Multiple evidences for variations in subsistence strategy of prehistoric humans from the Guanzhong area in Shaanxi province, China

Summary

Influenced by the continual infiltration of surrounding cultures and the extension of agriculture originating in various independent centers, the multi-cultures and diversified economy had been formed in the Guanzhong area, Shaanxi, in the process of the prehistoric culture evolution. In this paper, the comprehensive analyses of stable isotopes (carbon and nitrogen) of humans and animals and the plant and faunal remains from the different periods and sites in the Guanzhong area will be employed to examine the evolving regularity and the influential factors of subsistence strategy of prehistoric humans. It will present compelling evidence to study the key topics on the agricultural origin and development, agricultural extension and dissemination, and the influence of cultural communication on agricultural development and agriculture responses to climate changes in the Holocene, north China.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Society for American Archaeology 82nd Annual Meeting, Vancouver, BC (2017)   •
• Human Lifestyle and Adaptation in Prehistoric China

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Abstract Id(s): 16796