Holocene spatiotemporal millet agricultural patterns in northern China: a dataset of archaeobotanical macroremains

He, Keyang; Lu, Houyuan; Zhang, Jianping; Wang, Can

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-14-4777-2022

Articles | Volume 14, issue 10

https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-14-4777-2022

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https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-14-4777-2022

© Author(s) 2022. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 14, issue 10

Data description paper

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28 Oct 2022

Data description paper |

| 28 Oct 2022

Holocene spatiotemporal millet agricultural patterns in northern China: a dataset of archaeobotanical macroremains

Keyang He, Houyuan Lu, Jianping Zhang, and Can Wang

Data sets

A dataset of archaeobotanical macroremains (staple crops) during the Neolithic and Bronze Ages in northern China Keyang He, Hoyuan Lu, Jianping Zhang, and Can Wang https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6669730

Short summary

Here we presented the first quantitative spatiotemporal cropping patterns spanning the Neolithic and Bronze ages in northern China. Temporally, millet agriculture underwent a dramatic transition from low-yield broomcorn to high-yield foxtail millet around 6000 cal. a BP under the influence of climate and population. Spatially, millet agriculture spread westward and northward from the mid-lower Yellow River (MLY) to the agro-pastoral ecotone (APE) around 6000 cal. a BP and diversified afterwards.