The Near-Eastern Roots of the Neolithic in South Asia
The Near-Eastern Roots of the Neolithic in South Asia
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DOI：
10.1371/journal.pone.0095714
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发表时间：
2014-05-07
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3.7
通讯作者：
Shukurov, Anvar
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作者：
Gangal, Kavita;Sarson, Graeme R.;Shukurov, Anvar
近东肥沃的新月是新石器时代的独立起源之一，从9000年前到6000年前，农业和陶器制造的源头以平均每年约1公里的速度传播到整个欧洲。也有强有力的证据表明，近东的新石器时代与更东边的印度河流域之间存在因果关系。南亚的新石器时代比欧洲的新石器时代要少得多，特别是在绝对值(14摄氏度)测定方面；因此，以前没有人试图对其在亚洲的传播进行定量评估。我们结合现有的14摄氏度数据和南亚新石器时代早期遗址的考古证据，分析了新石器时代从近东经中东到印度次大陆的扩散的时空连续性。我们揭示了年龄与到近东的测地线距离之间的近似线性关系，这意味着一个系统的(但不一定是均匀的)扩散，平均速度约为0.65公里/年。
The Fertile Crescent in the Near East is one of the independent origins of the Neolithic, the source from which farming and pottery-making spread across Europe from 9,000 to 6,000 years ago at an average rate of about 1 km/yr. There is also strong evidence for causal connections between the Near-Eastern Neolithic and that further east, up to the Indus Valley. The Neolithic in South Asia has been far less explored than its European counterpart, especially in terms of absolute (14 degrees C) dating; hence, there were no previous attempts to assess quantitatively its spread in Asia. We combine the available 14 degrees C data with the archaeological evidence for early Neolithic sites in South Asia to analyze the spatio-temporal continuity of the Neolithic dispersal from the Near East through the Middle East and to the Indian subcontinent. We reveal an approximately linear dependence between the age and the geodesic distance from the Near East, suggesting a systematic (but not necessarily uniform) spread at an average speed of about 0.65 km/yr.