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Millets, Rice and Farmers: Phytoliths as indicators of agricultural, social and ecological change in Neolithic and Bronze Age Central China

Alison Ruth Weisskopf 2014 © BAR Publishing
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Late Neolithic and Early Bronze Age Central China was the scene of important cultural developments which impacted on agricultural practices and local vegetation. Using phytolith data from archaeological sites in Henan, this study investigates changing crop choices, from broomcorn millet to foxtail millet to rice. Crop processing stages were interpreted by examination of differing proportions of phytoliths from crop husks, weed husks and crop and weed leaves to illustrate cultivation systems, harvesting and processing methods. The results suggest more successful agricultural practices and possible changes in social organisation in the Late Neolithic. Phytolith data was also used to understand impacts of these changes on local vegetation.
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  • BAR pre-2020
  • BAR International Series pre-2020
ISBN(s)
  • 9781407312170 (paperback)
  • 9781407341859 (ebook)
BAR Number
  • S2589
Subject
  • Neolithic / Chalcolithic
  • Archaeobotany / Environment and Climate
  • Far East
  • Agriculture / Farming / Husbandry / Land-use / Irrigation
  • Bronze Age and Iron Age
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  • Front Cover
  • Title Page
  • Copyright
  • ABSTRACT
  • Table of Contents
  • FIGURES
  • TABLES
  • ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  • CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION TO ISSUES IN THE ECONOMIC ARCHAEOLOGY OF CENTRAL CHINA
  • CHAPTER 2. ISSUES SURROUNDING ECONOMY AND SOCIAL ORGANISATION DURING THE EMERGENCE OF THE FIRST POLITIES IN CENTRAL CHINA
  • CHAPTER 3. INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY REGION AND PALAEOECOLOGY
  • CHAPTER 4. CROPS AND AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION IN PREHISTORIC CHINA
  • CHAPTER 5. SITES AND SAMPLING
  • CHAPTER 6. METHODOLOGY, PHYTOLITHS FROM THE FIELD TO THE LABORATORY
  • CHAPTER 7. ANALYTICAL APPROACHES: FROM PHYTOLITH ASSEMBLAGES TO ARCHAEOBOTANICAL ISSUES
  • CHAPTER 8. GENERAL RESULTS
  • CHAPTER 9. RESULTS: SPECIFIC
  • CHAPTER 10. INTERPRETATIONS AND FINAL THOUGHTS
  • Appendices
  • REFERENCES CITED
  • CHINESE AND JAPANESE LANGUAGE REFERENCES CITED
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