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DOI	10.1016/j.quaint.2020.11.025
	Spatio-temporal climatic variations during the last five millennia in the Ladakh Himalaya (India) and its links to archaeological finding(s) (including coprolites) in a palaeoecological and palaeoenvironmental context: A reappraisal
	Phartiyal, Binita; Kapur, Vivesh V.; Nag, Debarati; Sharma, Anupam
通讯作者	Phartiyal, B (corresponding author), Birbal Sahni Inst Palaeosci, 53 Univ Rd, Lucknow 226007, Uttar Pradesh, India.
来源期刊	QUATERNARY INTERNATIONAL
ISSN	1040-6182
EISSN	1873-4553
出版年	2021
卷号	599 页码:32-44
英文摘要	Ladakh region (Trans-Himalaya) is strategically placed as far as movement, demographic shifts and rich multicultural heritage is concerned owing to being a meeting point between Central Asia and South Asia i.e., utilization of the world famous Silk Route during the last two millennia. Further, the Ladakh region has in the past decade gained attention of geoscientists interested to understand the Holocene climate variability and its effect(s) on the region's geomorphology, flora, and fauna (including humans) as being positioned within the transitional zone of the Indian Summer Monsoon and the Westerlies. In the present article, we reassess the available records on climatic variation(s) for the past five millennia in this important region. Our reappraisal of the previously available palaeoclimatic reconstructions from sediment records viz. Tsokar, Tso-moriri, Pulu (north and south), Upshi, and Pensila allowed us to demarcate four broad climatic zones -Temporal-cultural Phase 1 [cold and arid; 5 to similar to 2.5 ka (terminal Neolithic to early Historical)], Temporal-cultural Phase 2 [moderately cold and arid; 2.5 to similar to 1.5 ka (early Historical to later Historical)], Temporal-cultural Phase 3 [warm and wet; 1.5 to similar to 0.9 ka (later Historical continued)], and Temporal-cultural Phase 4 [cold and arid; 0.9 ka onwards (early Medieval period)] since the past five millennia. In addition, the known archaeological records (petroglyphs and other artifacts) from Ladakh in a chronological, palaeoenvironmental, and palaeoecological context also support prevalence of an arid climate from 0.9 ka to present in the region. Further, considering nonexistence or absolute rarity of research on Holocene coprolites (palaeofeces) from India, a first detailed record on coprolites (represented by four morphotypes linked to Lagomorphs, Chiropterans, and Aves) from a cave site (Rumtse), Ladakh Himalaya is presented herein that corroborates our findings on prevalence of cold and arid climate. Finally, the Ladakh region certainly holds potential for recovery of ichnofossils (particularly coprolites), associated faunal remains and other archaeological features (e.g., petroglyphs) from the Holocene interval. Thus, future archaeological endeavors can become quite instrumental in furthering our knowledge to understand any change(s) in the dietary pattern(s) within individual faunal groups (including humans) and their surrounding ecology linked to change(s) in the climate of the Ladakh sector.
英文关键词	Holocene Ladakh Palaeoclimate Palaeofeces Trans-Himalaya
类型	Article
语种	英语
收录类别	SCI-E
WOS记录号	WOS:000675451400005
WOS关键词	HOLOCENE ; MONSOON ; EVOLUTION ; DEPOSITS ; VEGETATION ; BASIN ; ADAPTATION ; DESERT ; VALLEY
WOS类目	Geography, Physical ; Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
WOS研究方向	Physical Geography ; Geology
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/364435
作者单位	[Phartiyal, Binita; Kapur, Vivesh V.; Nag, Debarati; Sharma, Anupam] Birbal Sahni Inst Palaeosci, 53 Univ Rd, Lucknow 226007, Uttar Pradesh, India
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Phartiyal, Binita,Kapur, Vivesh V.,Nag, Debarati,et al. Spatio-temporal climatic variations during the last five millennia in the Ladakh Himalaya (India) and its links to archaeological finding(s) (including coprolites) in a palaeoecological and palaeoenvironmental context: A reappraisal[J],2021,599:32-44.
APA	Phartiyal, Binita,Kapur, Vivesh V.,Nag, Debarati,&Sharma, Anupam.(2021).Spatio-temporal climatic variations during the last five millennia in the Ladakh Himalaya (India) and its links to archaeological finding(s) (including coprolites) in a palaeoecological and palaeoenvironmental context: A reappraisal.QUATERNARY INTERNATIONAL,599,32-44.
MLA	Phartiyal, Binita,et al."Spatio-temporal climatic variations during the last five millennia in the Ladakh Himalaya (India) and its links to archaeological finding(s) (including coprolites) in a palaeoecological and palaeoenvironmental context: A reappraisal".QUATERNARY INTERNATIONAL 599(2021):32-44.