Evolution of prehistoric dryland agriculture in the arid and semi-arid transition zone in northern China.

Based on chronological and archaeobotanical studies of 15 Neolithic and Bronze Age sites from the northern Chinese Loess Plateau and southern Inner Mongolia-the agro-pastoral zone of China-we document changes in the agricultural system over time. The results show that wheat and rice were not the maj...

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Main Authors: Yige Bao, Xinying Zhou, Hanbin Liu, Songmei Hu, Keliang Zhao, Pia Atahan, John Dodson, Xiaoqiang Li
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6075743?pdf=render