ARCH 100 Lecture Notes - Foxtail Millet, Kuahuqiao Site, Yangshao Culture
12 Sep 2012
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At least two primary centres of early domestication, huang ho river in north, yangtze river in southern china. Northern china along huang ho river, foxtail millet and pigs domesticated first. Village of about 100 horses, with defensive wall. Pigs, millet, several nuts, hemp for cloth, possibly silk as well. Naturalistic yangshao pottery is famous as early chinese art style, expert potters. Wet rice paddy agriculture developed from 6000-4500 cal bc. Number of sites in yangtze delta show this transition. At 7000 cal bc shangshan site has wild rice varieties, with pottery. 5500 cal bc kuahuqiao site shows transition from wild to domesticated rice. By 4500 cal bc at hemudu have intensive paddy farming of fully domesticated rice. Kuahuqiao small village of houses on wooden pilings in tidal estuary. 5700 to 5500 cal bc, extensive analysis of pollen, phytoliths. Environment heavily altered by human fires, creating rice and cattail environment.
