Understanding the ecological background of rice agriculture on the Ningshao Plain during the Neolithic Age: Pollen evidence from a buried paddy field at the Tianluoshan cultural site

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 35, Issue , 2012, Pages 131-138

  Li, Chunhai ^a   Zheng, Yunfei ^b   Yu, Shiyong ^c   Li, Yongxiang ^d   Shen, Huadong ^a  

^a NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND LIMNOLOGY   (China)

^b Zhejiang Provincial Institute of Relics and Archaeology   (China)

^c SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

CH 4; Neolithic; Paddy field; Yangtze Delta

Indexed keywords

A-CARBON; AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES; CH 4; EASTERN CHINA; ECOLOGICAL CONDITIONS; HOLOCENES; IRRIGATION SYSTEMS; NEOLITHIC; PADDY FIELDS; POLLEN ANALYSIS; POLLEN DATA; RADIOCARBON AGE; SLASH-AND-BURN AGRICULTURE; STRATIGRAPHIC DATA; STUDY SITES; YANGTZE DELTA;

DEFORESTATION; STRATIGRAPHY;

ECOLOGY;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CARBON SINK; DEFORESTATION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; METHANE; NEOLITHIC; PADDY FIELD; PALYNOLOGY; RADIOCARBON DATING; RICE;

CHINA;

EID: 84862831648     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2012.01.007     Document Type: Article

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