Paleo-environment and paleo-diet inferred from Early Bronze Age cow dung at Xiaohe Cemetery, Xinjiang, NW China

Qiu, Zhenwei; Yang, Yimin; Xue, Songtao; Li, Wenying; Abuduresule, Yidilisi; Hu, Xingjun; Pan, Yan; Ferguson, David K.; Hu, Yaowu; Wang, Changsui; Jiang, Hongen

doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2014.03.029

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“…Trace element and pollen analysis found that between 4000 and 3450 years BP, the climate was relatively moist, and that the Lop Nor reached a peak water level (Xia et al 2008;Shu et al 2003). In addition, pollen and phytolith analysis at the Xiaohe Cemetery also discovered that the water level of the Xiaohe River (a branch of the Peacock River) was sufficient and flowing during this period (Li et al 2013;Qiu et al 2014). In the Tarim Basin, glacial meltwater fed a number of inland rivers and streams, which supported a large number of oases around the margins of the basin and along the banks of their watercourses (Tang et al 2013).…”

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Ancient plant use and palaeoenvironmental analysis at the Gumugou Cemetery, Xinjiang, China: implication from desiccated plant remains

Zhang

Wang

Ferguson

et al. 2015

Archaeol Anthropol Sci

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The Gumugou Cemetery is located in the Lop Nor region of the Tarim Basin in Xinjiang, northwest China. Radiocarbon dating found the site to be 3800 years BP. Due to the exceptionally arid conditions, most of the plant remains are well-preserved. Morphological and anatomical studies suggest that the plant remains consist of: Triticum cf. aestivum, Phragmites australis, Populus euphratica, Ephedra sp., as well as Typha sp. These ancient plants imply that the indigenous people lived in oases surrounded by extensive desert. Caryopses of T. cf. aestivum might have been used as funeral objects of the mummies as well as a subsidiary food source of the inhabitants, while the wild plants were used in other aspects of daily life.

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Ancient plant use and palaeoenvironmental analysis at the Gumugou Cemetery, Xinjiang, China: implication from desiccated plant remains

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Wang

Ferguson

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“…Examples include the dozens of cattle oracle bones that have been found at sites such as Taosi, Zhoujiazhuang, Zhukaigou, and Erlitou ( brunson et al 2016;Chen and li 2013;Huang 1996). At the Xiaohe cemetery in Xinjiang, offerings of cattle skulls, milk, and dung were included in funerary offerings (Qiu et al 2014). by the Shang dynasty (1600 -1046 b.c.…”

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Zooarchaeological and Genetic Evidence for the Origins of Domestic Cattle in Ancient China

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Yuan³

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This article reviews current evidence for the origins of domestic cattle in China. We describe two possible scenarios: 1) domestic cattle were domesticated indigenously in East Asia from the wild aurochs (Bos primigenius), and 2) domestic cattle were domesti cated elsewhere and then introduced to China. We conclude that the current zoo archaeological and genetic evidence does not support indigenous domestication within China, although it is possible that people experimented with managing wild aurochs in ways that did not lead to complete domestication. Most evidence indicates that domestic taurine cattle (Bos taurus) were introduced to China during the third millennium b.c., and were related to cattle populations first domesticated in the Near East. Zebu cattle (Bos indicus) entered China sometime between 2000 and 200 b.c., but much less is known about this species. The role of cattle as ritual and wealth animals seems to have been critical to their initial introduction.

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“…Environmental analysis demonstrates that the Xiaohe people lived at a well-developed oasis surrounded by extensive desert (Li et al, 2013;Qiu et al, 2014), which was suitable for husbandry. Cattle and sheep were the main livestock in this area.…”

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Proteomic identification of adhesive on a bone sculpture-inlaid wooden artifact from the Xiaohe Cemetery, Xinjiang, China

Rao

Yang

Abuduresule

et al. 2015

Journal of Archaeological Science

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Paleo-environment and paleo-diet inferred from Early Bronze Age cow dung at Xiaohe Cemetery, Xinjiang, NW China

Cited by 30 publications

References 55 publications

Ancient plant use and palaeoenvironmental analysis at the Gumugou Cemetery, Xinjiang, China: implication from desiccated plant remains

Ancient plant use and palaeoenvironmental analysis at the Gumugou Cemetery, Xinjiang, China: implication from desiccated plant remains

Zooarchaeological and Genetic Evidence for the Origins of Domestic Cattle in Ancient China

Proteomic identification of adhesive on a bone sculpture-inlaid wooden artifact from the Xiaohe Cemetery, Xinjiang, China

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