Transition of human diets and agricultural economy in Shenmingpu Site, Henan, from the Warring States to Han Dynasties  

作　　者：HOU LiangLiang WANG Ning Lu Peng HU YaoWu SONG GuoDing WANG ChangSui 

机构地区：[1]Laboratory of Human Evolution, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100044, China [2]Department of Scientific History and Archaeometry, Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China [3]Instztute oJ Archaeology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing 100710, China

出　　处：《Science China Earth Sciences》2012年第6期975-982,共8页中国科学（地球科学英文版）

基　　金：supported by grants from CAS Knowledge Innovation Directional Project (Grant No.KZCX2-YW-Q1-04);CAS Strategic Priority Research Program (Grant Nos.XDA05130303, XDA05130501);Chinese Academy of Sciences & Max-Planck Institute Partnership Group Project (Grant No.KACX1-YW-0830);National Science and Technology Ministry (Grant No.2010BAK67B03);Relic Preservation Project of South-to-North Water Diversion

摘　　要：Historical records and archaeological remains indicate that the Chinese agricultural economy changed significantly from the Warring States （475-221 BC） to Han Dynasties （206 BC-220 AD）, i.e., from rice-millet based agriculture to rice-millet-wheat based agriculture. However, the variation of human diets and the inner relationship between human diets and the agricultural transition during this period remain poorly understood. In this paper, the C and N stable isotopes from human and animal bones at the Shenmingpu site （SMPS）, Xichuan County, Henan Province were analyzed. If some outliers （M34, M36, M102） were excluded, the mean δ13C value （（-16.7±0.8）‰, n=15） of humans in Hart Dynasties was dramatically lower than that in the Warring States （（-12.7±0.8）‰, n=14）, indicating that the cultivation of rice and wheat, especially wheat, had been more widely popularized in Han Dynasties. Meanwhile, the range of 615N values of humans （6.6‰-9.3‰） in Hart Dynasties was narrower than that of the Warring States （6.2‰-10.4‰）, suggesting that the animal protein resources in human foods during Han Dynasties were more concentrated. The transition of human diets and the close relationship with the change of agricultural economy in SMPS were due to more stable society, the carryout of new agricultural policies, and the emergence of new agri- cultural tools in Han Dynasties.Historical records and archaeological remains indicate that the Chinese agricultural economy changed significantly from the Warring States (475-221 BC) to Han Dynasties (206 BC-220 AD), i.e., from rice-millet based agriculture to rice-millet-wheat based agriculture. However, the variation of human diets and the inner relationship between human diets and the agricultural transition during this period remain poorly understood. In this paper, the C and N stable isotopes from human and animal bones at the Shenmingpu site (SMPS), Xichuan County, Henan Province were analyzed. If some outliers (M34, M36, M102) were excluded, the mean 13C value (( 16.7±0.8)‰, n=15) of humans in Han Dynasties was dramatically lower than that in the Warring States (( 12.7±0.8)‰, n=14), indicating that the cultivation of rice and wheat, especially wheat, had been more widely popularized in Han Dynasties. Meanwhile, the range of 15N values of humans (6.6‰-9.3‰) in Han Dynasties was narrower than that of the Warring States (6.2‰-10.4‰), suggesting that the animal protein resources in human foods during Han Dynasties were more concentrated. The transition of human diets and the close relationship with the change of agricultural economy in SMPS were due to more stable society, the carryout of new agricultural policies, and the emergence of new agricultural tools in Han Dynasties.

关 键 词：Shenmingpu site the Warring States to Han Dynasties C and N stable isotopes palaeodiet 

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