Early Neolithic pig domestication at Jiahu,Henan Province,China: clues from molar shape analyses using geometric morphometric approaches |
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| Authors: | T. Cucchi A. Hulme-Beaman J. Yuan K. Dobney |
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| Affiliation: | 1. CNRS-Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, UMR 7209, Archéoozoologie, histoire des sociétés humaines et de peuplements animaux, 55 rue Buffon, 75005 Paris, France;2. Department of Archaeology, University of Aberdeen, St.Mary’s Building, Elphinstone Road, United Kingdom;3. Department of Archaeology, University of Durham, South Road, Durham DH1 3LE, United Kingdom;4. Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Institute of Archaeology, 27 Wangfujing Street, Beijing 100710, China |
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| Abstract: | The zooarchaeology of pig domestication in China is a challenging task due to its wild boar ancestors being widespread throughout Eurasia. However using geometric morphometric approaches on molar tooth (M2), shape and size variations, from modern and Neolithic suids, using Yangshao pigs as a surrogate for the Neolithic domestic form, we have addressed the identification of morphological change during the early step of domestication in three early Neolithic sites where claims of pig domestication have been made. Phenetic relationships here have revealed clear and interpretable phenotypic signatures in the samples of modern and Neolithic pigs; which provide evidence for pig domestication at the site of Jiahu from at least 6600 BC cal., re-establishing the Yellow River region as one of the earliest centre of independent Chinese pig domestication. |
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| Keywords: | Domestication Zooarchaeology Sus scrofa Geometric morphometrics Morphology Teeth Sliding semilandmarks |
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