The influence of agriculture in the process of population integration and cultural interaction during the Eastern Zhou Period in central-south, Inner Mongolia: Carbon and nitrogen stable isotope analysis of human bones from the Dabaoshan cemetery, Helingee  

作　　者：ZHANG XinYu ZHANG Xu SUO MingJie WEI Dong HU YaoWu 

机构地区：[1]Department of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China [2]Key Laboratory of Vertebrate Evolution and Human Origins, Institute of Vertebrate Palaeontology and Palaeoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100044, China [3]Institute of Archaeology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing 100710, China [4]College of Culture and History, Inner Mongolia Normal University, Hohhot 010022, China [5]Research Center of Chinese Frontier Archaeology of Jilin University, Changchun 130012, China

出　　处：《Science China Earth Sciences》2018年第2期205-214,共10页中国科学（地球科学英文版）

基　　金：supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 41373018);National Social Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 10CKG001)

摘　　要：Central-south Inner Mongolia, China, is highly sensitive to the cultural interactions between sedentary agriculturalists and nomadic pastoralists during the Eastern Zhou Period(770–256 BC). The previous pattern of multiple cultures and diverse ethnic groups has been transformed to the increasingly dominated cultural system of Central Plain since the middle and late Warring States Period, when the states of Zhao and Qin have conquered the most parts of central-south Inner Mongolia.However, the variation of subsistence strategies during this historical process has never been evaluated. Particularly, as the typical representative of Central Plain cultures, the effect of intensive millet agriculture is still unknown in the process of population integration and culture interaction. Thus, to explore the shift of subsistence pattern, carbon and nitrogen stable isotope analysis of bone collagen from Dabaoshan site(410–180 BC) have been performed. The isotopic result indicates a large amount of C_4-based animal protein consumed by Dabaoshan humans. According to the archaeological backgrounds, we propose the Dabaoshan persons intensively relied on the millet agriculture and developed the agro-pastoral economy, which hinted the comprehensive influences from Central plain civilizations in late Warring States Period. Further compared with other published isotopic data in the same region during different periods, we suggest the millet agriculture has played the positive role in the process of population integration and culture fusion in central-south Inner Mongolia during the Eastern Zhou Period.Central-south Inner Mongolia, China, is highly sensitive to the cultural interactions between sedentary agri- culturalists and nomadic pastoralists during the Eastern Zhou Period （770-256 BC）. The previous pattern of multiple cultures and diverse ethnic groups has been transformed to the increasingly dominated cultural system of Central Plain since the middle and late Warring States Period, when the states of Zhao and Qin have conquered the most parts of central-south Inner Mongolia. However, the variation of subsistence strategies during this historical process has never been evaluated. Particularly, as the typical representative of Central Plain cultures, the effect of intensive millet agriculture is still unknown in the process of population integration and culture interaction. Thus, to explore the shift of subsistence pattern, carbon and nitrogen stable isotope analysis of bone collagen from Dabaoshan site （410-180 BC） have been performed. The isotopic result indicates a large amount of C4-based animal protein consumed by Dabaoshan humans. According to the archaeological backgrounds, we propose the Dabaoshan persons intensively relied on the millet agriculture and developed the agro-pastoral economy, which hinted the comprehensive influences from Central plain civilizations in late Warring States Period. Further compared with other published isotopic data in the same region during different periods, we suggest the millet agriculture has played the positive role in the process of population integration and culture fusion in central-south Inner Mongolia during the Eastern Zhou Period.

关 键 词：Dabaoshan cemetery Central-south Inner Mongolia Millet agriculture Carbon and nitrogen stable isotope 

分 类 号：K878[历史地理—考古学及博物馆学] S-09[历史地理—历史学]