Holocene environmental change and Neolithic rice agriculture in the lower Yangtze region of China: A review

Holocene

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 623-635

  Zong, Y ^a   Wang, Z ^b   Innes, J B ^c   Chen, Z ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

China; coastal wetlands; environmental change; Holocene; Neolithic agriculture; pollen

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL HISTORY; ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; BRACKISH WATER; COASTAL ZONE; CROP PRODUCTION; CULTIVATION; DATA SET; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FOOD PRODUCTION; HOLOCENE; HUNTING; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; LANDSCAPE PLANNING; LITERATURE REVIEW; PALEOENVIRONMENT; POLLEN; RICE; SEDIMENT; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; WETLAND;

CHINA; YANGTZE RIVER;

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 84861797818     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: 14770911     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959683611409775     Document Type: Article

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