Early agricultural development and environmental effects in the Neolithic Longdong basin (eastern Gansu)

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 56, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 762-771

  Zhou, Xin Ying ^a   Li, Xiao Qiang ^a,b   Zhao, Ke Liang ^a,c   Dodson, John ^d   Sun, Nan ^a,c   Yang, Qing ^a,c  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AND PALEOANTHROPOLOGY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^d AUSTRALIAN NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

early agriculture; eastern Gansu; environmental effect; Neolithic; pollen; seed

Indexed keywords

ARTEMISIA; EPHEDRA; FABACEAE; GLYCINE MAX; HIPPOPHAE; HIPPOPHAE RHAMNOIDES; PANICUM MILIACEUM; PICEA; QUERCUS; ROSACEAE; SETARIA ITALICA;

EID: 79952811206     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-010-4286-x     Document Type: Article

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