Holocene agriculture in the Guanzhong Basin in NW China indicated by pollen and charcoal evidence

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dc.contributor.authorLi, XQen_AU
dc.contributor.authorShang, Xen_AU
dc.contributor.authorDodson, JRen_AU
dc.contributor.authorZhou, XYen_AU
dc.date.accessioned2010-03-03T04:27:43Zen_AU
dc.date.accessioned2010-04-30T05:07:46Zen_AU
dc.date.available2010-03-03T04:27:43Zen_AU
dc.date.available2010-04-30T05:07:46Zen_AU
dc.date.issued2009-12en_AU
dc.date.statistics2009-12en_AU
dc.description.abstractThe emergence and rapid spread of agriculture from the early Holocene has made a great impact on the development of human societies and landscape change. Guanzhong Basin in the middle of Yellow River valley has a long continuous history of agriculture since the Neolithic. The pollen and charcoal records from Xindian in western Guanzhong Basin, together with the known distribution of archaeological sites, provide proxies to reconstruct the history of agricultural activity and landscape change. The concentration and percentage of Poaceae pollen increase from about 7700 yr BP ago and the concentration of charcoal shows the same trend. These records indicate that the ‘slash-and-burn’ cultivation for agriculture began around 7700 years ago. Between 7700 and 5500 yr BP, the evidence of cereal crops remained strong and charcoal concentration and archaeological sites increased greatly, which all indicate increased agricultural activity and the expansion of human populations. This was enhanced by the continuous development of new cultivation tools and techniques between 4700 and 3300 yr BP, especially in the Bronze Age of the pre-Zhou Dynasty. The original agricultural landscape had been settled after 3300 yr BP. Buckwheat became an important crop from around 5500 yr BP, perhaps because of increasing aridity. This is the earliest record of cultivated buckwheat in Neolithic China. © 2009, SAGE Publicationsen_AU
dc.identifier.citationLi, X. Q., Shang, X., Dodson, J. R., & Zhou, X. Y. (2009). Holocene agriculture in the Guanzhong Basin in NW China indicated by pollen and charcoal evidence. Holocene, 19(8), 1213-1220. doi:10.1177/0959683609345083en_AU
dc.identifier.govdoc1499en_AU
dc.identifier.issn0959-6836en_AU
dc.identifier.issue8en_AU
dc.identifier.journaltitleHoloceneen_AU
dc.identifier.pagination1213-1220en_AU
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0959683609345083en_AU
dc.identifier.urihttp://apo.ansto.gov.au/dspace/handle/10238/2951en_AU
dc.identifier.volume18en_AU
dc.language.isoenen_AU
dc.publisherSAGE Publicationsen_AU
dc.subjectQuaternary perioden_AU
dc.subjectAgricultureen_AU
dc.subjectPollenen_AU
dc.subjectCharcoalen_AU
dc.subjectChinaen_AU
dc.subjectArchaeological sitesen_AU
dc.titleHolocene agriculture in the Guanzhong Basin in NW China indicated by pollen and charcoal evidenceen_AU
dc.typeJournal Articleen_AU
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