Hearth Residue Analysis Reveals Human Adaptation to the Younger Dryas on the Northeastern Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau

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ID6422784
AutoresBin Han (0000-0001-6618-3194, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences), B Han (0000-0001-7867-6797, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences), Nanning Lyu (University of Chinese Academy of Sciences), Xiaoliang Chen (0000-0002-8201-9631, College of Tourism, Qinghai Nationalities University), Junchi Liu (0000-0003-1024-8117, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences), Sunmei Jin (0000-0001-7156-0572, Qinghai Normal University), Lyuting Wang (0000-0002-2624-1625, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences), Huiyun Rao (0000-0001-7901-8243, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences), Guangliang Hou (0000-0001-6084-182X, Qinghai Normal University, autor correspondente), Yimin Yang (0000-0003-2745-9498, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, autor correspondente)
Ano2023
Volume30
Fascículo5
Páginas458-471
Data de publicação2023-12-27
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoEnvironmental Archaeology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1461-4103 • E-ISSN: 1749-6314
EditoraTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/14614103.2023.2286119
OpenAlexW4390343257
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas2
Referências citadas84

Human adaptation to the extreme environment of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau (QTP) has drawn widespread attention as a case study on how to successfully deal with environmental changes. However, little is known about the human subsistence strategy on the QTP during the Younger Dryas (YD) cold event due to limited findings on bioarcheological remains. In this study, animal exploitation during the YD on the northeastern QTP (NEQTP) was explored through hearth sediment analysis at the Bronze Wire site. The results support the food preparation function of these hearths and indicate the preservation of fuel plant lipids as well as terrestrial non-ruminant animal fat. The absence of ruminant herbivorous fats and freshwater resources implies a hostile surrounding environment during the YD, where small-sized animals with higher tolerance may have dominated and could have thus been the main source of non-ruminant animal fat in the hearths. Although the shift to a broadspectrum pattern was not thought to be the direct result of environmental change, it could have greatly influenced such a process in certain areas. Lipid residue analysis has been applied for the first time for hearth study on the NEQTP, showing great potential in understanding human behaviour regarding subsistence strategies in the Paleolithic Age

Agriculture · Archaeology · Biology · Climate change · Geography · Hearth · Herbivore · Plateau (mathematics · Ruminant · Subsistence agriculture · Upper Paleolithic · Younger Dryas · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Geology and Paleoclimatology Research · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology · Ecology