A dramatic climatic transition at ~4000 cal. yr BP and its cultural responses in Chinese cultural domains

Holocene

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1181-1197

  Liu, Fenggui ^a   Feng, Zhaodong ^b  

^a QINGHAI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b XINJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

4.2 ka event; 4000 yr BP event; Chinese cultural domains; environmental archaeology; mid Holocene transition; paleoclimatology

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; CLIMATE VARIATION; CULTURAL INFLUENCE; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; NEOLITHIC; PALEOCLIMATE; PASTORALISM; PLATEAU; SETTLEMENT HISTORY;

CHINA; LOESS PLATEAU; NEI MONGGOL; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 84866528813     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: 14770911     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959683612441839     Document Type: Article

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