Crop cultivation of Middle Yayoi culture communities (fourth century bce–first century ce) in the Kanto region, eastern Japan, inferred from a radiocarbon-dated archaeobotanical record
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12200743 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Christian Leipe (0000-0002-0805-2345, Nagoya University, corresponding author), Eiko Endo (0009-0001-2031-1506, Meiji University), Shunsuke Kuramochi (Saitama Prefectural Kumagaya Girls High School), Mayke Wagner (0000-0003-3407-6102, Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Zentrale), Pavel E Tarasov (0000-0002-7219-5009, Institute of Geological Sciences) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 30 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 409-421 |
| Publication date | 2020-08-05 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Vegetation History and Archaeobotany (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0939-6314 • E-ISSN: 1617-6278 |
| Publisher | Springer Science+Business Media (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1007/s00334-020-00791-1 |
| OpenAlex | W3047369501 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 31 |
AMS-dated archaeobotanical assemblages from hearth deposits of Middle Yayoi (fourth century bce –first century ce ) cultural layers of the Maenakanishi site (36°09′N, 139°24′E) in northern Saitama Prefecture demonstrate that besides rice, foxtail and broomcorn millet were the most important staple crops during the second and first centuries bce . The reliance on less demanding dry-field crops at Maenakanishi and other Early to Middle Yayoi settlements in north-western Kanto and the Central Highlands in eastern central Japan contrasts with concurrent agricultural production in western and north-eastern (Tohoku) Japan, where rice cultivation generally dominated and millets apparently played a minor role. Two factors, which likely influenced this pattern, are the uneven density distribution and the cultural heterogeneity of indigenous non-agricultural Jomon populations during the formation and spread of the Yayoi culture (tenth/fourth century bce –250 ce ) brought to the Japanese islands by farmers from the Asian mainland. In western Japan the spread of rice cultivation was likely promoted by low Jomon population densities. The higher importance of foxtail and broomcorn millet at Maenakanishi may be explained by cultural influence from the northern Central Highlands. Early agricultural communities in this region appear to have preferred these newcomer crops that required less labour and organisational efforts
Agriculture · Archaeology · Biology · Crop · Foxtail · Geography · Human settlement · Phytolith · Population · Radiocarbon dating · Rice farming · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Demography · Geology and Paleoclimatology Research · Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies · Ecology · Forestry
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| Unique citing works | 6 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2025 (6) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |