Spatial and temporal variety of prehistoric human settlement and its influencing factors in the upper Yellow River valley, Qinghai Province, China
Spatial and temporal variety of prehistoric human settlement and its influencing factors in the upper Yellow River valley, Qinghai Province, China
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青海省黄河流域上游史前人类聚落时空变化及其影响因素
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10.1016/j.jas.2012.10.002
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发表时间：
2013-05-01
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2.8
通讯作者：
An, Chengbang
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Dong, Guanghui;Jia, Xin;An, Chengbang
通过对黄河上游贵德、尖扎、化隆、循哈、民和等地42个史前遗址的调查，包括24个遗址的44个新的放射性碳年代测定结果，回顾了已发表的考古调查资料和放射性碳年代测定结果，分析了区域性史前人类定居点的地貌特征，探讨了区域性史前人类定居点时空变化的原因。我们的研究结果表明，在全新世早期，人们占据了黄河上游流域，但一个连续的考古记录开始后，约5500卡尔年BP。此后，该地区史前人类定居的强度各不相同。马家窑早中期和齐家时期，新石器时代人类聚落向西北方向扩展至黄河上游高海拔地区，马家窑晚期向东南方向迁移至黄河上游低海拔地区。在青铜时代，两个同时代的考古学文化，卡岳和辛店，占据了黄河上游地区。卡岳考古遗址数量众多，广泛分布于黄河上游的高海拔地区，而辛店遗址仅限于该地区的最低流域。地点密度和位置的变化可能是古气候和技术变化的结果。(C)2012爱思唯尔有限公司保留所有权利。
We report an investigation of forty-two prehistoric sites in the upper Yellow River valley located in Guide, Jianzha, Hualong, Xunha and Minhe, Qinghai Province, China, including forty-four new radiocarbon dates from twenty-four sites, review published archaeological surveys and radio-carbon dates, analyze landform features and discuss the reasons for spatial and temporal variety of regional prehistoric human settlement. Our results suggest that people occupied the upper Yellow River valley during the early Holocene, but a continuous archaeological record begins only after about 5500 Cal yr BP. Thereafter, the intensity of prehistoric human settlement in the area is varied. Neolithic human settlement spread northwestward to high altitude areas of the upper Yellow River valley during early-mid Majiayao and Qijia periods, but moved southeastward to lower locations in the area during late Majiayao period. During the Bronze period, two coeval archaeological cultures, the Kayue and Xindian, occupied the upper Yellow River Region. Kayue archaeological sites are numerous and widely distributed in the high areas of the upper Yellow River, while Xindian sites are restricted to the lowest basin of the region. Variation in site density and location are likely the result of changing paleoclimate and technology. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.