Figure 6
(a) The crop structure succession reveals agricultural shifts in the oases of the Taklimakan Desert began during the very end of the second and early first millennia BC. (b) Map shows proposed routes of crop dispersals and technology spread into the Tarim Basin (DEM date derives from Geospatial Data Cloud https://www.gscloud.cn and the DEM date is edited by Global mapper). (1) Togolok (ca. 5000 BC), (2) Anau (4500–1700 BC), (3) Chagylli (ca. 5000 BC), (4) Gonur (Phase I, 2400–1950 BC), (5) 1211/1219 (ca. 1950–1300 BC), (6) Sarazm (ca. 3500–2000 BC), (7) Tasbas (1441–1262 BC), (8) Qasim Bagh (4000–3500 BP), (9) Wupaer (1500–1300 BC and 1200–400 BC), (10) Qunbake (955–680 BC), (11) North Keriya (close to Xiaohe Cemetery), (12) Xiaohe (1691–1292 BC), (13) Gumugou (1886–1746 BC), (14) Xintala (1920–1530 BC), (15) Tongtian Cave, (16) Ahetu, (17)Yuansha (ca. 400–0 BC), (18) Andier, (19) Qiemo, (20) Loulan (ca. 200 BC–400 AD), (21) Qiuci, (22) Wushikate.
