University of Wollongong Research Online Faculty of Science - Papers Faculty of Science 2010 What did grinding stones grind? New light on early Neolithic subsistence economy in the Middle Yellow River Valley, China Li Liu La Trobe University, Melbourne Judith Field e University of Sydney Richard Fullagar University of Wollongong, [email protected] Sheahan Bestel Xingcan Chen Chinese Academy of Social Sciences See next page for additional authors Research Online is the open access institutional repository for the University of Wollongong. For further information contact the UOW Library: [email protected] Publication Details Liu, L., Field, J., Fullagar, R., Bestel, S., Chen, X. & Ma, X. (2010). What did grinding stones grind? New light on early Neolithic subsistence economy in the Middle Yellow River Valley, China. Antiquity: a quarterly review of archaeology, 84 (325), 816-833.
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University of WollongongResearch Online
Faculty of Science - Papers Faculty of Science
2010
What did grinding stones grind? New light on earlyNeolithic subsistence economy in the MiddleYellow River Valley, ChinaLi LiuLa Trobe University, Melbourne
Judith FieldThe University of Sydney
Richard FullagarUniversity of Wollongong, [email protected]
Sheahan Bestel
Xingcan ChenChinese Academy of Social Sciences
See next page for additional authors
Research Online is the open access institutional repository for theUniversity of Wollongong. For further information contact the UOWLibrary: [email protected]
Publication DetailsLiu, L., Field, J., Fullagar, R., Bestel, S., Chen, X. & Ma, X. (2010). What did grinding stones grind? New light on early Neolithicsubsistence economy in the Middle Yellow River Valley, China. Antiquity: a quarterly review of archaeology, 84 (325), 816-833.
What did grinding stones grind? New light on early Neolithic subsistenceeconomy in the Middle Yellow River Valley, China
AbstractGrinding stones have provided a convenient proxy for the arrival of agriculture in Neolithic China. Not anymore. Thanks to high-precision analyses of use-wear and starch residue, the authors show that early Neolithicpeople were mainly using these stones to process acorns. This defines a new stage in the long transition of foodproduction from hunter-gatherer to farmer.
Keywordsgrinding, did, china, grind, light, early, subsistence, neolithic, stones, economy, middle, yellow, river, valley
DisciplinesLife Sciences | Physical Sciences and Mathematics | Social and Behavioral Sciences
Publication DetailsLiu, L., Field, J., Fullagar, R., Bestel, S., Chen, X. & Ma, X. (2010). What did grinding stones grind? New lighton early Neolithic subsistence economy in the Middle Yellow River Valley, China. Antiquity: a quarterlyreview of archaeology, 84 (325), 816-833.
AuthorsLi Liu, Judith Field, Richard Fullagar, Sheahan Bestel, Xingcan Chen, and Xiaolin Ma
This journal article is available at Research Online: http://ro.uow.edu.au/scipapers/645
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