Table 1 Radiocarbon ages from the Baishui Valley sites.

From: Millet manuring as a driving force for the Late Neolithic agricultural expansion of north China

Lab Code

Sample type

Site

Unit

AMS 14C Age (yr BP)

Cal Radiocarbon Age (2σ range, cal yr BP)

BA130786

Charcoal

Xiahe

H43

4515 ± 20

5050–5190

BA130787

Foxtail millets

Xiahe

H20

3770 ± 30

4070–4240

Beta-427728

Foxtail millets

Xiahe

H45

3680 ± 30

4250–4425

BA130789

Foxtail millets

Mapo

H1

3820 ± 25

4140–4300

BA130921

Common millets

Nanshantou

F2

4685 ± 30

5310–5480

BA130922

Foxtail millets

Nanshantou

H15

4340 ± 30

4840–4980

BA130790

Foxtail millets

Nanshantou

H10

4265 ± 25

4820–4865

BA131926

Foxtail/Common millets

Xishan

H5

4305 ± 40

4820–4980

BA131927

Foxtail millets

Hanzhai

H2

3925 ± 25

4250–4440

Beta-422852

Foxtail millets

Beishantou

H1

4410 ± 30

5320–5575

  1. BA = Peking University.