DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2018.04.017
Scopus记录号: 2-s2.0-85046702503
论文题名: Role of the mid-Holocene environmental transition in the decline of late Neolithic cultures in the deserts of NE China
作者: Guo L. ; Xiong S. ; Ding Z. ; Jin G. ; Wu J. ; Ye W.
刊名: Quaternary Science Reviews
ISSN: 2773791
出版年: 2018
卷: 190 起始页码: 98
结束页码: 113
语种: 英语
英文关键词: Archaeological sites
; China
; Desert
; Mid-Holocene environmental transition
; Monsoon
; Neolithic cultures
Scopus关键词: Agriculture
; Antennas
; Architecture
; Arid regions
; Atmospheric thermodynamics
; Cooling systems
; Landforms
; Archaeological site
; China
; Desert
; Holocenes
; Monsoon
; Neolithic cultures
; Climate change
; archaeology
; culture
; desert
; Holocene
; monsoon
; nature-society relations
; Neolithic
; Northern Hemisphere
; spatiotemporal analysis
; China
英文摘要: The mid-Holocene environmental transition was characterised by global cooling and the abrupt weakening of the Northern Hemisphere monsoon systems. It is generally considered the key driver of the collapse of several mid-Holocene agricultural societies, on a global scale. However, only a few previous studies have tried to verify the climatic origin of the collapse of these societies, using the compilation of spatiotemporal data at a large scale. Especially, the nature of mid-Holocene human-environment interactions in the climatically-sensitive margin of the East Asian summer monsoon front remains to be thoroughly understood. However, a systematic compilation of archaeological data at a regional scale can be used to verify the role the mid-Holocene environmental transition played in the collapse of late Neolithic cultures in China. Here, we present a regional compilation of Holocene records from sub-aerial sedimentary deposits, lake sediments, and archaeological sites in the deserts of NE China and the adjacent regions to explore human-environment interactions during the mid-Holocene. Comparison of the records of Holocene climate change with the evolution of archaeological sites reveals that the mid-Holocene environmental transition resulted in ecosystem degradation in the deserts of NE China, rendering these areas much less habitable. Faced with substantially increased environmental pressures, the late Neolithic inhabitants used several subsistence strategies to adapt to the environmental transition, including change in agricultural practices and ultimately migration. Overall, our results support the view that a widespread mid-Holocene drought destroyed the rain-fed agricultural and/or plant-based subsistence economies, ultimately contributing to the collapse of late Neolithic cultures in NE China. © 2018 Elsevier Ltd Citation statistics:
资源类型: 期刊论文
标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/112185
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作者单位: Key Laboratory of Cenozoic Geology and Environment, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100029, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China; Institute of Earth Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100029, China; Department of Archaeology, Institute of Cultural Heritage, Shandong University, Jinan, 250100, China; College of Geography and Environmental Sciences, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua, 321004, China
Recommended Citation:
Guo L.,Xiong S.,Ding Z.,et al. Role of the mid-Holocene environmental transition in the decline of late Neolithic cultures in the deserts of NE China[J]. Quaternary Science Reviews,2018-01-01,190