Evolution of human-environmental interactions in China from the Late Paleolithic to the Bronze Age
Evolution of human-environmental interactions in China from the Late Paleolithic to the Bronze Age
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从旧石器时代晚期到青铜时代中国人与环境相互作用的演变
DOI：
10.1177/0309133319876802
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发表时间：
2019-09-26
影响因子：
3.9
通讯作者：
James, Nathaniel
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作者：
Dong, Guanghui;Li, Ruo;James, Nathaniel
探索人类-环境相互作用中的史前变异，对于理解人地长期演化的历史模式和机制至关重要。本文回顾了已发表的中国旧石器时代晚期、新石器时代和青铜器时代遗址的放射性碳和光激发发光数据，分析了这些遗址的时空分布，并与最近的古气候和考古研究结果进行了比较。我们试图研究史前晚期中国人与环境相互作用的轨迹及其影响因素。我们在中国的史前时代的不同阶段发现了人与环境关系的变化模式。气候变化明显影响了50,000-10,000 BP(在此之前，定义为公元1950年)狩猎采集群体的环境，而新石器时代中国时期(类似于10,000-4,000 BP)人口的变化可能主要受农业发展的影响，此外还有重大的气候事件。人类聚落的空间尺度在青铜器时代(类似于4000-2200BP)在气候降温时期扩大。在此期间，人类活动对环境的影响显著增加，这主要是由于与欧亚大陆史前跨洲文化交流的开始有关的技术创新所致。
Exploring prehistoric variation in human-environmental interaction is critical for understanding the historical patterns and mechanisms of long-term human-land evolution. In this paper we review the published radiocarbon and optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) data from Late Paleolithic, Neolithic and Bronze Age sites in China, analyze the spatial-temporal distribution of these sites, and compare it with the results of recent paleoclimatic and archaeological studies. We seek to study the trajectory and influencing factors of human-environmental interactions in late prehistoric China. We detect changing patterns in the relationship between humans and the environment during different phases of the prehistoric era in China. Climate change clearly affected the environment of hunter-gatherer groups between 50,000-10,000 BP (before present, defined as 1950AD), and variation in human population in Neolithic China (similar to 10,000-4000 BP) was likely influenced primarily by the development of agriculture, in addition to substantial climate events. The spatial scale of human settlements expanded in the Bronze Age (similar to 4000-2200 BP) in a period of cooling climate. During this time the impact of human activities on the environment increased significantly, primarily caused by technological innovations related to the onset of prehistoric transcontinental cultural exchange in Eurasia.