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URL:https://www.harvard-yenching.org/events/exploration-of-food-resources-
 by-a-neolithic-community-in-northern-china-perspectives-from-stable-isotop
 e-analysis/
SUMMARY:Exploration of Food Resources by a Neolithic Community in Northern 
 China: Perspectives from Stable Isotope Analysis
DESCRIPTION:Co-sponsored by the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies\n\nFood
  procurement constitutes an integral part of the everyday life of ancient 
 people. Were people to obtain food differently\, i.e. whether they forage\
 , hunt\, fish\, cultivate\, or herd\, it would demand not only different t
 oolkits and skillsets\, but also different ways of organization of labor. 
 In this talk\, I will present a case study on the subsistence at Jiaojia s
 ite (ca. 5000-4500 BP)\, a regional center in late Neolithic northern Chin
 a. By integrating evidence from archaeobotany\, archaeozoology\, and stabl
 e isotopes (carbon\, nitrogen\, and sulphur isotopes)\, we found that a wi
 de variety of food resources were utilized by Jiaojia people. Even though 
 millets cultivation and pig husbandry started in this region 3000 years ag
 o before Jiaojia’s era\, hunting and fishing were still important for Ji
 aojia people. Our findings highlighted the significance of aquatic resourc
 e consumption in Neolithic northern China for the first time. In addition\
 , we also shed light on how the landscape around Jiaojia may have been bac
 k then.
CATEGORIES:Visiting Scholar Talks
LOCATION:Common Room (#136)\, 2 Divinity Avenue\, Cambridge\, MA\, United S
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