Abstract
In this paper we discuss recent developments in documenting the spread of millet across the Eurasian steppes. We emphasize that, despite a recent proposal that millet consumption in southern Siberia can be attributed to the Early Bronze Age (i.e., the late third to early second millennium BC), at present there are no direct data for southern Siberia indicating the consumption of millet prior to the Late Bronze Age, from the 14th century BC. We also present in full the combined stable isotope and 14C datasets from the Minusinsk Basin to support this conclusion.
Original language | English |
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Journal | Radiocarbon |
Early online date | 05 Aug 2021 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Early online date - 05 Aug 2021 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© The Author(s), 2021. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of the Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of the University of Arizona.
Copyright:
Copyright 2021 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
Keywords
- Bronze Age
- millet
- Minusinsk Basin
- radiocarbon dating
- stable isotopes
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Archaeology
- General Earth and Planetary Sciences