Holocene agriculture in the Guanzhong Basin in NW China indicated by pollen and charcoal evidence

Holocene

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1213-1220

  Li, Xiaoqiang ^a   Shang, Xue ^a,b   Dodson, John ^c   Zhou, Xinying ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c AUSTRALIAN NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

Agricultural activity; Biological records; Early buckwheat; Guanzhong Basin; Holocene

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL HISTORY; AGRICULTURAL LAND; ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; CEREAL; CHARCOAL; HUMAN GEOGRAPHY; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; NEOLITHIC; POLLEN; RECONSTRUCTION; SHIFTING CULTIVATION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GUANZHONG PLAIN; SHAANXI;

POACEAE;

EID: 70449904498     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: 14770911     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959683609345083     Document Type: Article

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