The Origin of Cattle in China from the Neolithic to the Early Bronze Age - Couverture souple

Yu, Chong

 
9781407316871: The Origin of Cattle in China from the Neolithic to the Early Bronze Age
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1407316877 ISBN 13 : 9781407316871
Editeur : BAR Publishing, 2020

Synopsis

Cattle (Bos taurus), domesticated from the extinct aurochs (Bos primigenius), has been an important animal to many human societies since prehistoric times. Cattle provides not only meat for subsistence, but also hide, blood, dung, milk and traction that contribute to the organization of human beliefs, cultural attitudes and social complexity. This book provides the widest range of cattle bone biometrical information from the Early Neolithic period to the Early Bronze Age (10000 to 3600 years ago) and investigates the morphological variation of this animal from a biological point of view: the main indicator for tracing domestication. The results suggest that cattle in ancient China was imported from the Near East around 4,300 years ago and made their first appearance in the Yellow River Valley. Once they had arrived in central China, these small-sized domesticated cattle soon spread and was exploited intensively from then on.

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Éditeur
BAR Publishing
Date d'édition
2020
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1407316877
ISBN 13 
9781407316871
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
108
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
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