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DOI	10.1016/j.jaa.2021.101352
	Proposing a toast from the first urban center in the north Loess Plateau, China: Alcoholic beverages at Shimao
	He, Yahui; Liu, Li; Sun, Zhouyong; Shao, Jing; Di, Nan
通讯作者	He, YH (corresponding author), Stanford Univ, Dept East Asian Languages & Cultures, Stanford, CA 94305 USA. ; He, YH (corresponding author), Stanford Univ, Stanford Archaeol Ctr, Stanford, CA 94305 USA. ; Di, N (corresponding author), Shaanxi Acad Archaeol, Xian 710054, Shaanxi, Peoples R China.
来源期刊	JOURNAL OF ANTHROPOLOGICAL ARCHAEOLOGY
ISSN	0278-4165
EISSN	1090-2686
出版年	2021
卷号	64
英文摘要	Alcoholic beverages were used in ancient rituals and feasting, often to embody elite status and power, to mark communal activities, or simply for everyday consumption. Scholars have traditionally interpreted pitchers, a common pottery vessel type in late Neolithic China, as specialized alcohol serving vessels. However, little research has been done to characterize the true use of these vessels through scientific analysis of excavated materials from the middle Yellow River region. In this study, by analyzing microbotanical residues on ten pitchers, two cups, three lids, and one storage jar from the Shimao site (ca. 4300-3800 cal. BP), one of the earliest urban centers in late Neolithic north China, we discover remains of a beer brewed using a malting method. The main ingredients include millet, Triticeae, rice, lily, snake gourd root, Zingiberaceae root (ginger or turmeric), and beans. The pitchers may have been used for serving and heating the fermented beverages. This result not only reveals for the first time the production and consumption of alcoholic beverages in the late Neolithic Loess Plateau, but also highlights the interplay among feasting activities, social hierarchies, and interregional interactions in the process of early urbanization in this region.
英文关键词	Millet beer Rice Malting Pitcher Starch granule Phytolith Ritual feasting Politics
类型	Article
语种	英语
收录类别	SSCI ; AHCI
WOS记录号	WOS:000701939100002
WOS关键词	MU US DESERT ; INNER-MONGOLIA ; ANCIENT BEER ; BRONZE-AGE ; DRINKING ; AGRICULTURE ; MAIZE ; FEAST ; RATIO ; CORE
WOS类目	Anthropology ; Archaeology
WOS研究方向	Anthropology ; Archaeology
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/363727
作者单位	[He, Yahui; Liu, Li] Stanford Univ, Dept East Asian Languages & Cultures, Stanford, CA 94305 USA; [He, Yahui; Liu, Li] Stanford Univ, Stanford Archaeol Ctr, Stanford, CA 94305 USA; [Sun, Zhouyong; Shao, Jing; Di, Nan] Shaanxi Acad Archaeol, Xian 710054, Shaanxi, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	He, Yahui,Liu, Li,Sun, Zhouyong,et al. Proposing a toast from the first urban center in the north Loess Plateau, China: Alcoholic beverages at Shimao[J],2021,64.
APA	He, Yahui,Liu, Li,Sun, Zhouyong,Shao, Jing,&Di, Nan.(2021).Proposing a toast from the first urban center in the north Loess Plateau, China: Alcoholic beverages at Shimao.JOURNAL OF ANTHROPOLOGICAL ARCHAEOLOGY,64.
MLA	He, Yahui,et al."Proposing a toast from the first urban center in the north Loess Plateau, China: Alcoholic beverages at Shimao".JOURNAL OF ANTHROPOLOGICAL ARCHAEOLOGY 64(2021).