Early to Middle Holocene sea level fluctuation, coastal progradation and the Neolithic occupation in the Yaojiang Valley of southern Hangzhou Bay, Eastern China

Liu, Yan; Sun, Qianli; Fan, Daidu; Dai, Bin; Ma, Fuwei; Xu, Lingfei; Chen, Jing; Chen, Zhongyuan

doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2018.04.010

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“…The sample score on axis 1 exhibited a gradual increase, also suggesting a strong influence of sea water on the Xianghu area from 9000 to 8300 cal a BP ( Figure 5 f). This corresponded well with a gradual rise in sea level in the southern Hangzhou Bay [ 36 ]. Increase in marine diatom abundance in core XH-2 and core BMH [ 35 , 54 ] suggests that a rapid rise in sea level in the Xianghu area occurred between 8500 and 8300 cal a BP ( Figure 4 c).…”

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Early to Mid-Holocene Palaeoenvironment Change and Sedimentary Evolution in the Xianghu Area, Zhejiang

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A 2.5 m long sediment core (XH-2) obtained from Xianghu area, near the Kuahuqiao site, were analyzed for grain size, diatom index, and geochemistry of organic carbon. The results of the total organic carbon (TOC) and stable organic carbon isotope (δ13C) in sediment samples from core XH-2 in the Xianghu area in Zhejiang Province have revealed the evolution history of sedimentary environmental and climatic changes during the breeding–prosperity–decline period of the Kuahuqiao culture. During 9300–8200 cal a BP, TOC contents were relatively high and stable, whereas δ13C values tended to be negative. This condition indicated that the climate was humid, and the sedimentary environment in the Xianghu area was stable. During 8200–7500 cal a BP, TOC contents presented a fluctuating declining trend, and δ13C values were significantly high, implying that the climate was arid, and the Xianghu area was gradually reduced to land. Thus, conducive conditions were provided for the development of the Kuohuqiao culture (7700–7400 cal a BP). From 7500 cal a BP, TOC contents obviously declined, and δ13C values were partially low, suggesting strengthened hydrodynamic force and wet conditions in the Xianghu area. This condition was related to the rise in sea level at approximately 7400 cal a BP, and the Kuahuqiao site became obsolete due to the transgression event. The TOC contents in core XH-2 were remarkably influenced by grain size, whereas no significant correlation existed between the δ13C variability and grain size. Sedimentary environment changes in the Xianghu area from 9300 to 6600 cal a BP, which was reflected by the TOC and δ13C records in core XH-2, accorded with the diatom results in this core and those in the Baima Lake area.

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“… ( a ) Sample score on axis 1, ( b ) relative sea level in the southern Hangzhou Bay [ 36 ] and ( c – e ) abundance of marine diatoms, brackish-water diatom species, and freshwater species [ 35 ]. …”

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Early to Mid-Holocene Palaeoenvironment Change and Sedimentary Evolution in the Xianghu Area, Zhejiang

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“…Environmental archaeology studies specifically focus on the interplay between human activities and paleoenvironmental changes (Liu et al, 2018;Xia and Zhang, 2019). The Ningshao Coastal Plain, located on the south bank of Hangzhou Bay in eastern China, is considered as an ideal area for studying the prehistoric human-environment interaction.…”

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“…Archaeological sites are the ideal material for exploring human-environment interactions that occurred during the Neolithic period, as they record the activities of prehistoric human life and production as well as paleoenvironmental changes (Cai et al, 2017;Li et al, 2017;Xia and Zhang, 2019). Recently, studies on the human-environment interaction in the Ningshao Coastal Plain focus on the Hemudu Culture Period in the Yaojiang Valley (He et al, 2018;Liu et al, 2018;Liu et al, 2019). However, few studies focus on the Hemudu Culture and later cultural periods for other areas of the Ningshao Plain.…”

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Paleoenvironmental Evolution and Human Activities at the Hejia Site on the Ningshao Coastal Plain in Eastern China

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The eastern China coastal plain is an ideal area for studying the human–environment interaction during the Neolithic period as there are multiple Neolithic sites in this area. Located in the Ningshao Coastal Plain of the south bank of Hangzhou Bay in eastern China, the Hejia Site is part of the late Hemudu Culture sites and includes the late Hemudu Culture, the Liangzhu Culture, and the Qianshanyang Culture. Based on palynology, charcoal, X-ray fluorescence (XRF), and magnetic susceptibility (χ), combined with accelerator mass spectrometry 14C dating and analysis of the archaeological cultural layers, we explored the paleoenvironmental evolution and human activities at the Hejia Site. 1) Pollen records suggest that the vegetation type was evergreen and deciduous broad-leaved mixed forest during the Middle Holocene. Cr/Cu and low-frequency magnetic susceptibility (χlf) reveal that the climate underwent through warm and wet (Hemudu Culture Period IV)–cool and dry (Liangzhu Culture Period)–warm and wet (Qianshanyang Culture Period) periods. 2) During the Middle Holocene, the intensity of human activities, related to the transformation of the natural environment, increased obviously. The increasing Poaceae pollen (>37 μm) indicates that the ability of prehistoric humans in managing crop fields gradually increased from the late Hemudu Culture Period to the Liangzhu Culture Period. The charcoal concentration results suggest that the occurrence of high-intensity fire events during the late Hemudu Culture Period might be caused by the slash-and-burn operation, while those that occurred during the middle Liangzhu Culture Period might be caused by the increasing fire demand owing to the greater ancestors’ lives and production activities in the Liangzhu Culture Period.

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“…Hydrology was a very important factor in the distribution and intensity of human settlement in the southern Yangtze Delta in the past (Li et al, 2010a;Qin et al, 2011;Long et al, 2014;Chen et al, 2018;Liu et al, 2018), and the data from Dianshan allows its reconstruction in that area. The lithostratigraphic record at Dianshan shows that the site has been dominated by aquatic depositional regimes, both fluvial and lacustrine, during the Upper Holocene, with changing facies denoting different water depths.…”

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Pollen and non-pollen palynomorph analyses of Upper Holocene sediments from Dianshan, Yangtze coastal lowlands, China: Hydrology, vegetation history and human activity

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Zong

Xiong

et al. 2019

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

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Early to Middle Holocene sea level fluctuation, coastal progradation and the Neolithic occupation in the Yaojiang Valley of southern Hangzhou Bay, Eastern China

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Early to Mid-Holocene Palaeoenvironment Change and Sedimentary Evolution in the Xianghu Area, Zhejiang

Early to Mid-Holocene Palaeoenvironment Change and Sedimentary Evolution in the Xianghu Area, Zhejiang

Paleoenvironmental Evolution and Human Activities at the Hejia Site on the Ningshao Coastal Plain in Eastern China

Pollen and non-pollen palynomorph analyses of Upper Holocene sediments from Dianshan, Yangtze coastal lowlands, China: Hydrology, vegetation history and human activity

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