干旱区生态环境知识资源中心(Arid): The strategy and environmental significance of Neolithic subsistence in the Mu Us Desert, China

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DOI	10.1016/j.quaint.2020.12.006
	The strategy and environmental significance of Neolithic subsistence in the Mu Us Desert, China
	Liu, Xiaokang; Lu, Ruijie; Jia, Feifei; Li, Xinyue; Li, Xiaomei; Li, Miaomiao; Chen, Xi; Dong, Zhibao
通讯作者	Liu, XK (corresponding author), 620 West Changan Ave, Xian, Shaanxi, Peoples R China.
来源期刊	QUATERNARY INTERNATIONAL
ISSN	1040-6182
EISSN	1873-4553
出版年	2021
卷号	574 页码:68-77
英文摘要	Studies on the interactions between humans and their environment during prehistory have become increasingly popular in recent years. This study focused on the subsistence strategies and environmental significance of Neolithic humans using information derived from archaeological discoveries in the Mu Us Desert, China. The results showed that the earliest Neolithic humans appeared in the Mu Us Desert region in the middle Holocene during expansion of the Yangshao culture, and reached this remote area of northwestern China around 7.0 ka before present (BP). The large number and sizes of the registered 527 archaeological sites indicated that the culture was prosperous during the Longshan culture period (4.8 ka BP-3.9 ka BP), whereas it showed a decline during the later Bronze Age. Data based on examination of 37 excavated sites in the Mu Us Desert indicated that the rise and fall of the cultures were closely linked with changes in subsistence strategies, which included possible subsistence behaviors, agriculture, animal husbandry, hunting and fishing. Data collected for the typical stone/bone tools and animal remains suggested settled agriculture was dominant in the Yangshao culture whereas the Long-shan culture practiced mixed animal husbandry and hunting, which facilitated a prosperous society. In addition, changes in the numbers and positions of archaeological sites over time as well as the proportion of animal remains and stone/bone tools reflected an obvious decline in culture and human activity during the Bronze Age. The variation and adaptation in subsistence behavior during the Neolithic were mainly triggered by the development of prehistoric society and culture, as well as by the relatively optimum climate condition during the Holocene Megathermal. The results of this study may offer insights in the long-term effects of human societies and the potential feedbacks on prehistorical subsistence strategies.
英文关键词	Neolithic Archaeological sites Subsistence strategy Environmental significance Mu us desert
类型	Article
语种	英语
收录类别	SCI-E
WOS记录号	WOS:000619011900003
WOS类目	Geography, Physical ; Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
WOS研究方向	Physical Geography ; Geology
来源机构	北京师范大学
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/351446
作者单位	[Liu, Xiaokang; Li, Xinyue; Li, Xiaomei; Li, Miaomiao; Chen, Xi; Dong, Zhibao] Shaanxi Normal Univ, Sch Geog & Tourism, Xian 710119, Peoples R China; [Lu, Ruijie] Beijing Normal Univ, Fac Geog Sci, State Key Lab Earth Surface Proc & Resource Ecol, Beijing 100875, Peoples R China; [Liu, Xiaokang; Dong, Zhibao] Shaanxi Normal Univ, Planetary Aeolian Res Inst, Xian 710119, Peoples R China; [Jia, Feifei] Liaoning Normal Univ, Sch Urban & Environm Sci, Dalian 116029, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Liu, Xiaokang,Lu, Ruijie,Jia, Feifei,et al. The strategy and environmental significance of Neolithic subsistence in the Mu Us Desert, China[J]. 北京师范大学,2021,574:68-77.
APA	Liu, Xiaokang.,Lu, Ruijie.,Jia, Feifei.,Li, Xinyue.,Li, Xiaomei.,...&Dong, Zhibao.(2021).The strategy and environmental significance of Neolithic subsistence in the Mu Us Desert, China.QUATERNARY INTERNATIONAL,574,68-77.
MLA	Liu, Xiaokang,et al."The strategy and environmental significance of Neolithic subsistence in the Mu Us Desert, China".QUATERNARY INTERNATIONAL 574(2021):68-77.