The lower Yangtze Valley is a fruitful area to examine the interplay between the origins and intensification of agriculture and socio-political complexity. Most archaeological research on the emergence and decline of the complex society in this region has focused on large late Neolithic centres, such as the Liangzhu ancient city. Many small- to medium-size sites were also involved in dynamic regional social networks and further investigations into these smaller sites can help archaeologists contextualise core-hinterland relationships. In this paper, we report a zooarchaeological analysis of Daxie, a late Neolithic island village located in Ningbo, China. The faunal assemblage is dominated by wild animals with a few livestock, indicating a subsistence economy reliant primarily on wild resources incorporating limited use of domesticates. The heavy exploitation of marine resources is also a distinctive feature: marine fish were procured and sea salt production was developed. Such a self-sustaining village economy, on one hand, was loosely connected to the Liangzhu core area's subsistence. On the other hand, the island industry specialised in salt production might have forged Daxie's connection within the regional society.

宁波北仑大榭遗址是宁绍地区一处新石器末期的岛屿聚落遗址,相当于良渚文化晚期和钱山漾时期.动物考古研究结果表明,当地先民的生计以"渔猎为主、饲养为辅".先民采用多样的狩猎手段获取各类鹿类动物、野猪、猕猴等野生动物,可能存在饲养猪的行为.鲻鱼、棘鲷属、硬头海鲶以及一部分软骨鱼等近海鱼资源的利用也是大榭的生计特色之一,体现了沿海地区因地制宜的生计策略.大榭遗址代表了新石器时代末期长江下游地区中小型村落的典型生业经济.本研究一方面为认识该地区的生计方式补充了新的材料,另一方面,也为探索中小型聚落的生业研究作出了尝试.

本文以宁波镇海乌龟山遗址出土鱼骨为研究对象,鉴定结果显示,乌龟山遗址出土鱼类有鸟鳢、鲤、鲶属、花鲈、鲻、棘鲷属、鲨形总目、鲼亚目,可能还包括石首鱼科.从河姆渡文化晚期到良渚文化时期,乌龟山先民适应了依山滨海的地理环境,在利用以鸟鳢为主的淡水鱼资源基础上,利用多种近岸海鱼,这种鱼类资源利用方式在宁绍平原滨海地区的河姆渡文化遗址中有一定代表性.研究根据出土鱼类的栖息环境和生活习性细化了以往对长江下游地区先民获取鱼类资源的笼统认识,将该地区新石器时代鱼类资源利用方式分为三种:以利用淡水鱼类为主;既利用淡水鱼类又利用近海鱼类;以利用近海鱼类为主,这是史前先民对陆地淡水资源和海洋资源不同程度的适应和开发造成的结果.