Early Neolithic vegetation history, fire regime and human activity at Kuahuqiao, Lower Yangtze River, East China: New and improved insight

Quaternary International

Volumn 227, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 10-21

  Shu, Junwu ^a,b   Wang, Weiming ^a   Jiang, Leping ^c   Takahara, Hikaru ^b  

^a NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND PALAEONTOLOGY   (China)

^b KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Zhejiang Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; DOCUMENTARY SOURCE; FIRE HISTORY; HUMAN ACTIVITY; NEOLITHIC; SETTLEMENT HISTORY; VEGETATION HISTORY;

CHINA; YANGTZE RIVER; ZHEJIANG;

ALNUS; CYCLOBALANOPSIS; LIQUIDAMBAR; POACEAE; QUERCUS; TYPHA;

EID: 77957327185     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2010.04.010     Document Type: Article

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