Intensive exploitation of animal resources during Deglacial times in North China: a case study from the Yujiagou site

doi:10.1007/s12520-019-00852-1

	Intensive exploitation of animal resources during Deglacial times in North China: a case study from the Yujiagou site
	Wang, Xiaomin 1,2; Xie, Fei 3; Mei, Huijie 3; Gao, Xing1,2
刊名	ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND ANTHROPOLOGICAL SCIENCES
	2019-09-01
卷号	11 期号:9 页码:4983-5000
关键词	Yujiagou site Nihewan Basin North China Deglacial Zooarchaeology Subsistence Intensification
ISSN号	1866-9557
DOI	10.1007/s12520-019-00852-1
英文摘要	Archeological evidence of intensive human foraging behavior during the Deglacial period (ca. 16,000-8000 cal. BP) from the perspectives of artifact manufacturing technologies and the use of plant resources has been widely reported in China. However, the zooarchaeological perspective has contributed less, especially with respect to animal remains from open-air sites in North China. In this paper, we present taphonomic and zooarchaeological data from layers 3 and 4 at the Yujiagou site regarding the formation processes of faunal assemblages as well as the hunting, processing, and consumption behaviors of the site's occupants. These data enable the reconstruction of how animal resources were obtained, illuminating the lifestyles of hunter-gatherers who used a micro-blade technology in North China. Results indicate that the Yujiagou hunters preferred juvenile gazelles and horses, and that bone marrow was a significant source of energy for humans. Taking into account climate changes that occurred during the Late Pleistocene and Early Holocene, we hypothesize that exploitation of animal resources intensified at this time. This pattern differs from that of the broad-spectrum diet exploitation widely reported in Europe and Southwest Asia.
资助项目	National Natural Science Foundation of China[41802022] ; China Postdoctoral Science Foundation[2018M641479] ; National Social Science Foundation of China[09CKG002]
WOS关键词	BROAD-SPECTRUM REVOLUTION ; YELLOW-RIVER REGION ; NIHEWAN BASIN ; PALEOLITHIC SITE ; BONE-DENSITY ; PLANT USE ; EVOLUTION ; PATTERNS ; INTENSIFICATION ; DOMESTICATION
WOS研究方向	Anthropology ; Archaeology ; Geology
语种	英语
出版者	SPRINGER HEIDELBERG
WOS记录号	WOS:000481912100034
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://119.78.100.205/handle/311034/10213]
专题	中国科学院古脊椎动物与古人类研究所
通讯作者	Wang, Xiaomin
作者单位	1.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Vertebrate Paleontol & Paleoanthropol, Key Lab Vertebrate Evolut & Human Origins, Beijing 100044, Peoples R China 2.Chinese Acad Sci, Ctr Excellence Life & Paleoenvironm, Beijing 100044, Peoples R China 3.Hebei Normal Univ, Coll Culture & Hist, Inst Nihewan Archaeol, Shijiazhuang 050024, Hebei, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Wang, Xiaomin,Xie, Fei,Mei, Huijie,et al. Intensive exploitation of animal resources during Deglacial times in North China: a case study from the Yujiagou site[J]. ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND ANTHROPOLOGICAL SCIENCES,2019,11(9):4983-5000.
APA	Wang, Xiaomin,Xie, Fei,Mei, Huijie,&Gao, Xing.(2019).Intensive exploitation of animal resources during Deglacial times in North China: a case study from the Yujiagou site.ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND ANTHROPOLOGICAL SCIENCES,11(9),4983-5000.
MLA	Wang, Xiaomin,et al."Intensive exploitation of animal resources during Deglacial times in North China: a case study from the Yujiagou site".ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND ANTHROPOLOGICAL SCIENCES 11.9(2019):4983-5000.