The impact of ancient civilization on the northeastern Chinese landscape: Palaeoecological evidence from the Western Liaohe River Basin, Inner Mongolia

Holocene

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1109-1121

  Li, Y Y ^a,b   Willis, K J ^b   Zhou, L P ^a   Cui, H T ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Buckwheat cultivation; Civilization; Environmental archaeology; Holocene; Human impact; Inner Mongolia; Microfossil charcoal; Nitrogen isotopes; Pollen analysis

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; CIVILIZATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; HOLOCENE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; LANDSCAPE; PALEOECOLOGY; PASTORALISM; RIVER BASIN;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; LIAOHE BASIN;

ARTEMISIA; CERASTIUM; SOLANUM;

EID: 34547214435     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959683606069403     Document Type: Article

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