A statistical view for Chinese zooarchaeology: from the Neolithic to Pre-Han periods

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• 作者：Minghao Lin
• 关键词：Zooarchaeology ; China ; Neolithic ; Pre ; Han ; Publication
• 刊名：Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：March 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：8
• 期：1
• 页码：89-95
• 全文大小：1,009 KB
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• 作者单位：Minghao Lin (1)
  
  1. Department of Archaeology, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge, CB2 3DZ, UK
  
• 刊物主题：Earth Sciences, general; Archaeology; Chemistry/Food Science, general; Geography (general); Life Sciences, general; Anthropology;
• 出版者：Springer Berlin Heidelberg
• ISSN：1866-9565

文摘

More than 80 years have passed since zooarchaeology first began in China in the early 1930s. Currently, this discipline is one of the most active fields in Chinese archaeology, engaging with other sub-disciplines such as archaeogenetics, archaeobotany, and stable isotopic studies. But how did we end up like this? This paper explores this question by surveying existing zooarchaeological publications from the Neolithic to Pre-Han periods (c. 8000–202 bc). Results show that journals are the most popular publishing type, followed by archaeological reports. Postgraduate theses are also taken into account. With consideration of publication numbers, three chronological periods can be recognised. These phases are associated with political/social events of the twentieth century in China. While the majority of articles concern basic identification, there has been an increasing interest on human-animal interactions during recent years. In addition, while central China is the overwhelming focus of zooarchaeological research, some areas may have been overlooked.