Zhuang, Yijie; (2020) Trajectories of agricultural development in prehistoric China: From the beginning of crop cultivation to the period of agricultural intensification (c. 10000-3000 BP). In: Hollander, David and Howe, Timothy, (eds.) A Companion to Ancient Agriculture. (pp. 611-632). Wiley-Blackwell: Hoboken, New Jersey, United States.

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Abstract

Examining the most archaeobotanical and archaeological evidence, this chapter delineates trajectories of agricultural development in prehistoric China. It focuses on the periods when initial farming began, when agriculture with year-round sedentism was established during the Middle Neolithic, and when agriculture was gradually intensified due to dramatic social, economic, and cultural changes from the Late Neolithic onward. Within the broad context of agricultural development through time, the chapter investigates the formation of food traditions and how it was closely intertwined with agricultural production and social changes. There is also clear evidence of agricultural intensification from the early to late Liangzhu period. From the Middle-Late Yangshao period, rice and millets appeared together in archaeobotanical assemblages recovered in areas. Archaeobotanical research at a number of sites located in other regions than the Lower Yangtze River has provided new insight into the exploitation and cultivation history of rice and other crops.

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