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Between foraging and farming

Strategic responses to the Holocene Thermal Maximum in Southeast Asia

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ID7656764
AuthorsMarc F Oxenham (0000-0002-5804-2145, Australian National University, corresponding author), Hiep Hoang Trinh (0000-0003-0209-7259), A Willis (0000-0002-3265-862X, James Cook University), Rebecca K Jones (0000-0001-8008-2349, Australian National University), Kathryn Domett (James Cook University), Cristina Castillo (0000-0001-8491-3314, University College London), Rachel Woods (0000-0002-0165-5987), Rachel Wood (0000-0002-1694-3295, Australian National University), P Bellwood (0000-0001-6033-9629, Australian National University), Monica Tromp (0000-0002-0747-9099, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History), Ainslee Kells (Australian National University), P J Piper (0000-0001-9494-4341, Australian National University), Philip Piper, Son Thanh Pham (0000-0002-2915-4295, University of Ferrara), H Matsumura (0000-0001-5453-7987, Sapporo Medical University), Hallie Buckley, H R Buckley (0000-0003-1047-4288, University of Otago)
Year2018
Volume92
Issue364
Pages940-957
Publication date2018-08-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAntiquity (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0003-598X • E-ISSN: 1745-1744
PublisherAntiquity Publications (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.15184/aqy.2018.69
OpenAlexW2888753868
LanguageEN
Citations received30
References cited36

Large, ‘complex’ pre-Neolithic hunter-gatherer communities thrived in southern China and northern Vietnam, contemporaneous with the expansion of farming. Research at Con Co Ngua in Vietnam suggests that such hunter-gatherer populations shared characteristics with early farming communities: high disease loads, pottery, complex mortuary practices and access to stable sources of carbohydrates and protein. The substantive difference was in the use of domesticated plants and animals—effectively representing alternative responses to optimal climatic conditions. The work here suggests that the supposed correlation between farming and a decline in health may need to be reassessed

Agriculture · Ancient history · Archaeology · Economic geography · Foraging · Geography · Holocene · Southeast asia · Geology · History · Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies · Paleontology · Paleopathology and ancient diseases · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology

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Unique citing works30
Citations per year3,75
Citation span2018 - 2026 (9)
Citation velocitycurrent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 28

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