Origins of cattle traction and the making of early civilisations in North China/ Minghao Lin.
Lin, Minghao.
2022
CC79.5.A5
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Title Origins of cattle traction and the making of early civilisations in North China/ Minghao Lin.
Author Lin, Minghao.
ISBN 9783031155352 (electronic bk.)
3031155351 (electronic bk.)
3031155343
9783031155345
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-15535-2
Imprint Cham, Switzerland : Springer, 2022.
Language English
Description 1 online resource
Other Standard Identifiers 10.1007/978-3-031-15535-2 doi
Call Number CC79.5.A5
Dewey Decimal Classification 930.1/0285
Summary This book is the first to apply systematic palaeopathological, archaeological and historical investigations (using bones as a focus as well as other supporting lines of information) to Chinese osteological materials in order to answer the question about the origins of cattle labour. Structurally, this monograph flows from an introduction and review of previous scholarship and questions, through employed theory and developed methods, to analyses of archaeological materials, and finally finishes by overall discussion and closing remarks. Topics covered in this monograph include the significance of the study of cattle traction in North China, understanding and research into cattle traction within history, art and archaeology, and identifying traction in cattle bones. The author also uses the Pathological Index-refined (PIr) and morphometrics to test the reliability of both methods in identifying traction in cattle bones. The author applies both methods to archaeological sites in the Yellow River region. This book is of interest to researchers studying the Late Bronze Age and zooarchaeology.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Source of Description Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed September 23, 2022).
Series Interdisciplinary contributions to archaeology.
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Intro
Preface
Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction
1.1 Cattle and Traction
1.1.1 Cattle
1.1.2 Traction
1.1.3 The Wider Context of Cattle Traction
1.1.3.1 Cattle Domestication
1.1.3.2 Secondary Products Revolution
1.2 Research History of Cattle Traction
1.2.1 The West
1.2.1.1 The Plough
1.2.1.2 The Cart
1.2.1.3 Zooarchaeological Investigation
1.2.2 China: A Brief Review
1.3 Project Design: Materials, Regions and Periods
1.3.1 The Role of Cattle Bones
1.3.2 Study Regions and Periods
1.4 Outline of the Book
References

Chapter 2: Cattle Traction in China: What We Know
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Framework of Chinese Archaeological Cultures
2.3 Known Scholarship for Chinese Cattle Traction
2.3.1 Historical Textual Documents
2.3.1.1 Farming
2.3.1.1.1 Lei and Si
2.3.1.1.2 Debate of the Timing of Cattle Ploughing
2.3.1.1.3 Development of Cattle Ploughing
2.3.1.2 Transport
2.3.1.2.1 Sledge
2.3.1.2.2 Cart in the Pre-Han
2.3.1.2.3 Cart from the Han
2.3.1.3 Other Harness and Management
2.3.2 Oracle Bone and Bronze Inscriptions
2.3.2.1 Farming
2.3.2.1.1 Lei and Si

2.3.2.1.2 Cattle and Plough
2.3.2.2 Transport
2.3.2.3 Other Harness and Management
2.3.3 Wall Pictures and Historical Paintings
2.3.3.1 Farming
2.3.3.2 Transport
2.3.3.3 Other Harness and Management
2.3.4 Excavated Artefacts and Traces
2.3.4.1 Farming
2.3.4.1.1 Lei and Si
2.3.4.1.2 Plough
2.3.4.2 Transport
2.3.4.2.1 Sledge
2.3.4.2.2 Cart
2.3.4.3 Other Harness and Management
2.4 Discussion
2.5 Conclusions
2.6 Summary
References
Chapter 3: Identifying Traction in Cattle Bones
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Bone Biology and Mechanics

3.2.1 Functions of Bone
3.2.2 Bone Elements
3.2.3 Bone Types
3.2.4 Development of Bone
3.2.5 Biomechanics of Bone
3.2.6 Wolff's Law and the Basic Multicellular Unit (BMU)
3.2.7 Special Properties of Bone
3.2.8 Fatigue Failure and Stress Fractures in Bone
3.2.9 Human as a Case: Bone Remodelling and Physical Strain
3.3 Identifying Traction in Cattle Bones
3.3.1 Cattle Bone Remodelling Under Traction
3.3.2 Cattle Bone Deformations and Pathologies Under Traction
3.3.3 Skeletal Parts Under Traction
3.4 Summary
References

Chapter 4: Project Methods: Analyses of Controlled Samples for Cattle Traction Interpretation
4.1 Introduction
4.2 The Methods of Pathological Index (PI), Pathological Index-Refined (PIr), and Morphometrics
4.2.1 The PI and PIr
4.2.2 Morphometrics
4.2.3 Evaluations of the PI, PIr, and Morphometrics
4.2.3.1 The PI, and PIr Methods
4.2.3.2 The Morphometrics
4.3 Controlled Materials
4.3.1 Traction Cattle Samples
4.3.1.1 Draught Oxen of Romanian Grey and Brown Breed
4.3.1.2 Draught Oxen of Jersey Breed

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