Stable isotopes reveal intensive pig husbandry practices in the middle Yellow River region by the Yangshao period (7000–5000 BP)
PLoS ONE, ISSN: 1932-6203, Vol: 16, Issue: 10 October, Page: e0257524
2021
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Article Description
It is well-known that pigs (Sus scrofa) were domesticated very early in Neolithic China, but far less is known about the processes by which pig husbandry intensified so that pork became the most important animal protein for humans are less clear. Here, we explore pig feeding practices using the carbon and nitrogen isotope composition of bone collagen, focusing on developments in pig husbandry during the Yangshao period (7000–5000 BP) in the middle Yellow River region of China, and at the site of Xipo (5800–5000 BP) in particular. The results show that the diets of domestic pigs at Xipo were dominated by millet foods. Comparisons with other Yangshao sites in the region show a trend of increasing millet foddering for pigs throughout the Yangshao period. These results, and comparisons of the isotopic data for pigs against those for humans from the Xipo cemetery (5300–5000 BP), suggest that pigs were closely managed by humans. The evidence points to an intensification of Neolithic pig husbandry in the middle Yellow River region from this period.
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http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=85116578316&origin=inward; http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0257524; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34610013; https://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0257524; https://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0257524; https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0257524
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