Wood utilization and paleo-vegetation revealed by wooden remains excavated from ancient Dahe City site (AD 618-907) in Barkol, Xinjiang, northwest China

doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2025.109684

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	Wood utilization and paleo-vegetation revealed by wooden remains excavated from ancient Dahe City site (AD 618-907) in Barkol, Xinjiang, northwest China
	Wang, Ruohan 1,2; Zhang, Guilin 3; Wang, Yongqiang 4; Pan, Biao 5; Dun, Guolei 1,2; Xu, Youcheng 4; Jiang, Hongen 2
	2025-03-01
发表期刊	QUATERNARY INTERNATIONAL
ISSN	1040-6182
卷号	721 页码:12
通讯作者	Xu, Youcheng(123727463@qq.com) ; Jiang, Hongen(jianghongen@ucas.ac.cn)
摘要	The Dahe City, dating back to Tang Dynasty (AD 618-907), is a vital urban center and military site located in the northern foothill of the East Tianshan Mountains, Xinjiang, China. In present study, by scanning electron microscope (SEM) observation of microscopic features, desiccated wood and charred wood samples recovered from diverse archaeological contexts (crossbars, house sites, doorways and ash piles) of the site were determined as Picea sp. (52.82%), Salix sp. (27.63%), Larix sp. (13.91%), Sorbus sp. (5.45%), and Abies sp. (0.19%). All these tree species were used as fuelwood, while only the wood of Picea was preferably used as construction timber because of its superior property. According to growth habits and distributional characteristics of each genus, wood of Salix should be collected from the local Barkol Basin, and wood of Picea, Larix, Abies, and Sorbus were collected from the distant Barkol and Moqinwula Mountains, which implied that the scope of wood material selection was largely expanded due to usage requirement. In addition, the discovery of Sorbus proved that fruits were collected/planted as an important food supplement in daily life. Compared with modern vegetation, there was no significant change of primary forest composition in high-altitude mountains. This study would provide an important reference for exploring survival strategy and subsistence environment of ancestors living in the core area of the Silk Road during Tang Dynasty.
关键词	Wood utilization Paleo-vegetation Ancient Dahe City site Xinjiang Tang Dynasty (AD 618-907)
DOI	10.1016/j.quaint.2025.109684
关键词[WOS]	YANGHAI CEMETERY ; IDENTIFICATION ; ENVIRONMENT ; TURPAN ; BP
收录类别	SCI
语种	英语
资助项目	National Natural Science Foundation of China[42377443] ; Discipline Groups of Intelligent Archaeology of Chongqing City
项目资助者	National Natural Science Foundation of China ; Discipline Groups of Intelligent Archaeology of Chongqing City
WOS研究方向	Physical Geography ; Geology
WOS类目	Geography, Physical ; Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
WOS记录号	WOS:001424901800001
出版者	PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
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文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.205/handle/311034/24362
专题	中国科学院古脊椎动物与古人类研究所
通讯作者	Xu, Youcheng; Jiang, Hongen
作者单位	1.Chinese Acad Sci, Key Lab Vertebrate Evolut & Human Origins, Inst Vertebrate Paleontol & Paleoanthropol, Beijing 100044, Peoples R China 2.Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Sch Humanities, Dept Archaeol & Anthropol, Beijing 100049, Peoples R China 3.Chongqing Normal Univ, Sch Archaeol & Museol, Chongqing 401331, Peoples R China 4.Cultural Rel & Archaeol Inst Xinjiang Uygur Autono, Urumqi 830011, Xinjiang, Peoples R China 5.Nanjing Forestry Univ, Coll Mat Sci & Engn, Nanjing 210018, Jiangsu, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Wang, Ruohan,Zhang, Guilin,Wang, Yongqiang,et al. Wood utilization and paleo-vegetation revealed by wooden remains excavated from ancient Dahe City site (AD 618-907) in Barkol, Xinjiang, northwest China[J]. QUATERNARY INTERNATIONAL,2025,721:12.
APA	Wang, Ruohan.,Zhang, Guilin.,Wang, Yongqiang.,Pan, Biao.,Dun, Guolei.,...&Jiang, Hongen.(2025).Wood utilization and paleo-vegetation revealed by wooden remains excavated from ancient Dahe City site (AD 618-907) in Barkol, Xinjiang, northwest China.QUATERNARY INTERNATIONAL,721,12.
MLA	Wang, Ruohan,et al."Wood utilization and paleo-vegetation revealed by wooden remains excavated from ancient Dahe City site (AD 618-907) in Barkol, Xinjiang, northwest China".QUATERNARY INTERNATIONAL 721(2025):12.