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DOI	10.1093/nsr/nwx015
	Tianshanbeilu and the Isotopic Millet Road: reviewing the late Neolithic/Bronze Age radiation of human millet consumption from north China to Europe
	Wang, Tingting; Wei, Dong; Chang, Xien; Yu, Zhiyong; Zhang, Xinyu; Wang, Changsui; Hu, Yaowu; Fuller, Benjamin T.
来源期刊	NATIONAL SCIENCE REVIEW
ISSN	2095-5138
EISSN	2053-714X
出版年	2019
卷号	6 期号:5 页码:1024-+
英文摘要	The westward expansion of human millet consumption from north China has important implications for understanding early interactions between the East and West. However, few studies have focused on the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, the vast geographical area directly linking the ancient cultures of the Eurasian Steppe and the Gansu Corridor of China. In this study, we present the largest isotopic investigation of Bronze Age China (n = 110) on material from the key site of Tianshanbeilu, in eastern Xinjiang. The large range of delta C-13 values (-17.6 parts per thousand to -7.2 parts per thousand; -15.5 +/- 1.2 parts per thousand) provides direct evidence of unique dietary diversity and consumption of significant C-4 resources (millets). The high delta N-15 results (10.3 parts per thousand to 16.7 parts per thousand; 14.7 +/- 0.8 parts per thousand) likely reflect sheep/goat and wild game consumption and the arid climate of the Taklamakan Desert. Radiocarbon dates from four individuals indicate Tianshanbeilu was in use between 1940 and 1215 cal bc. The Tianshanbeilu results are then analysed with respect to 52 Bronze Age sites from across Eurasia, to investigate the spread and chronology of significant human millet consumption and human migration. This isotopic survey finds novel evidence that the second millennium bc was a dynamic period, with significant dietary interconnectivity occurring between north China, Central Asia and Siberia. Further, we argue that this 'Isotopic Millet Road' extended all the way to the Mediterranean and Central Europe, and conclude that these C-4 dietary signatures of millet consumption reflect early links (migration and/or resource transfer) between the Bronze Age inhabitants of modern-day China and Europe.
英文关键词	Inner Asian Mountain Corridor Silk Road Xinjiang Old World crop globalization Shang Dynasty
类型	Article
语种	英语
开放获取类型	Green Published, hybrid
收录类别	SCI-E ; SSCI
WOS记录号	WOS:000512966500030
WOS关键词	BRONZE-AGE ; STABLE CARBON ; BONE-COLLAGEN ; PREHISTORIC POPULATIONS ; SOUTHERN SIBERIA ; BROOMCORN MILLET ; MINUSINSK BASIN ; IRON-AGE ; AGRICULTURE ; DIET
WOS类目	Multidisciplinary Sciences
WOS研究方向	Science & Technology - Other Topics
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/369635
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Wang, Tingting,Wei, Dong,Chang, Xien,et al. Tianshanbeilu and the Isotopic Millet Road: reviewing the late Neolithic/Bronze Age radiation of human millet consumption from north China to Europe[J],2019,6(5):1024-+.
APA	Wang, Tingting.,Wei, Dong.,Chang, Xien.,Yu, Zhiyong.,Zhang, Xinyu.,...&Fuller, Benjamin T..(2019).Tianshanbeilu and the Isotopic Millet Road: reviewing the late Neolithic/Bronze Age radiation of human millet consumption from north China to Europe.NATIONAL SCIENCE REVIEW,6(5),1024-+.
MLA	Wang, Tingting,et al."Tianshanbeilu and the Isotopic Millet Road: reviewing the late Neolithic/Bronze Age radiation of human millet consumption from north China to Europe".NATIONAL SCIENCE REVIEW 6.5(2019):1024-+.