Environmental change and its impacts on human settlement in the Changjiang River Delta in Neolithic Age

Chinese Geographical Science

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 239-244

  Zhang, Qiang ^a   Liu, Chun Ling ^b   Zhu, Cheng ^b   Jiang, Tong ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Changjiang River Delta; Climatic events; Human activities; Neolithic Age

Indexed keywords

DATING METHOD; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; NEOLITHIC; SETTLEMENT HISTORY;

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

EID: 5644294598     PISSN: 10020063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11769-003-0053-0     Document Type: Article

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