Changing patterns of plant-based food production during the Neolithic and early Bronze Age in central-south Inner Mongolia, China: An interdisciplinary approach

Liu, Li; Duncan, Neil A.; Chen, Xingcan; Zhao, Hao; Ping, Ji

doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2015.02.002

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“…In contrast, the TYB may have become a more attractive area for population migration due to its improved landform and ecological conditions. This improvement is evidenced by the slight growth of settlements number in the basin, a situation similar to the contemporary changes observed in the south-central Inner Mongolia (Xu, 2010;Liu et al, 2016) and the Gansu-Qinghai District regions (Dong et al, 2013b).…”

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Holocene geomorphic evolution and settlement distribution patterns in the mid-lower Fen River basins, China

Lü

Zhuang

et al. 2019

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Holocene geomorphic changes have fundamentally shaped the spatial-temporal distributions of prehistoric and historical settlements in North China. Through intensive field surveys and careful field examination of typical sedimentary sequences, we reconstructed the Late-Pleistocene and Holocene geomorphic history in the two major basins of the mid-lower Fen River, central-south Shanxi, China. Our first-hand data provides crucial information for reconstructing the dynamic relationship between the characteristics of Holocene geomorphic changes and settlement distribution patterns in the two basins from the Neolithic period to the Bronze-Age Xia-Shang Dynasties. In the Taiyuan Basin, due to river downcutting processes from the end of the Late Pleistocene to the Early Holocene, edge of the basin emerged and evolved into tablelands. The elevation of the flat lands atop the tablelands that was significantly above the level of floodwater provided an ideal environment for early settlements. The Holocene geomorphic changes are characterised by continous fluvio-lacustrine aggradation, and the central basin became void of human settlements due to uninhabitable hydrological and gemorphic conditions and especially due to frequent floods. Instead, most settlements were located along the basin, displaying a unique "around-basin" distribution pattern. In the Linfen Basin, following large-scale incision of the main channels and branches of the Fen River during the Late Pleistocene, platform-type plain with deep incised valleys was formed. Similar to the surrounding loess tableland, the central basin became an optimal environment for human activities and settlement construction, forming a "full-basin" like settlement distribution pattern that is distinctively different from the "around-basin" distribution pattern in the Taiyuan basin.

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Section: Regional Cultural Sequence and Settlement Distributions Fromsupporting

confidence: 69%

Holocene geomorphic evolution and settlement distribution patterns in the mid-lower Fen River basins, China

Lü

Zhuang

et al. 2019

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“…Therefore, the appearance of O1b-M268 in Mongolic-speaking populations may be the result of admixture with ancient populations in northeastern parts of China. Since the beginning of the Chalcolithic Age and Bronze Age, there have been many communication channels between the Mongolian Plateau and North and Northwest China in the past 4,000 years ( Eng 2016;Liu et al 2016). These channels have been used since ancient times, promoting the close and profound exchange and integration of peoples, materials, and cultures in the two regions.…”

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Paternal Origins of Mongolic-Speaking Populations: A Review of Studies from Recent Decades (1999–2019) and Their Implications for Multidisciplinary Research in the Future

Sharengaowa,

Ma,

Yang

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The activities of Mongolic-speaking populations, a large group of people in eastern Eurasia, have important impacts on the history of East Asia and other parts of Eurasia. Most previous genetic research of East Asian populations, including ancient DNA studies, has involved samples from Mongolic-speaking populations or their ancient relatives. This review summarizes frequency data of paternal Y-chromosome haplogroups from all available literature about Mongolic-speaking populations from 1999 to 2019. Fourteen paternal components were identified, and six of them are proposed as major and common components in ancestor groups of Mongolic-speaking populations. The article thoroughly discusses the possible origin, migration patterns, and the roles of these six components in the evolutionary history of Mongolic-speaking populations, as well as implications of present achievements in human genetics for future multidisciplinary research in ethnology, history, archaeology, and linguistics.

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“…The next two papers examine the pace, timing and long-term implications of changes in subsistence in Holocene China. Liu et al (2016) employ an inter-disciplinary approach to reconstruct shifting plant use strategies in south-central Inner Mongolia, China. They identify an extended Neolithization trajectory that involved long-term use of wild plants, a strategy later combined with lowlevel food production, which was only replaced much later on by the rise of intensive cereal-based agriculture.…”

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Persistent foragers: New insights into Holocene hunter-gatherer archaeology in northern Eurasia

Jordan

Weber

2016

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Changing patterns of plant-based food production during the Neolithic and early Bronze Age in central-south Inner Mongolia, China: An interdisciplinary approach

Cited by 12 publications

References 40 publications

Holocene geomorphic evolution and settlement distribution patterns in the mid-lower Fen River basins, China

Holocene geomorphic evolution and settlement distribution patterns in the mid-lower Fen River basins, China

Paternal Origins of Mongolic-Speaking Populations: A Review of Studies from Recent Decades (1999–2019) and Their Implications for Multidisciplinary Research in the Future

Persistent foragers: New insights into Holocene hunter-gatherer archaeology in northern Eurasia

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