# Qu 2018: Diverse lifestyles and populations in the Xiaohe culture of the Lop Nur region, Xinjiang, China

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# Diverse lifestyles and populations in the Xiaohe culture of the Lop Nur region, Xinjiang, China

Yating Qu, Yaowu Hu, Huiyun Rao et al., 2018. _Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences 10(8): 2005-2014_.

Carbon and nitrogen isotopes in human and animal bone and human hair from Xiaohe, compared with Gumugou. Early diets were uniform and based on animal husbandry; later diets diversified. Millet and wheat were minor, millet perhaps ritual rather than staple.

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Qu, Y., Hu, Y., Rao, H., Abuduresule, I., Li, W., Hu, X., Jiang, H., & Wang, C. (2018). Diverse lifestyles and populations in the Xiaohe culture of the Lop Nur region, Xinjiang, China. Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences 10(8): 2005-2014. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12520-017-0520-7
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