Environmental and cultural changes during the terminal Neolithic: Qingpu, Yangtze delta, eastern China

Holocene

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 875-887

  Itzstein Davey, Freea ^a   Atahan, Pia ^b   Dodson, John ^c   Taylor, David ^a   Zheng, Hongbo ^d  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

^d TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Charcoal; China; Cultural change; Environmental change; Holocene; Neolithic; Phytoliths; Pollen; Rice; Yangtze delta

Indexed keywords

CHARCOAL; CULTURAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; HOLOCENE; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; NEOLITHIC; PHYTOLITH; POLLEN; RICE; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; QINGPU; SHANGHAI; YANGTZE DELTA;

ORYZA SATIVA;

EID: 36349019703     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959683607080517     Document Type: Article

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