DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2015.06.018
Scopus记录号: 2-s2.0-84933524593
论文题名: A continental narrative: Human settlement patterns and Australian climate change over the last 35,000 years
作者: Williams A.N. ; Veth P. ; Steffen W. ; Ulm S. ; Turney C.S.M. ; Reeves J.M. ; Phipps S.J. ; Smith M.
刊名: Quaternary Science Reviews
ISSN: 2773791
出版年: 2015
卷: 123 起始页码: 91
结束页码: 112
语种: 英语
英文关键词: Archaeological radiocarbon data
; Aus-INTIMATE
; Human-environment interaction
; Hunter-gatherer behaviour
; OZ-INTIMATE
; Palaeoenvironment
; Time-series analysis
Scopus关键词: Arid regions
; Behavioral research
; Climate change
; Population statistics
; Time series analysis
; Aus-INTIMATE
; Human-environment interaction
; Hunter-gatherer behaviour
; OZ-INTIMATE
; Palaeoenvironment
; Radiocarbon data
; Climate models
; archaeological evidence
; climate variation
; correlation
; data set
; demographic history
; geographical variation
; Holocene
; human behavior
; hunter-gatherer
; nature-society relations
; paleoclimate
; paleoenvironment
; Pleistocene
; population dynamics
; radiocarbon dating
; settlement pattern
; taphonomy
; time series
; Australia
; Southern Ocean
英文摘要: Drawing on the recent synthesis of Australian palaeoclimate by the OZ-INTIMATE group (Reeves etal., 2013a), we consider the effects of climate systems on past human settlement patterns and inferred demography. We use 5044 radiocarbon dates from ~1750 archaeological sites to develop regional time-series curves for different regions defined in the OZ-INTIMATE compilation as the temperate, tropics, interior and Southern Ocean sectors to explore human-climate relationships in Australia over the last 35,000 years. Correlations undertaken with improved palaeoclimatic data and archaeological records indicate that the regional time-series curves are robust, and can be used as a proxy for human behaviour. However, interrogation of the datasets is essential with artificial peaks and taphonomic over-correction being critical considerations. The time-series curves are interpreted as reflecting population growth, stasis and even decline in phase with terminal Pleistocene/early Holocene climatic fluctuations. This coupling, however, decreases during the last 5000 years, most likely due to increased population levels, greater territoriality, technological solutions to stress, and social and ideational innovation. Curves from all sectors show exponential population growth over the last 5000 years. We identify future research priorities, highlighting the paucity of archaeological records across several parts of Australia (<1 dated site/4,000km2), especially around the fringes of the arid zone, and the need for improved taphonomic correction techniques. Finally, we discuss how these time-series curves represent a first-order framework, not dissimilar to global climate models, which researchers can continue to test and refine with local, regional and continental records. © 2015. Citation statistics:
资源类型: 期刊论文
标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/59862
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作者单位: Fenner School of Environment and Society, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, Australia; Archaeological and Heritage Management Solutions Pty Ltd, 2/729 Elizabeth Road, Waterloo, NSW, Australia; School of Social Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA, Australia; College of Arts, Society and Education, James Cook University, PO Box 6811, Cairns, QLD, Australia; Climate Change Research Centre, School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, The University of New South WalesNSW, Australia; School of Applied and Biomedical Sciences, Federation University Australia, PO Box 663, Ballarat, VIC, Australia; ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate System Science, The University of New South WalesNSW, Australia; National Museum of Australia, GPO Box 1901, Canberra, ACT, Australia
Recommended Citation:
Williams A.N.,Veth P.,Steffen W.,et al. A continental narrative: Human settlement patterns and Australian climate change over the last 35,000 years[J]. Quaternary Science Reviews,2015-01-01,123