扬子鳄现今生活在长江下游地区,但是在龙山时代(5000~4000 BP cal.)黄河流域多处遗址中发现了扬子鳄骨板。为判断龙山时代华北地区的扬子鳄是本地生长还是来自与长江流域的贸易交换,本研究对芮城清凉寺、邹平丁公、泗水尹家城3处遗址出...扬子鳄现今生活在长江下游地区,但是在龙山时代(5000~4000 BP cal.)黄河流域多处遗址中发现了扬子鳄骨板。为判断龙山时代华北地区的扬子鳄是本地生长还是来自与长江流域的贸易交换,本研究对芮城清凉寺、邹平丁公、泗水尹家城3处遗址出土的7例鳄鱼骨板进行了Sr、C和O同位素分析。3处遗址鳄鱼骨板的87Sr/86Sr值均落入当地Sr同位素背景范围内,且山东样本的δ18O比值高于山西样本,符合δ18O值由内陆向沿海升高的趋势,证明这些扬子鳄个体属于本地物种的可能性很大。扬子鳄骨板的δ13C值都明显高于世界其他内陆地区淡水系统的鳄鱼,显示出复杂的饮食特征。上述结果有助于深入了解不同时期扬子鳄的地理分布变迁,对重建距今四千多年前华北地区的古环境具有重要意义,同时也对龙山先民与扬子鳄的关系提出了新的疑问。展开更多
The Beiqian site located in Jimo city,Qingdao,a few kilometers from the modern coastline was excavated in 2007,2009 and 2011.A large number of human bones from the early Dawenkou period were unearthed.Through C and N ...The Beiqian site located in Jimo city,Qingdao,a few kilometers from the modern coastline was excavated in 2007,2009 and 2011.A large number of human bones from the early Dawenkou period were unearthed.Through C and N stable isotopic analysis,the food structure of the "Beiqian" ancestors was reconstructed and the influence of terrestrial and marine resources on their lifestyle was discussed.Based on the δ13C and δ15N stable isotopic values of human bone collagen,the analytical results obtained through a ternary mixed model reveal that the food sources of the Beiqian ancestors included about 44.1% marine species(probably shellfish and fish),34.1% C4 plants(possibly millet),and 21.8% land animals.These results indicate that they lived mainly from fishing and farming,supplemented by hunting or poultry raising.Compared with other sites in the same period,the stable isotope results show that 5000-6000 years ago,the lifestyles of ancestors in the Yangtze River basin,Yellow River basin,Northern coastal area and inland area were very different.The ancestors from the Yangtze River basin focused on rice farming and fishing,whereas the ancestors in the Yellow River basin farmed millet and raised animals.Those in coastal areas relied mostly on farming and marine fishing.展开更多
文摘扬子鳄现今生活在长江下游地区,但是在龙山时代(5000~4000 BP cal.)黄河流域多处遗址中发现了扬子鳄骨板。为判断龙山时代华北地区的扬子鳄是本地生长还是来自与长江流域的贸易交换,本研究对芮城清凉寺、邹平丁公、泗水尹家城3处遗址出土的7例鳄鱼骨板进行了Sr、C和O同位素分析。3处遗址鳄鱼骨板的87Sr/86Sr值均落入当地Sr同位素背景范围内,且山东样本的δ18O比值高于山西样本,符合δ18O值由内陆向沿海升高的趋势,证明这些扬子鳄个体属于本地物种的可能性很大。扬子鳄骨板的δ13C值都明显高于世界其他内陆地区淡水系统的鳄鱼,显示出复杂的饮食特征。上述结果有助于深入了解不同时期扬子鳄的地理分布变迁,对重建距今四千多年前华北地区的古环境具有重要意义,同时也对龙山先民与扬子鳄的关系提出了新的疑问。
基金supported by the National Social Science Fund (11CKG004)the National Natural Science Foundation of China (41072135)+1 种基金Subject Innovation and Talent Recruitment Project in Colleges and Universities (111-2-9)Cross-disciplinary Fund in Shandong University (2009JC24)
文摘The Beiqian site located in Jimo city,Qingdao,a few kilometers from the modern coastline was excavated in 2007,2009 and 2011.A large number of human bones from the early Dawenkou period were unearthed.Through C and N stable isotopic analysis,the food structure of the "Beiqian" ancestors was reconstructed and the influence of terrestrial and marine resources on their lifestyle was discussed.Based on the δ13C and δ15N stable isotopic values of human bone collagen,the analytical results obtained through a ternary mixed model reveal that the food sources of the Beiqian ancestors included about 44.1% marine species(probably shellfish and fish),34.1% C4 plants(possibly millet),and 21.8% land animals.These results indicate that they lived mainly from fishing and farming,supplemented by hunting or poultry raising.Compared with other sites in the same period,the stable isotope results show that 5000-6000 years ago,the lifestyles of ancestors in the Yangtze River basin,Yellow River basin,Northern coastal area and inland area were very different.The ancestors from the Yangtze River basin focused on rice farming and fishing,whereas the ancestors in the Yellow River basin farmed millet and raised animals.Those in coastal areas relied mostly on farming and marine fishing.
基金MacMillan International Doctoral Dissertation Grant at Yale,Sigma Xi Grants-in-Aid of Research(G2017031593376829)Wenner Gren Dissertation Fieldwork Grant(#9529)国家社科基金青年项目“胶东沿海地区大汶口文化早期的生物考古学研究”(14CKG003)的资助
