Environmental and cultural changes during the terminal Neolithic: Qingpu, Yangtze delta, eastern China

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dc.contributor.authorItzstein-Davey, Fen_AU
dc.contributor.authorAtahan, Pen_AU
dc.contributor.authorDodson, JRen_AU
dc.contributor.authorTaylor, Den_AU
dc.contributor.authorZheng, HBen_AU
dc.date.accessioned2009-10-06T01:49:33Zen_AU
dc.date.accessioned2010-04-30T05:02:04Zen_AU
dc.date.available2009-10-06T01:49:33Zen_AU
dc.date.available2010-04-30T05:02:04Zen_AU
dc.date.issued2007-11en_AU
dc.date.statistics2007-11en_AU
dc.description.abstractThe lower Yangtze, eastern China, was colonized by several Neolithic and Bronze Age cultures giving rise to possibly the highest concentration of prehistoric sites in the world. Early Neolithic cultures in the delta region cultivated rice (Oryza sativa) and agricultural developments appear to have occurred throughout the Neolithic with abrupt socio-economic changes possibly associated with the terminal Neolithic. Given the extensive history of environmental exploitation and well-preserved archaeological sites, the Yangtze delta is an ideal setting to explore the complex interactions between humans and their environment. Multiproxies of environmental changes, namely pollen, charcoal and phytoliths, in a C-14 AMS-dated sequence of sediments from an exposed profile at Qingpu, Yangtze delta, were investigated. C-14 AMS dating indicates that the age range of the sedimentary sequence analysed is from c. 1800 to 6000 BP, and therefore encompasses the terminal Neolithic and subsequent Bronze Age in the region. This paper reviews this sediment-based evidence in the light of current understanding of human-environment interactions during a critical phase of the development of the Yangtze delta and associated human cultures. © 2007, SAGE Publicationsen_AU
dc.identifier.citationItzstein-Davey, F., Atahan, P., Dodson, J., Taylor, D., & Zheng, H. (2007). Environmental and cultural changes during the terminal Neolithic: Qingpu, Yangtze delta, eastern China. Holocene, 17(7), 875-887. doi:10.1177/0959683607080517en_AU
dc.identifier.govdoc1126en_AU
dc.identifier.issn0959-6836en_AU
dc.identifier.issue7en_AU
dc.identifier.journaltitleHoloceneen_AU
dc.identifier.pagination875-887en_AU
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0959683607080517en_AU
dc.identifier.urihttp://apo.ansto.gov.au/dspace/handle/10238/1929en_AU
dc.identifier.volume17en_AU
dc.language.isoenen_AU
dc.publisherSAGE Publicationsen_AU
dc.subjectYangtze Riveren_AU
dc.subjectChinaen_AU
dc.subjectAgricultureen_AU
dc.subjectSocio-economic factorsen_AU
dc.subjectHuman populationsen_AU
dc.subjectEnvironmental impactsen_AU
dc.titleEnvironmental and cultural changes during the terminal Neolithic: Qingpu, Yangtze delta, eastern Chinaen_AU
dc.typeJournal Articleen_AU
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