Rita Dal Martello, Xiaorui Li, Fuller Dorian Q
Department of Archaeology, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, Kahlaische Strasse 10, 07745 Jena, Germany.
Yunnan Province Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology, Kunming, 650118 China.
Archaeol Anthropol Sci. 2021;13(4):62. doi: 10.1007/s12520-020-01268-y. Epub 2021 Mar 13.
Historical sources describe irrigation and intensive agriculture being practiced in lowland Yunnan from at least the first century AD, but so far archaeobotanical remains allowing investigation of this issue have been scarce. Here, we present new archaeobotanical evidence, including macro-botanical and phytoliths results, from the Dian settlement site of Dayingzhuang, with direct AMS radiocarbon dates on two wheat grains falling between 750 and 390 BC. We compare these results with contemporary Dian sites and analyse the agricultural systems in Central Yunnan between the eight and fourth centuries BC. We propose that agriculture was intensified toward the end of the Dian through both multiple cropping seasons and increased evidence for irrigated rice fields.
The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s12520-020-01268-y.
历史资料记载,至少从公元1世纪起,云南低地地区就已实行灌溉和精耕农业,但迄今为止,能够用于研究这一问题的考古植物遗迹却很稀少。在此,我们展示了来自大营庄滇文化聚落遗址的新考古植物证据,包括宏观植物和植硅体研究结果,通过加速器质谱(AMS)对两粒小麦进行放射性碳测年,年代在公元前750年至390年之间。我们将这些结果与同时期的滇文化遗址进行比较,并分析公元前8世纪至4世纪滇中地区的农业系统。我们认为,在滇文化晚期,通过多季种植以及灌溉稻田证据的增加,农业得到了强化。
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