The Shuanghuaishu site is located in Gongyi City,Henan Province,which is the largest core settlement during the late Yangshao period in the middle Yellow River valley.And centered on this site,a gi-ant settlement cluster formed in the Zhengluo area.In order to reveal the crop structure and its evolution at this site,as well as discuss the agricultural economic development status of the settlement cluster in Zhengluo area,archaeobotanical method and 14C radiocarbon test were combined to analyze the flotation samples col-lected during the 2016-2017 excavation at the Shuanghuaishu site.The result of 14C radiocarbon analysis showed that the age of this batch of samples was 5290-4527 cal.BP.A number of 16244 charred plant re-mains were recovered,and they have been identified as the Setaria italica,Panicum miliaceum,Oryza sativa,wild grass seeds,fruits and nuts.The result of charred plant remains analysis indicated that agricultural soci-ety has formed in the Zhengluo area in the late Yangshao period.Setaria italica was the principal crop but Panicum miliaceum、Oryza sativa and Glycine max cultivation always existed although their proportion was low during 5290-4527 cal.BP.This condition did not change significantly during the whole period of the site and the dryland crops were the economic basis for the social development at that time.This research is signifi-cant for understanding the characteristics of agricultural economy in the hinterland of the Central Plain during the late Yangshao and early Longshan periods as well as the role of agriculture in the formation and early de-velopment process of Chinese civilization.
Shuanghuaishu Sitecharred plant remainssettlement cluster in Zhengluo areaagricul-tural economycrop structure
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