Journal
JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SCIENCE
Volume 38, Issue 12, Pages 3577-3583Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS LTD- ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2011.08.028
Keywords
Starch grain analysis; Neolithic China; Plant exploitation; Groundstone tool function
Funding
- Chinese Academy of Sciences [KZCX2-YW-Q1-04, XDA05130501]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [41002057]
- Graduate University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
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Large numbers of groundstone tools have been uncovered from archaeological sites in the Early Neolithic period in China. Traditionally they are often regarded as agricultural tools for processing cereals. In this paper we report preliminary starch grain analysis of groundstone tools from Baiyinchanghan site to gain a better understanding of use of these tools in the Northeast China. We found that starch grains on these groundstone tools are most likely from Quercus sp. The result of this study indicates that many groundstone tools for the Early Neolithic period were used to process wild and domesticated plants alike. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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