New luminescence dating evidence reveals the timing of Neolithic human activities in Fuzhou Basin, South China

Jin, Jiangbo; Cai, Xipeng; Huang, Yunming; Zuo, Xinxin; Ling, Zhiyong; Dai, Jinqi; Ren, Yongqing; Zhang, Wenjing; Li, Shutong

doi:10.1016/j.catena.2021.105590

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“…The concentrations of 238 U, 232nd and 40 K, which are essential factors affecting the final results, were determined at the Beijing Research Institute of Uranium Geology using a NexION 300D inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometer (ICP-MS) and a Z-2000 atomic absorption spectrophotometer, respectively. The water content of the sediment samples and sand-tempered pottery was 15 ± 5% and 12 ± 3%, respectively, which is consistent with the results of previous studies (Jin et al, 2021;Wang, 1981). It is worth noting that the factors to be considered for the dose rate of pottery samples differ from the sediment.…”

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confidence: 92%

“…The different morphological distribution characteristics of the D e values represent the different bleaching conditions of the quartz aliquots. Overall, the D e s scatter plot distribution was relatively dispersed in most samples, such as samples JHT1-2, JHT1-4 and JHT4-1, which indicates that near-source materials might have been mixed (Jin et al, 2021). Previous studies have confirmed that sand sediments in this area are mainly aeolian (Chen, 1996), and their luminescence signals were cleared before the last burial.…”

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“…Although there are other scientific questions to be answered, archaeochronology remains the main bottleneck. Owing to inadequate chronological evidence of Neolithic sites, the survival duration of ancient humans of the Neolithic age in South China has not been fully determined (Jin et al, 2021).…”

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“…In recent years, OSL dating methods have been successfully applied to many important prehistoric sites, solving a series of scientific problems such as the age of ancient human occupation of the Qinghai Tibet Plateau (QTP) (Ling et al, 2020;Sun et al, 2010). Numerous studies based on the OSL technology in the coastal area of Fujian Province have been published, including the chronology of Neolithic sites (Jin et al, 2017(Jin et al, , 2021, Holocene environmental evolution (Chen et al, 2016;Hu et al, 2013;Xu et al, 2017) and human-earth relationships (Jin et al, 2015(Jin et al, , 2022, thereby proving the reliability of luminescence dating in this area.…”

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OSL chronological evidence reveals one of the earliest island-type Neolithic sites in the coastal area of South China

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Many prehistoric sites are preserved in the southeast China coastal area; however, it is still unclear when ancient human activity occurred owing to a lack of chronological evidence, which is unfavourable for research on the coupling of prehistoric man-earth relationships. In this study, we present an optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) chronology analysis of two profiles (T1 and T4) collected from the Neolithic Jianhu (JH) site on Haitan Island, South China. The single-aliquot regenerative-dose (SAR) protocol for coarse silt (38–63 μm) quartz was used to determine the equivalent dose (De). The results showed that the OSL technology is reliable and of great value for archaeochronology in coastal aeolian regions. The results suggest that the JH site is one of the earliest Neolithic sites in the coastal area of Fujian. The ages of cultural layers with ancient human activities at the JH site varied from 7.4 ± 1.13 to 5.77 ± 0.35 ka, thereby making the JH site the earliest Neolithic site in the coastal area of Fujian. The sand-tempered pottery unearthed from the JH site can be used as direct evidence of ancient human survival, and its age is 6.33 ± 0.21 ka with a high precision, which presents the earliest OSL data on pottery in South China. We also discuss the regional environmental background of ancient human activity. The Keqiutou culture corresponds to a period of relatively high sea level and a superior natural environment on Haitan Island. The sea retreat 5.7 ka ago was a crucial factor driving prehistoric human migration to the Fuzhou Basin and Taiwan Island.

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“…Over the last 20 years, OSL dating has become one of the most extensively used numerical methods for determining burial ages in Late Quaternary sediments from a variety of depositional environments, such as loess (Constantin et al, 2021;Song et al, 2015), lacustrine deposits (Huang et al, 2021), aeolian dunes (Zheng et al, 2021), old red sands (Alappat et al, 2016;Jin et al, 2018b;Zhang et al, 2008), and sediments from prehistoric settlement sites (E et al, 2015;Jin et al, 2021b;Jin et al, 2018c;Zheng et al, 2018). The burial time of quartz and feldspar grains can be estimated from the intensity of the OSL signal by converting it into an equivalent dose (D e ) and dividing this D e by the environmental dose rate.…”

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Luminescence chronology of reticulated laterites in the humid subtropical mountains of South China

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Laterite is a red weathering crust developed with various rocks and Quaternary loose sediments as its parent material in the tropics and subtropics regions of the world, and it is also the most widely distributed Quaternary earthy accumulation in China. Since the 1930s, most researchers have believed that the fluvial reticulated laterite in southern China was influenced by the warm and humid climate of the Middle Pleistocene. In recent years, the remains of Paleolithic human activities are often found in the reticulated laterite of southern China. However, the study of laterite chronology is sporadic or there is no critical chronological analysis, which causes uncertainty in the identification and discussion of the ages of reticulated laterite and Paleolithic sites in South China. In this study, a paleolithic site found in fluvial reticulated laterite in South China was systematically tested by quartz optical luminescence dating and geomorphic process analysis. The results show that, (1) The T3 terrace, an archive of hominin activity in the study area, primarily formed between 56 and 11 ka. (2) Reticulated laterite cannot be used simply to determine the ages of the Paleolithic sites found in this stratum, and typical reticulated laterite cannot be used as a marker for climatic stratigraphy and chronostratigraphy. The fluvial reticulated laterite in the southern tropics, under suitable hydrothermal conditions, can form within tens of thousands of years or even within 10 ka. (3) Human activities can also lead to an inversion in the age of reticulated red soil.

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Luminescence geochronology and paleoenvironmental implications of coastal red dune sands of northeast Hainan Island, China

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New luminescence dating evidence reveals the timing of Neolithic human activities in Fuzhou Basin, South China

Cited by 7 publications

References 27 publications

OSL chronological evidence reveals one of the earliest island-type Neolithic sites in the coastal area of South China

OSL chronological evidence reveals one of the earliest island-type Neolithic sites in the coastal area of South China

Luminescence chronology of reticulated laterites in the humid subtropical mountains of South China

Luminescence geochronology and paleoenvironmental implications of coastal red dune sands of northeast Hainan Island, China

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