What did grinding stones grind? New light on Early Neolithic subsistence economy in the Middle Yellow River Valley, China

• Autores: Li Liu, Judith Field, Richard Fullugar, Sheahan Bestel, Xingcan Chen, Xiaolin Ma
• Localización: Antiquity, ISSN 0003-598X, Vol. 84, Nº 325, 2010, págs. 816-833
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Grinding stones have provided a convenient proxy for the arrival of agriculture in Neolithic China. Not any more. Thanks to high-precision analyses of use-wear and starch residue, the authors show that early Neolithic people were mainly using these stones to process acorns. This defines a new stage in the long transition of food production from hunter-gatherer to farmer.