Varying cultivation strategies in eastern Tianshan corresponded to growing pastoral lifeways between 1300 BCE and 300 CE
This study combines plant stable isotope and archaeobotanical analyses to explore how ancient pastoral communities in varying landscapes of eastern Tianshan managed their barley fields. The question is less archaeologically investigated, as recent discussions have focused on pastoral and nomadic act...
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| author | Duo Tian Yufeng Sun Melissa M. Ritchey Tongyuan Xi Meng Ren Jian Ma Jianxin Wang Zhijun Zhao Zhijun Zhao Xue Ling Xinyi Liu |
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| description | This study combines plant stable isotope and archaeobotanical analyses to explore how ancient pastoral communities in varying landscapes of eastern Tianshan managed their barley fields. The question is less archaeologically investigated, as recent discussions have focused on pastoral and nomadic activities. Results show that diversified cultivation strategies were employed in barley cultivation at different locations in eastern Tianshan. We also observed a diachronic transition toward less labour-intensive crop management corresponding to a growing pastoral lifeway from the late Bronze Age (1300–800 BCE) to historical periods (400 BCE–300 CE). These results inform us about the mechanism by which southwest Asian originated domesticates were adapted to the Inner Asian environments in the context of the early food globalisation. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-aea6a4420acd4a79a346380dd01247a42022-12-22T02:23:32ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution2296-701X2022-10-011010.3389/fevo.2022.966366966366Varying cultivation strategies in eastern Tianshan corresponded to growing pastoral lifeways between 1300 BCE and 300 CEDuo Tian0Yufeng Sun1Melissa M. Ritchey2Tongyuan Xi3Meng Ren4Jian Ma5Jianxin Wang6Zhijun Zhao7Zhijun Zhao8Xue Ling9Xinyi Liu10Key Laboratory of Cultural Heritage Research and Conservation, China-Central Asia “the Belt and Road” Joint Laboratory on Human and Environment Research, School of Culture Heritage, Northwest University, Xi’an, ChinaDepartment of Anthropology, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, United StatesDepartment of Anthropology, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, United StatesKey Laboratory of Cultural Heritage Research and Conservation, China-Central Asia “the Belt and Road” Joint Laboratory on Human and Environment Research, School of Culture Heritage, Northwest University, Xi’an, ChinaKey Laboratory of Cultural Heritage Research and Conservation, China-Central Asia “the Belt and Road” Joint Laboratory on Human and Environment Research, School of Culture Heritage, Northwest University, Xi’an, ChinaKey Laboratory of Cultural Heritage Research and Conservation, China-Central Asia “the Belt and Road” Joint Laboratory on Human and Environment Research, School of Culture Heritage, Northwest University, Xi’an, ChinaInstitute of Archaeology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing, ChinaKey Laboratory of Cultural Heritage Research and Conservation, China-Central Asia “the Belt and Road” Joint Laboratory on Human and Environment Research, School of Culture Heritage, Northwest University, Xi’an, ChinaInstitute of Archaeology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing, ChinaKey Laboratory of Cultural Heritage Research and Conservation, China-Central Asia “the Belt and Road” Joint Laboratory on Human and Environment Research, School of Culture Heritage, Northwest University, Xi’an, ChinaDepartment of Anthropology, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, United StatesThis study combines plant stable isotope and archaeobotanical analyses to explore how ancient pastoral communities in varying landscapes of eastern Tianshan managed their barley fields. The question is less archaeologically investigated, as recent discussions have focused on pastoral and nomadic activities. Results show that diversified cultivation strategies were employed in barley cultivation at different locations in eastern Tianshan. We also observed a diachronic transition toward less labour-intensive crop management corresponding to a growing pastoral lifeway from the late Bronze Age (1300–800 BCE) to historical periods (400 BCE–300 CE). These results inform us about the mechanism by which southwest Asian originated domesticates were adapted to the Inner Asian environments in the context of the early food globalisation.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fevo.2022.966366/fullisotopebarleyeastern Tianshanirrigationmanuringarchaeobotany |
| spellingShingle | Duo Tian Yufeng Sun Melissa M. Ritchey Tongyuan Xi Meng Ren Jian Ma Jianxin Wang Zhijun Zhao Zhijun Zhao Xue Ling Xinyi Liu Varying cultivation strategies in eastern Tianshan corresponded to growing pastoral lifeways between 1300 BCE and 300 CE Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution isotope barley eastern Tianshan irrigation manuring archaeobotany |
| title | Varying cultivation strategies in eastern Tianshan corresponded to growing pastoral lifeways between 1300 BCE and 300 CE |
| title_full | Varying cultivation strategies in eastern Tianshan corresponded to growing pastoral lifeways between 1300 BCE and 300 CE |
| title_fullStr | Varying cultivation strategies in eastern Tianshan corresponded to growing pastoral lifeways between 1300 BCE and 300 CE |
| title_full_unstemmed | Varying cultivation strategies in eastern Tianshan corresponded to growing pastoral lifeways between 1300 BCE and 300 CE |
| title_short | Varying cultivation strategies in eastern Tianshan corresponded to growing pastoral lifeways between 1300 BCE and 300 CE |
| title_sort | varying cultivation strategies in eastern tianshan corresponded to growing pastoral lifeways between 1300 bce and 300 ce |
| topic | isotope barley eastern Tianshan irrigation manuring archaeobotany |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fevo.2022.966366/full |
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