Abundance and morphology of charcoal in sediments provide no evidence of massive slash-and-burn agriculture during the Neolithic Kuahuqiao culture, China
文献类型:期刊论文
作者 | Hu, YuanFeng4; Zhou, Bin4; Lu, YueHan3; Zhang, JianPing2; Min, SiYu4; Dai, MingZhe4; Xu, SiYu4; Yang, Qing1; Zheng, HongBo1 |
刊名 | PLOS ONE
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出版日期 | 2020-08-19 |
卷号 | 15期号:8页码:15 |
ISSN号 | 1932-6203 |
DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0237592 |
英文摘要 | It remains debatable whether slash-and-burn practices were adopted in rice cultivation by the Neolithic Kuahuqiao culture in the Ningshao Plain, one of the birthplaces of rice farming. Here, we established charcoal-based indices to reconstruct the history of fire and vegetation in the Ningshao Plain since the last glacial period. We collected representative modern vegetation and conducted combustion and fragmentation experiments to simulate fire and depositional processes, respectively. Charcoals from modern vegetation show clear morphological differences between herbaceous and woody plants. In particular, the length to width ratios (L/W) of herbaceous charcoals were systematically higher than those of woody charcoals, and the associated end-member values were 4.50 and 1.94, respectively. These values were then applied to sediment cores (KHQ-14/15) collected in proximity to the Kuahuqiao archaeological site. Results show that the amount of combusted herbaceous plants increased sharply after the Holocene, and the most remarkable rise occurred around 8550 yr B.P. This observation may reflect local environment (sedimentary and/or climatic) changes or small-scale early human activities. During the Kuahuqiao cultural period (8250-7450 yr B.P.), the relative abundance of woody charcoals increased, but the overall fire intensity decreased. This finding suggests that the Kuahuqiao farming was restricted to a small geographic area and large-scale slash-and-burn farming activities were not adopted. |
WOS关键词 | MICROSCOPIC CHARCOAL ; RICE CULTIVATION ; POLLEN EVIDENCE ; EASTERN CHINA ; YANGTZE DELTA ; SEA-LEVEL ; HISTORY ; FIRES ; INDICATOR ; RECORDS |
资助项目 | National Natural Science Foundation of China[41977378] ; Major Research Plan of the National Natural Science Foundation of China[41991323] ; Research on the Global Change of National Major Scientific Research Project of China[2015CB953804] ; Jiangsu Provincial Basic Research Program Natural Science Foundation General Project of China[BK20171340] |
WOS研究方向 | Science & Technology - Other Topics |
语种 | 英语 |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000563929200015 |
出版者 | PUBLIC LIBRARY SCIENCE |
资助机构 | National Natural Science Foundation of China ; National Natural Science Foundation of China ; Major Research Plan of the National Natural Science Foundation of China ; Major Research Plan of the National Natural Science Foundation of China ; Research on the Global Change of National Major Scientific Research Project of China ; Research on the Global Change of National Major Scientific Research Project of China ; Jiangsu Provincial Basic Research Program Natural Science Foundation General Project of China ; Jiangsu Provincial Basic Research Program Natural Science Foundation General Project of China ; National Natural Science Foundation of China ; National Natural Science Foundation of China ; Major Research Plan of the National Natural Science Foundation of China ; Major Research Plan of the National Natural Science Foundation of China ; Research on the Global Change of National Major Scientific Research Project of China ; Research on the Global Change of National Major Scientific Research Project of China ; Jiangsu Provincial Basic Research Program Natural Science Foundation General Project of China ; Jiangsu Provincial Basic Research Program Natural Science Foundation General Project of China ; National Natural Science Foundation of China ; National Natural Science Foundation of China ; Major Research Plan of the National Natural Science Foundation of China ; Major Research Plan of the National Natural Science Foundation of China ; Research on the Global Change of National Major Scientific Research Project of China ; Research on the Global Change of National Major Scientific Research Project of China ; Jiangsu Provincial Basic Research Program Natural Science Foundation General Project of China ; Jiangsu Provincial Basic Research Program Natural Science Foundation General Project of China ; National Natural Science Foundation of China ; National Natural Science Foundation of China ; Major Research Plan of the National Natural Science Foundation of China ; Major Research Plan of the National Natural Science Foundation of China ; Research on the Global Change of National Major Scientific Research Project of China ; Research on the Global Change of National Major Scientific Research Project of China ; Jiangsu Provincial Basic Research Program Natural Science Foundation General Project of China ; Jiangsu Provincial Basic Research Program Natural Science Foundation General Project of China |
源URL | [http://ir.iggcas.ac.cn/handle/132A11/97784] ![]() |
专题 | 地质与地球物理研究所_中国科学院新生代地质与环境重点实验室 |
通讯作者 | Zhou, Bin |
作者单位 | 1.Yunnan Univ, Yunnan Key Lab Earth Syst Sci, Sch Resource Environm & Earth Sci, Kunming, Yunnan, Peoples R China 2.Chinese Acad Sci, Key Lab Cenozo Geol & Environm, Inst Geol & Geophys, Beijing, Peoples R China 3.Univ Alabama, Mol Ecogeochem Lab, Dept Geol Sci, Tuscaloosa, AL USA 4.Nanjing Univ, Sch Earth Sci & Engn, Key Lab Surficial Geochem, Minist Educ, Nanjing, Peoples R China |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Hu, YuanFeng,Zhou, Bin,Lu, YueHan,et al. Abundance and morphology of charcoal in sediments provide no evidence of massive slash-and-burn agriculture during the Neolithic Kuahuqiao culture, China[J]. PLOS ONE,2020,15(8):15. |
APA | Hu, YuanFeng.,Zhou, Bin.,Lu, YueHan.,Zhang, JianPing.,Min, SiYu.,...&Zheng, HongBo.(2020).Abundance and morphology of charcoal in sediments provide no evidence of massive slash-and-burn agriculture during the Neolithic Kuahuqiao culture, China.PLOS ONE,15(8),15. |
MLA | Hu, YuanFeng,et al."Abundance and morphology of charcoal in sediments provide no evidence of massive slash-and-burn agriculture during the Neolithic Kuahuqiao culture, China".PLOS ONE 15.8(2020):15. |
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