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From February to July 2019, entrusted by the Anhui Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology, the Frontier Archaeology Research Center of Jilin University together with the Anhui Provincial Administration of Cultural Affairs formed a joint archaeological team to conduct field archaeological excavations at the Wawuying site in the Hefei City region of Anhui. A total of 11 pieces of mammal bone and 280 pieces of mollusk shell were unearthed from the site, as well as one bone hairpin. Identified mammals are sika deer (Cervus nippon) and horse (Equus caballus), while the mollusk shells belong to the large, freshwater snail (Cipangopaludina cathayensis). Stratigraphy and the cultural assemblage indicate that the Wawuying site dates roughly to the late Western Zhou to the early Eastern Zhou dynastic period (roughly 877–770 BC). Through the study of the animal remains excavated from the Wawuying site, we can further understand the utilization of animal resources by ancient humans in the Jianghuai region of China.
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This work was supported by research materials provided by Dr. Cheng Jingtang成璟瑭 of the School of Archaeology, Jilin University.
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This study was supported by grants from the Philosophy and social science research innovation team project in Jilin University (No.2022CXTD17).
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Hailin Liu: Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing—original draft, Writing—review & editing.
Xin Yu: Formal analysis, Methodology, Visualization, Writing—original draft, Writing—review & editing.
Chunxue Wang: Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing—original draft, Writing—review & editing.
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Liu, H., Yu, X. & Wang, C. Late Western Zhou animal resource exploitation in the Jianghuai Region as seen from the Wawuying site (ca. 877–770 BC). asian archaeol 7, 175–181 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s41826-023-00077-1
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