Human activity and its impact on the landscape at the Xishanping site in the western Loess Plateau during 4800-4300 cal yr BP based on the fossil charcoal record

Article ID	Journal	Published Year	Pages	File Type
10499192	Journal of Archaeological Science	2012	7 Pages	PDF

Abstract

âº The dramatic changes of vegetation were a result of human impact after 4600Â calÂ yrÂ BP. âº Nuts and berries were important food resource and fruit trees were managed by prehistoric humans. âº The intensity and scale influenced by prehistoric human are biggish in the western Loess Plateau.

Keywords

Fossil charcoal Impact Human activity

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Physical Sciences and Engineering Materials Science Materials Science (General)

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Human activity and its impact on the landscape at the Xishanping site in the western Loess Plateau during 4800-4300 cal yr BP based on the fossil charcoal record

Authors

Xiaoqiang Li, Nan Sun, John Dodson, Xinying Zhou,