PREHISTORIC CULTURE,CLIMATE AND AGRICULTURE AT YUCHISI,ANHUI PROVINCE,CHINA |
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| Authors: | LIBIN XU LIGUANG SUN YUHONG WANG ZHOUQING XIE RENBIN ZHU XIAODONG LIU JIHUAI WANG LINGYU TANG |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Institute of Polar Environment, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, 230026, PR China;2. Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing 100012, PR China;3. National Institutes of Health, 9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA;4. The Archaeology Institute of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing 100710, PR China;5. Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Science, Nanjing 210008, PR China |
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| Abstract: | A palaeoculture sediment profile from the Yuchisi site, Mengcheng County of Anhui Province, China, was sampled to study the concentrations of elements, total carbon content, grain size and pollen percentages, to reveal information on food supply based on statistical analysis of elements between 5050 cal. yr bp and 4000 cal. yr bp . The variations in the reconstructed food supply and pollen percentages are in good agreement with the results of other archaeological methods. The results from pollen and element analyses indicate that the Longshan Culture at the Yuchisi site was not developed from the local Dawenkou Culture, and the cultural transition corresponds with an extremely dry event, which may have caused the change. |
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| Keywords: | YUCHISI SITE NEOLITHIC PERIOD HUMAN ACTIVITY FOOD SUPPLY CLIMATE CHANGE MULTI‐ELEMENT ANALYSIS POLLEN |
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