Table 2.

Overview of all human, animal and plant samples from each study site.

Site	Culture	Culture date	Time groupa	Human (n =)	Animal (n =)	Plant (n =)	Published in Liu et al.19	Summary statistics in Liu et al.23
Wuba (WUB)	Banshan, Machang, Qijia, transitional	4450–3600 cal. BP	Mostly pre-1900 cal BCE, some post-1900 cal BCE dates	55	–	–	55 humans
Xihetan (XIH)	Qijia, Siba	4000–3600 cal. BP, 3700–3300 cal. BP	Post-1900 cal BCE	2	40	1		33 animals
Mozuizi (MOZ)	Machang, historical	4200–4000 cal. BP	Mostly pre-1900 cal BCE, some post-1900 cal BCE dates	17	–	1	14 humans (excl. WM102, WM103, WM104)
Huoshaogou (HUO)	Siba, Shanma	3700–3300 cal. BP, 2900–2100 cal. BP	Mostly post-1900 cal BCE, some pre-1900 cal BCE	30	90	3	30 humans	90 animals
Ganguya (GAN)	Siba	3700–3300 cal. BP	Post-1900 cal BCE	30	–	–	30 humans
Sanbadongzi (SAN)	Siba	3700–3300 cal. BP	Post-1900 cal BCE	–	44	–		44 animals
Mogou Settlement (MOG-S)	Qijia, Siwa	4000–3600 cal. BP, 3400–2500 cal. BP	Pre-1900 cal BCE	–	83	–
Mogou Cemetery (MOG-C)	Qijia, Siwa	4000–3600 cal. BP, 3400–2500 cal. BP	Post-1900 cal BCE	85b	96	4	37 humans (codes starting with CM)
Zhanqi (ZHQ)	Siwa	3400–2500 cal. BP	Post-1900 cal BCE	23	13		23 humans (codes MZ001-024)

^aFrom Ma et al.²² and Yang et al.¹⁶.

^b48 of the human samples were published by Ma et al. (codes starting with M86 and MGM).