Localized management of non-indigenous animal domesticates in Northwestern China during the Bronze Age

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dc.contributor.authorVaiglova, Petraen
dc.contributor.authorReid, Rachel E. B.en
dc.contributor.authorLightfoot, Emmaen
dc.contributor.authorBirch, Suzanne E. Pilaaren
dc.contributor.authorWang, Huien
dc.contributor.authorChen, Guokeen
dc.contributor.authorLi, Shuichengen
dc.contributor.authorJones, Martinen
dc.contributor.authorLiu, Xinyien
dc.coverage.countryChinaen
dc.date.accessioned2021-11-30T18:47:47Zen
dc.date.available2021-11-30T18:47:47Zen
dc.date.issued2021-08-26en
dc.date.updated2021-11-30T18:47:44Zen
dc.description.abstractThe movements of ancient crop and animal domesticates across prehistoric Eurasia are well-documented in the archaeological record. What is less well understood are the precise mechanisms that farmers and herders employed to incorporate newly introduced domesticates into their long-standing husbandry and culinary traditions. This paper presents stable isotope values (δ13C, δ15N) of humans, animals, and a small number of plants from the Hexi Corridor, a key region that facilitated the movement of ancient crops between Central and East Asia. The data show that the role of animal products in human diets was more significant than previously thought. In addition, the diets of domestic herbivores (sheep/goat, and cattle) suggest that these two groups of domesticates were managed in distinct ways in the two main ecozones of the Hexi Corridor: the drier Northwestern region and the wetter Southeastern region. Whereas sheep and goat diets are consistent with consumption of naturally available vegetation, cattle exhibit a higher input of C4 plants in places where these plants contributed little to the natural vegetation. This suggests that cattle consumed diets that were more influenced by human provisioning, and may therefore have been reared closer to the human settlements, than sheep and goats.en
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dc.identifier17487 (Article number)en
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-95233-xen
dc.identifier.eissn2045-2322en
dc.identifier.issn2045-2322en
dc.identifier.issue1en
dc.identifier.other10.1038/s41598-021-96994-1 (PII)en
dc.identifier.pmid34446843en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/106780en
dc.identifier.volume11en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherSpringeren
dc.relation.urihttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34446843en
dc.rightsCreative Commons Attribution 4.0 Internationalen
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/en
dc.titleLocalized management of non-indigenous animal domesticates in Northwestern China during the Bronze Ageen
dc.title.serialScientific Reportsen
dc.typeArticle - Refereeden
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten
dc.type.otherErratumen
dc.type.otherJournalen
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pubs.organisational-group/Virginia Tech/Scienceen
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