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DOI	10.1007/s00334-019-00764-z
	Archaeobotanical evidence reveals the human-environment interactions during the 9th-13th centuries at Turpan, Xinjiang on the ancient Silk Road
	Yao, Yi-Feng 1; Wang, Xia 1,2; Guo, Wu 3; Jiang, Hong-En 4; Li, Min 1; Ferguson, David K.5; Wang, Yu-Fei 1; Li, Cheng-Sen 1
通讯作者	Yao, Yi-Feng ; Wang, Xia
来源期刊	VEGETATION HISTORY AND ARCHAEOBOTANY
ISSN	0939-6314
EISSN	1617-6278
出版年	2020
卷号	29 期号:5 页码:539-552
英文摘要	The ancient Silk Road was a link of economic-cultural exchanges and religious communication between China and the West. Turpan in Xinjiang is an important site on this road and was once one of the areas where Buddhism flourished in the Western Regions. However, the relationship between environment, agricultural activity and Buddhism has received little attention. Here we analyzed the adobe samples from the Bezikelike Grottoes, Turpan for pollen, plant remains and charcoal, and reconstructed a desert steppe vegetation under warm-humid conditions during the period of 9th-13th centuries. In particular the climate of middle 9th-10th centuries was quite pleasant, with a mean annual temperature of 14.2 degrees C and mean annual precipitation of 880 mm. Ancient people planted economic crops such as grape (Vitis vinifera) and cultivated cereals, including broomcorn millet (Panicum miliaceum), wheat (Triticum aestivum) and barley (Hordeum vulgare var. coeleste), indicating agricultural production activities were well-developed at that time. Further comparison with the oasis environment of the 5th century suggested that the development of agriculture may have created favourable environmental conditions for the flourishing of Buddhism at that time. This finding provides a new perspective for understanding the interaction between environment and humans on the ancient Silk Road.
英文关键词	Agricultural production Anthropocene Buddhism China Environment Human activity Palaeoclimatology
类型	Article
语种	英语
国家	Peoples R China ; Austria
收录类别	SCI-E
WOS记录号	WOS:000505367200001
WOS关键词	CHINA
WOS类目	Plant Sciences ; Paleontology
WOS研究方向	Plant Sciences ; Paleontology
EI主题词	2020-01-02
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/312361
作者单位	1.Inst Bot, State Key Lab Systemat & Evolutionary Bot, 20 Nanxincun, Beijing 100093, Peoples R China; 2.Henan Acad Sci, Inst Geog Sci, 64 Longhai Middle Rd, Zhengzhou 450052, Henan, Peoples R China; 3.Chinese Acad Social Sci, Inst Archaeol, 27 Wangfujing Dajie, Beijing 100710, Peoples R China; 4.Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Dept Archaeol & Anthropol, 19 A Yuquan Rd, Beijing 100049, Peoples R China; 5.Univ Vienna, Inst Palaeontol, UZA 2, Althanstr 14, A-1090 Vienna, Austria
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Yao, Yi-Feng,Wang, Xia,Guo, Wu,et al. Archaeobotanical evidence reveals the human-environment interactions during the 9th-13th centuries at Turpan, Xinjiang on the ancient Silk Road[J],2020,29(5):539-552.
APA	Yao, Yi-Feng.,Wang, Xia.,Guo, Wu.,Jiang, Hong-En.,Li, Min.,...&Li, Cheng-Sen.(2020).Archaeobotanical evidence reveals the human-environment interactions during the 9th-13th centuries at Turpan, Xinjiang on the ancient Silk Road.VEGETATION HISTORY AND ARCHAEOBOTANY,29(5),539-552.
MLA	Yao, Yi-Feng,et al."Archaeobotanical evidence reveals the human-environment interactions during the 9th-13th centuries at Turpan, Xinjiang on the ancient Silk Road".VEGETATION HISTORY AND ARCHAEOBOTANY 29.5(2020):539-552.