Wood use and forest management by Neolithic millet farmers at the Xinglong site, northern China

doi:10.1007/s11430-023-1330-6

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	Wood use and forest management by Neolithic millet farmers at the Xinglong site, northern China
	Shen, Hui 1,3; Qiu, Zhenwei 2; Zhao, Keliang1,3 ; Zhou, Xinying1,3 ; Li, Xiaoqiang1,3
	2024-05-11
发表期刊	SCIENCE CHINA-EARTH SCIENCES
ISSN	1674-7313
页码	12
通讯作者	Li, Xiaoqiang(lixiaoqiang@ivpp.ac.cn)
摘要	The origin and development of agriculture and its relationship with climate change are hotly debated topics among environmental archaeologists. In this study, we analyzed wood charcoal materials from the Neolithic Xinglong site in northern China in order to understand the woody vegetation around the site and how early millet farmers shaped local woodlands. Our results suggest that the area around the Xinglong sites during 8700-7000 yr BP was primarily woodlands, including Prunus sibirica shrubs, Ulmus and Acer forests, and Populus stands near waterways. From 8000 to 7000 yr BP, the warm and humid climate probably contributed to the expansion of Acer, Rhamnus, and Juniperus, and may have facilitated the development of early millet agriculture. Among these ancient wood fragments that we studied, the high percent of Prunus charcoal appears to indicate an abundance of fruit trees, which might have constituted the main component of local vegetation. Meanwhile, the wood taxa illustrate the existence of a variety of ecological habitats, and it is logical to assume that people made full use of the locally available wood resources. Notably, Populus and Ulmus were the dominant sources of fuel. The results of tree-ring curvature analyses indicate that people mainly collected trunks or large branches of Ulmus, Populus, Acer, and Juniperus timbers. We interpret the increasing use of Prunus twigs and the declining percentage of Prunus charcoal in the period between 8000-7000 yr BP as indicating that people started to protect and manage wild fruit trees. They may have started pruning to acquire more food resources as part of the cultural responses and adaptation strategies employed by these early millet cultivators.
关键词	Xinglong site Wood charcoal Wood use Woodland management
DOI	10.1007/s11430-023-1330-6
关键词[WOS]	DAIHAI LAKE REGION ; QUANTITATIVE RECONSTRUCTION ; ENVIRONMENTAL-CHANGES ; HOLOCENE CLIMATE ; GUANZHONG BASIN ; HUMAN IMPACT ; NW CHINA ; VEGETATION ; POLLEN ; AGRICULTURE
收录类别	SCI
语种	英语
资助项目	National Natural Science Foundation of China[T2192952] ; National Natural Science Foundation of China[42002202] ; National Natural Science Foundation of China[42107470] ; Youth Innovation Promotion Association of Chinese Academy of Sciences[2022071]
项目资助者	National Natural Science Foundation of China ; Youth Innovation Promotion Association of Chinese Academy of Sciences
WOS研究方向	Geology
WOS类目	Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
WOS记录号	WOS:001223447600001
出版者	SCIENCE PRESS
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文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.205/handle/311034/23660
专题	中国科学院古脊椎动物与古人类研究所
通讯作者	Li, Xiaoqiang
作者单位	1.Chinese Acad Sci, Key Lab Vertebrate Evolut & Human Origins, Inst Vertebrate Paleontol & Paleoanthropol, Beijing 100044, Peoples R China 2.Natl Museum China, Beijing 100006, Peoples R China 3.Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Beijing 100049, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Shen, Hui,Qiu, Zhenwei,Zhao, Keliang,et al. Wood use and forest management by Neolithic millet farmers at the Xinglong site, northern China[J]. SCIENCE CHINA-EARTH SCIENCES,2024:12.
APA	Shen, Hui,Qiu, Zhenwei,Zhao, Keliang,Zhou, Xinying,&Li, Xiaoqiang.(2024).Wood use and forest management by Neolithic millet farmers at the Xinglong site, northern China.SCIENCE CHINA-EARTH SCIENCES,12.
MLA	Shen, Hui,et al."Wood use and forest management by Neolithic millet farmers at the Xinglong site, northern China".SCIENCE CHINA-EARTH SCIENCES (2024):12.