Feeding prehistoric coastal community:A study of marine faunal remains at the Jingtoushan site  

作　　者：Endong WU Guoping SUN Ying ZHANG 

机构地区：[1]School of Culture,History and Language,Australian National University,Canberra 2600,Australia [2]Zhejiang Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology,Hangzhou 310012,China [3]National Centre for Archaeology,Beijing 100013,China

出　　处：《Science China Earth Sciences》2024年第5期1574-1590,共17页中国科学（地球科学英文版）

基　　金：the Zhejiang Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology for supporting this study;supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.T2192950)。

摘　　要：This article examines the abundant marine mollusc,and fish remains at the Jingtoushan shell midden(8,300 to7,800 cal a BP)in Zhejiang Province,China,to investigate the fishing economy,community development,the palaeoenvironment,and their interactions among the prehistoric populations in the lower Yangtze River Basin and southeastern coastal China.It also attempts to explore the prosperity and decline of coastal settlements in China during the Neolithic Age and the potential reasons for their rise and fall,respectively.Based on the ecological and biological principles of marine animals,standard zooarchaeological methods and radiocarbon dating analysis are used for sampling,identification,measurement,and quantification.Results show that at least 11 mollusc taxa and 14 fish taxa can be identified from the Jingtoushan faunal assemblage.The ancient Jingtoushan residents possibly lived in a settlement close to the coast and engaged in inshore and offshore fishing,hunting,and gathering as their primary subsistence strategies,with low-level rice cultivation as a supplementary means of sustenance.Eventually,the changes in the coastal environment could be one of the reasons why the Jingtoushan residents abandoned their settlement.The research contributes to Chinese Neolithic archaeology with new evidence of the exploitation of marine resources around 8000 a BP in the eastern coastal areas and the relationship between Neolithic community development and environmental changes.

关 键 词：Neolithic Age Marine faunal remains Fishing economy PALAEOENVIRONMENT Community development 

分 类 号：P736.22[天文地球—海洋地质]