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What did grinding stones grind? New light on Early Neolithic subsistence economy in the Middle Yellow River Valley, China

Year: 2010
Type: article
Abstract: Grinding stones have provided a convenient proxy for the arrival of agriculture in Neolithic China. Not any more. Thanks to high-precision analyses of use-wear and starch residue, the authors show that early Neolithic people were mainly using these stones to process acorns. This defines a new stage in the long transition of food production from hunter-gatherer to farmer.
Source: Antiquity
DOI: 10.1017/s0003598x00100249
Authors: Li Liu, Judith Field, Richard Fullagar, Sheahan Bestel, Xingcan Chen, Xiaolin Ma
Institutions: La Trobe University, The University of Sydney, University of Wollongong, Monash University, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Institute of Archaeology, Henan Provincial Institute of Cultural Heritage and Archaeology
Language: English
Subfield: Paleontology
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W1908834097
FWCI: 2.268
Cites: 31
Cited by: 126
Related to: 10