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DOI10.1007/s11442-017-1404-6
Holocene environmental changes around Xiaohe Cemetery and its effects on human occupation, Xinjiang, China
Zhang Yifei1; Mo Duowen1; Hu Ke2; Bao Wenbo3; Li Wenying4; Abuduresule, Idilisi4; Storozum, Michael J.5; Kidder, Tristram R.5
通讯作者Mo Duowen
来源期刊JOURNAL OF GEOGRAPHICAL SCIENCES
ISSN1009-637X
EISSN1861-9568
出版年2017
卷号27期号:6页码:752-768
英文摘要

The Xiaohe Cemetery archaeological site (Cal. 4-3.5 ka BP) is one of the most important Bronze Age sites in Xinjiang, China. Although the surrounding environment is an extremely arid desert now, abundant archaeological remains indicate that human occupation was common during certain periods in the Holocene. Field investigations and laboratory analyses of a sediment profile near the Xiaohe Cemetery indicate that while the regional environment was arid desert throughout the Holocene there were three episodes of lake formation near the site in the periods 4.8-3.5 ka BP, 2.6-2.1 ka BP and 1.2-0.9 ka BP. Geomorphic and hydrological investigations reveal that a lake or lakes formed in a low-lying area when water was derived initially from the Kongque River and then shunted into the Xiaohe River basin. Low amounts of active chemical elements in lacustrine sediment between 4.8-3.5 ka BP indicate abundant and continuous water volume in the lake; the content of active chemical elements increased between 2.6-2.1 ka BP but was still at a relatively low level, suggesting a declining amount of water and diminished inflow. Between 1.2-0.9 ka BP there was a very high content of active elements, suggesting decreased water volume and indicating that the lake was stagnate. In contrast, the general climate condition shows that there had a warm-humid stage at 8-6 ka BP, a cool-humid stage at 6-2.9 ka BP and a warm-dry stage at 2.9-0.9 ka BP in this region. The hydrological evolutions around Xiaohe Cemetery did not have one-to-one correspondence with climate changes. Regional comparison indicates that broad-scale climatic conditions played an important role through its influences on the water volume of the Tarim River and Kongque River. But, the formation of the lakes and their level were controlled by geomorphic conditions that influenced how much water volume could be shunted to Xiaohe River from Kongque River. Human occupation of the Xiaohe Cemetery and nearby regions during the Bronze Age and Han-Jin period (202 BC-420 AD) corresponded to the two earlier lake periods, while no human activities existed in the third lake period because of the decreased water volume.


英文关键词human-environment interaction Xiaohe Cemetery Holocene environmental change sedimentary sequence
类型Article
语种英语
国家Peoples R China ; USA
收录类别SCI-E
WOS记录号WOS:000398212600007
WOS关键词ARID CENTRAL-ASIA ; BOSTEN LAKE ; CLIMATE-CHANGE ; HUMAN SETTLEMENT ; TIBET PLATEAU ; RIVER VALLEY ; EVOLUTION ; BASIN ; AGRICULTURE ; SEDIMENTS
WOS类目Geography, Physical
WOS研究方向Physical Geography
来源机构北京大学
资源类型期刊论文
条目标识符http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/200472
作者单位1.Peking Univ, Coll Urban & Environm Sci, Lab Earth Surface Proc, Minist Educ, Beijing 100871, Peoples R China;
2.Shaanxi Prov Inst Archaeol, Xian 710054, Peoples R China;
3.Peking Univ, Coll Archaeol & Museol, Beijing 100871, Peoples R China;
4.Xinjiang Cultural Relics & Archaeol Inst, Urumqi 830000, Peoples R China;
5.Washington Univ, Sch Anthropol, CB 1114, St Louis, MO 63130 USA
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Zhang Yifei,Mo Duowen,Hu Ke,et al. Holocene environmental changes around Xiaohe Cemetery and its effects on human occupation, Xinjiang, China[J]. 北京大学,2017,27(6):752-768.
APA Zhang Yifei.,Mo Duowen.,Hu Ke.,Bao Wenbo.,Li Wenying.,...&Kidder, Tristram R..(2017).Holocene environmental changes around Xiaohe Cemetery and its effects on human occupation, Xinjiang, China.JOURNAL OF GEOGRAPHICAL SCIENCES,27(6),752-768.
MLA Zhang Yifei,et al."Holocene environmental changes around Xiaohe Cemetery and its effects on human occupation, Xinjiang, China".JOURNAL OF GEOGRAPHICAL SCIENCES 27.6(2017):752-768.
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