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DOI10.1016/j.ara.2016.01.002
Conceptualizing the Tibetan Plateau: Environmental constraints on the peopling of the Third Pole
Madsen, David B.
通讯作者Madsen, DB (corresponding author), 137 Garrett St, Austin, TX USA.
来源期刊ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH IN ASIA
ISSN2352-2267
EISSN2352-2275
出版年2016
卷号5页码:24-32
英文摘要Understanding the geomorphological and environmental constraints on the human use of the Tibetan Plateau (TP) is critical in reconciling genetic and archeological interpretations of the initial occupation of the world's Third Pole. The TP has essentially two major components: a high, relatively flat region above similar to 4000mthat constitutes the plateau proper and a mountainous region between similar to 1500-4000m on the TP margins that is heavily dissected by the drainage systems of major Southeast Asian rivers. A biotic gradation ranging from subtropical environments to alpine steppe deserts is superimposed upon this geomorphology by the South and East Asian monsoons that lose strength as they move to the north and northwest. The distribution of the current Tibetan population mirrors these differences in environmental productivity, with the large majority restricted to river valleys in the TP margins below similar to 4000 m. The distribution of the initial TP occupants was likely similar, as was that of the earliest pastoralists, and any occupations dating to immediately before and after the Last Glacial Maximumare likely to be found in these TPmarginal zones. Current archeological data suggests that the initial use of zonesmuch above similar to 2500m, even in thesemarginal areas, was by small hunting partieswho occupied short-term camps before returning to lower elevation residential areas. Low incidences of cerebral edema and other similar short-term high altitude health issues during these trips would lead to genetic adaptations to high altitudes in their home population, even if that population occupied elevations well below 2500 m. When family groups of pastoralists began to seasonally occupy the higher elevations of the TP between similar to 8-5 ka, genetic adaptations to longer-term health issues, such as low birth weights, would occur at a faster rate, even if these family groups and the farming populations they interacted with occupied lower elevations for all or most of the year. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
英文关键词Tibetan Plateau geomorphology Early Tibetan foragers Tibetan pastoralists High altitude stress Tibetan genetics
类型Article
语种英语
收录类别AHCI
WOS记录号WOS:000413142600005
WOS关键词HIGH-ALTITUDE ADAPTATION ; MODERN HUMANS ; MICROBLADE TECHNOLOGY ; MOISTURE EVOLUTION ; BLADE TECHNOLOGY ; GENETIC-EVIDENCE ; HUMAN MIGRATIONS ; CENTRAL-ASIA ; NORTH CHINA ; HOLOCENE
WOS类目Archaeology
WOS研究方向Archaeology
资源类型期刊论文
条目标识符http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/361645
作者单位[Madsen, David B.] 137 Garrett St, Austin, TX USA
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Madsen, David B.. Conceptualizing the Tibetan Plateau: Environmental constraints on the peopling of the Third Pole[J],2016,5:24-32.
APA Madsen, David B..(2016).Conceptualizing the Tibetan Plateau: Environmental constraints on the peopling of the Third Pole.ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH IN ASIA,5,24-32.
MLA Madsen, David B.."Conceptualizing the Tibetan Plateau: Environmental constraints on the peopling of the Third Pole".ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH IN ASIA 5(2016):24-32.
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