Neolithic settlement distributions as a function of sea level-controlled topography in the Yangtze delta, China

Geology

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1083-1086

  Stanley, Daniel Jean ^a   Chen, Zhongyuan ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^b EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CULTIVATION; GROUNDWATER; TOPOGRAPHY; WATER LEVELS;

CHENIER PLAIN; DELTA PLAIN; EARLY HOLOCENE; HOLOCENES; SEA LEVEL RISE; SEDIMENT CORE; SETTLEMENT PATTERNS; YANGTZE DELTA;

SEA LEVEL;

ARCHAEOLOGY; CHENIER; HOLOCENE; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SETTLEMENT PATTERN; TOPOGRAPHY; DELTA; NEOLITHIC; POPULATION MIGRATION; SEA LEVEL; SEA-LEVEL FLUCTUATION; SETTLEMENT DISTRIBUTION;

CHINA; YANGTZE DELTA; CHANG JIANG DELTA;

EID: 0030357926     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1996)024<1083:NSDAAF>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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