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DOI | 10.1007/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
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ISSN | 1009-637X |
EISSN | 1861-9568 |
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 |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | 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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