The Beixin Culture archaeobotanical evidence from Guanqiaocunnan indicates a population dispersal of hunter-gatherercultivators into and across the Haida region of northern China

Jin, G., Chen, S., Li, H., Fan, X., Yang, A. and Mithen, S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3391-7443 (2020) The Beixin Culture archaeobotanical evidence from Guanqiaocunnan indicates a population dispersal of hunter-gatherercultivators into and across the Haida region of northern China. Antiquity, 94 (378). pp. 1426-1443. ISSN 0003-598X doi: 10.15184/aqy.2020.63

Abstract/Summary

The Beixin Culture appears within the hilly southwestern area of the Haidai region of northern China at ca. 5000 BC, and spreads to its north and northeast flood plains in the following millennium, replacing the Houli Culture. Does the Beixin Culture represent a further example of recently established farmers dispersing into a new territory, in this case being dependent on millet farming and coming from the Huai River Valley? We test this hypothesis by analysing and interpreting the archaeobotanical remains from Guanqiaocunnan, 4340-3970 BC. We conclude that the Beixin Culture represents the dispersal of hunter-gatherers/cultivators rather than farmers.

Item Type	Article
URI	https://reading-clone.eprints-hosting.org/id/eprint/89652
Identification Number/DOI	10.15184/aqy.2020.63
Refereed	Yes
Divisions	Science > School of Archaeology, Geography and Environmental Science > Social Archaeology Science > School of Archaeology, Geography and Environmental Science > Department of Archaeology
Publisher	Antiquity Publications
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