DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2016.11.030
Scopus记录号: 2-s2.0-85000605893
论文题名: Holocene paleoenvironmental change in southeastern Africa (Makwe Rockshelter, Zambia): Implications for the spread of pastoralism
作者: Robinson J.R. ; Rowan J.
刊名: Quaternary Science Reviews
ISSN: 2773791
出版年: 2017
卷: 156 起始页码: 57
结束页码: 68
语种: 英语
英文关键词: Holocene
; Isotopes
; Pastoralism
; Southeastern Africa
; Zambia
Scopus关键词: Agriculture
; Carbon
; Isotopes
; Vegetation
; Holocene sediments
; Holocenes
; Paleoenvironmental change
; Paleoenvironments
; Pastoralism
; Southeastern Africa
; Stable carbon isotopes
; Zambia
; Caves
; arid environment
; C4 plant
; carbon isotope
; enamel
; environmental change
; environmental conditions
; herbivore
; Holocene
; paleoenvironment
; pastoralism
; stable isotope
; East African Lakes
; Lake Malawi
; Zambia
; Animalia
英文摘要: The paleoenvironmental conditions surrounding the origins of pastoralism and the movement of herders from eastern to southern Africa sometime between ∼4000 and 2000 ybp have been much debated. We lack, however, detailed paleoenvironmental data from sites sampling the hunter-to-herder transition in southeastern Africa, the likely corridor from eastern to southern Africa for early pastoralists. Here we report on new paleoenvironmental data from a site in the under-sampled area of eastern Zambia, Makwe Rockshelter, which has two aggregates of archaeological horizons representing the mid-Holocene (∼5700-5000 ybp) and the late Holocene (∼1600-800 ybp). The mid-Holocene sediments at Makwe document a foraging society, whereas the late Holocene sediments include both wild game and domestic livestock. Using stable carbon isotopes (δ13C) of herbivore enamel (n = 107), we show that the shift from mid-Holocene to late Holocene paleoenvironments was characterized by an increase in C4 vegetation. These data are complemented by paleoenvironmental records from Lake Malawi that show that C4 vegetation peaked after ∼2000 ybp and was coincident with the onset of cooler, more arid climates. This combined paleoenvironmental record has implications for the spread of pastoralism across southeastern Africa between ∼3000 and 2000 ybp and potential ‘animal disease barriers’ these early herders may have faced. © 2016 Elsevier Ltd Citation statistics:
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标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/59342
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作者单位: Institute of Human Origins, School of Human Evolution and Social Change, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, United States
Recommended Citation:
Robinson J.R.,Rowan J.. Holocene paleoenvironmental change in southeastern Africa (Makwe Rockshelter, Zambia): Implications for the spread of pastoralism[J]. Quaternary Science Reviews,2017-01-01,156