Chen, Guoke.(2018).Prehistoric trans-continental cultural exchange in the Hexi Corridor, northwest China.HOLOCENE,28(4),621-628.
MLA	Dodson, John,et al."Prehistoric trans-continental cultural exchange in the Hexi Corridor, northwest China".HOLOCENE 28.4(2018):621-628.