Archaeology of the Anthropocene in the Yellow River region, China, 8000–2000 cal. BP

Holocene

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1602-1623

  Zhuang, Yijie ^a   Kidder, Tristram R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthropocene; Bronze Age; Early Dynastic periods; floods; land use; Neolithic; Yellow River

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; CLIMATE VARIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; HOLOCENE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LAND MANAGEMENT; POPULATION GROWTH;

CHINA; YELLOW RIVER;

EID: 84908138830     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: 14770911     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959683614544058     Document Type: Review

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