Climate as a factor for Neolithic cultural collapses approximately 4000 years BP in China

Q Sun, Y Liu, B Wünnemann, Y Peng, X Jiang… - Earth-Science …, 2019 - Elsevier
Although archaeological findings show the synchronous collapses of major well-
documented Chinese Neolithic cultures around 4000 cal. yr BP, the driving mechanism for …

Holocene-aged sedimentary records of environmental changes and early agriculture in the lower Yangtze, China

P Atahan, F Itzstein-Davey, D Taylor, J Dodson… - Quaternary Science …, 2008 - Elsevier
Sedimentary evidence from a total of 21 AMS 14C dates and 192 pollen and charcoal and
181 phytolith samples from three study sites in the archaeologically rich lower Yangtze in …

Variability of East Asian summer monsoon precipitation during the Holocene and possible forcing mechanisms

F Lu, C Ma, C Zhu, H Lu, X Zhang, K Huang, T Guo… - Climate Dynamics, 2019 - Springer
Abstract Projecting how the East Asian summer monsoon (EASM) rainfall will change with
global warming is essential for human sustainability. Reconstructing Holocene climate can …

Initiation of the Changjiang (Yangtze) delta and its response to the mid-Holocene sea level change

B Song, Z Li, Y Saito, J Okuno, A Lu, D Hua, J Li… - Palaeogeography …, 2013 - Elsevier
Abstract The Changjiang (Yangtze) delta in eastern China is one of the largest tide-
dominated deltas in the world. To obtain a more detailed information on its initiation, we …

New insights into the origin of perylene in geological samples

K Grice, H Lu, P Atahan, M Asif, C Hallmann… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2009 - Elsevier
The origin of the polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) perylene in sediments and
petroleum has been a matter of continued debate. Reported to occur in Phanerozoic organic …

Quantitative Holocene climatic reconstructions for the lower Yangtze region of China

J Li, J Dodson, H Yan, W Wang, JB Innes, Y Zong… - Climate Dynamics, 2018 - Springer
Quantitative proxy-based and high-resolution palaeoclimatic datasets are scarce for the
lower reaches of the Yangtze River (LYR) basin. This region is in a transitional vegetation …

Late Holocene transition from natural to anthropogenic forcing of vegetation change in the semi-arid region of northern China

G Ding, J Chen, H Yan, S Zhang, Y Liu, A Zhou… - Quaternary Science …, 2022 - Elsevier
Understanding the vegetation response to climate change and human activities during the
Holocene may help predict the future trajectory of vegetation change. Moreover, in the semi …

Environmental history, palaeoecology and human activity at the early Neolithic forager/cultivator site at Kuahuqiao, Hangzhou, eastern China

JB Innes, Y Zong, Z Chen, C Chen, Z Wang… - Quaternary Science …, 2009 - Elsevier
The date and location of the adoption of rice cultivation by foraging cultures in China are of
considerable current interest but its understanding is hampered by lack of information …

Palynology-based reconstruction of Holocene environmental history in the northern Yangtze Delta, China

L Ye, L Gao, Y Li, G Wang - Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology …, 2022 - Elsevier
The Holocene vegetation in the Yangtze Delta is sensitive to global/regional climate change,
sea-level oscillations, and human impacts, and it represents a valuable archive for …

Sea-level change as the driver for lake formation in the Yangtze Plain–A review

Y Xu, Z Lai - Global and Planetary Change, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract The Yangtze Plain (floodplains in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze
River) is a region with numerous lakes, including the three largest freshwater lakes in China …