Settlement distribution and its relationship with environmental changes from the Paleolithic to Shang–Zhou period in Liyang Plain, China

Guo, Yuanyuan; Mo, Duowen; Mao, Longjiang; Jin, Yufeng; Guo, Weimin; Mudie, Peta J.

doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2013.11.008

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“…The landforms of this region are mainly hills with lower elevations relative to the north, as well as alluvial or lacustrine plains. Today, rivers, lakes, and other kinds of water bodies contribute to a dense water reticulation system, which facilitates an abundance of aquatic resources such as water chestnuts (Trapa natans), fox nuts (Euryale ferox), many kinds of fishes, and wild rice (Oryza rufipogon) (Zhao et al, 1995;Guo et al, 2014;Liu et al, 2015b).…”

Section: South Of the Qinling Mountainsdhuai River Linementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Archaeological studies reveal that Paleolithic hunter-gatherers in the south mainly occupied the intermountain valleys and hilly areas with hunting and gathering as the main subsistence strategy (Guo et al, 2014). Later, at the onset of the PaleolithiceNeolithic transition, archaeological sites are found towards lower elevations and are mainly distributed in the intermountain basins or piedmont plains south of the Yangtze River.…”

Section: Middle and Lower Yangtze And Huai Riversmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The Li River and its tributaries constitute dense and complex water networks within the plain. There are more than a dozen Pengtoushan cultural sites in Liyang region (Guo et al, 2014). Many Pengtoushan cultural sites share similar geographical settings on hillocks surrounded by open and flat plain areas (Guo, 2010).…”

Section: The Middle Yangtzementioning

confidence: 99%

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Section: South Of the Qinling Mountainsdhuai River Linementioning

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“…Elsewhere for the time period of 2200 BC, similar signs of deteriorating conditions were also encounters in Anatolia, with abandonment of urban centers such as Troy II to Troy III-IV [48,87] (p. [139][140][141][142][143][144][145][146][147][148][149][150][151][152]. Consequently, depopulation also resulted.…”

Section: Deurbanization and Migrationmentioning

confidence: 94%

“…From the Neolithic Age onward, climate fluctuations in East Asia have been documented [149][150][151]. Historically, these have led to the collapse and flourishing of cultures, population growth and decline, and have halted and supported social development.…”

Section: Climate Fluctuations In Bronze Age East Asiamentioning

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Nature–Culture Relations: Early Globalization, Climate Changes, and System Crisis

Chew

Sarabia

2016

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Globalization has been on everyone's lips in light of the contemporary conditions. It has been viewed mostly as a stage reached as a result of long-term societal changes over the course of world history. For us, globalization has been an ongoing process for at least the last 5000 years. Little attention has been paid to the socioeconomic and natural processes that led to the current transformation. With the exception of historical sociologists, there is less interest in examining the long-term past as it is often assumed that the past has nothing to teach us, and it is the future that we have to turn our intellectual gaze. This paper will argue the opposite. We believe a long-term tracing of the socioeconomic and political processes of the making of the modern world will allow us to have a more incisive understanding of the current trajectory of world development and transformations. To plead our case, we outline the emergence of the first Eurasian World Economy linking seven regions (Europe, the Arabian Peninsula, East Africa, the Persian Gulf, Central Asia, South Asia, Ceylon, Southeast Asia, and China) of the world, with the exception of the Americas, starting as early as 200 BC, and the sequence of structural crises and transformations (trading networks and commodities) that has circumscribed the structures and trends of the current global system. Such consideration in our view is limited if we do not also include the relations between social systems and Nature, and the rhythms of the climate. For the latter, an awareness of the natural rhythms of the climate as well as human induced changes or climate forcing have triggered system-wide level collapses during certain early historical periods.

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Geographic distribution of archaeological sites and their response to climate and environmental change between 10.0–2.8 ka BP in the Poyang Lake Basin, China

Jia

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J. Geogr. Sci.

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The temporal-spatial geographic distribution of archaeological sites and its feature between 10.0-2.8 ka BP (ka BP= thousands of years before 0 BP, where "0 BP" is defined as the year AD 1950) were determined, based on GIS spatial analysis in the Poyang Lake Basin. The relationship between geographic distribution of sites of different periods under subsistence existence of ancient civilizations, climate and environmental change was investigated. The results revealed numerous archaeological sites of the Neolithic Age (10.0-3.6 ka BP). The sites were mainly located in the northern part of the Poyang Lake Basin, a hilly and mountainous area with many river terraces suitable for the development of human civilization. The number of archaeological sites rapidly increased during the Shang and Zhou dynasties (3.6-2.8 ka BP) and spread widely on the floodplains of the middle and lower reaches of Ganjiang River and onto the west, south, and southeast beach areas of the Poyang Lake. Holocene records of climate change suggested that it was possible that climate fluctuations had a great impact on human evolution in the study area. Before 3.6 ka BP, westward and northward expansion of Neolithic cultures in the Poyang Lake watershed occurred under the background of climate amelioration (becoming warmer and wetter). The ancient people lived in the hilly areas with high elevation. The simple mode of a fishing and gathering economy was mostly suited to this area in the early Neolithic Age. The scope of human activities was expanded and cultural diversity developed in the late Neolithic Age. However, with population growth and increasing survival pressure in a dry-cold climatic stage after 3.6 ka BP, this sim-604 Journal of Geographical Sciences ple living mode had to be abandoned, and various forms of economy, the majority being agriculture, were developed on flood plains of the lower reaches of numerous rivers around Poyang Lake. This promoted flourishing of the Bronze culture of South China.

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Settlement distribution and its relationship with environmental changes from the Paleolithic to Shang–Zhou period in Liyang Plain, China

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Foothills and intermountain basins: Does China's Fertile Arc have ‘Hilly Flanks’?

Foothills and intermountain basins: Does China's Fertile Arc have ‘Hilly Flanks’?

Nature–Culture Relations: Early Globalization, Climate Changes, and System Crisis

Geographic distribution of archaeological sites and their response to climate and environmental change between 10.0–2.8 ka BP in the Poyang Lake Basin, China

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