Human–environment interactions at Yangguanzhai, a Middle Neolithic site in the Wei River Valley, northern China: A comprehensive soil‐stratigraphic analysis

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer R. Kielhofer ◽  
Mathew L. Fox ◽  
Wa Ye ◽  
Liping Yang
Keyword(s):  
Northern China ◽  
River Valley ◽  
Human Environment ◽  
Stratigraphic Analysis ◽  
Neolithic Site ◽  
Wei River

Spatial and temporal changes of prehistoric human land use in the Wei River valley, northern China

The Holocene ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 26 (11) ◽  
pp. 1788-1801 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yanyan Yu ◽  
Haibin Wu ◽  
Peter A Finke ◽  
Zhengtang Guo
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Northern China ◽  
Temporal Changes ◽  
River Valley ◽  
Human Land Use ◽  
Spatial And Temporal Changes ◽  
Wei River

New Sources of Western Zhou History: Recent Discoveries of Inscribed Bronze Vessels

Early China ◽  
2001 ◽  
Vol 26 ◽  
pp. 73-98
Author(s):  
Edward L. Shaughnessy
Keyword(s):  
Northern China ◽  
The State ◽  
River Valley ◽  
Shaanxi Province ◽  
Bronze Vessels ◽  
Western Zhou ◽  
Wei River

In the 1970s, the great discoveries of Western Zhou bronze vessels were concentrated primarily in the Wei River valley of Shaanxi province, a pattern of distribution that gave rise to certain theories about a geographically reduced Zhou state. Since then, and especially in the 1990s, inscribed bronze vessels of the Western Zhou period have been found throughout northern China, with particularly important discoveries identified with the state of Yan 燕 near Beijing, Ying 應 at Pingdingshan (Henan), Jin 晉 at Houma (Shanxi), and Guo 虢 at Sanmenxia (Henan). This article introduces these discoveries, translating the more important inscriptions. It also reviews recent discoveries in Shaanxi, especially several bronzes bearing fully-dated inscriptions that have come to light in the course of the Xia-Shang-Zhou Chronology Project.

Animal use in the late second millennium BCE in northern China: Evidence from Zaoshugounao and Zaolinhetan in the Jing River valley

2020 ◽  
Vol 30 (3) ◽  
pp. 318-329 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yue Li ◽  
Chengrui Zhang ◽  
Zhen Wang ◽  
Haifeng Dou ◽  
Huan Liu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Northern China ◽  
River Valley ◽  
Animal Use ◽  
Second Millennium Bce

The impact of early trans-Eurasian exchange on animal utilization in northern China during 5000–2500 BP

The Holocene ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 095968362094116
Author(s):  
Guanghui Dong ◽  
Linyao Du ◽  
Wenyu Wei
Keyword(s):  
Bronze Age ◽  
Local Environment ◽  
Northern China ◽  
Late Neolithic ◽  
Human Environment ◽  
Wild Mammals ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Animal Utilization ◽  
Human Subsistence ◽  
The Bronze Age

Transcontinental exchange emerged and intensified in northern China since the late fifth millennium BP (Before present), especially in the arc, which was the core area of the eastern part of the trans-Eurasian exchange during the Late Neolithic and the Bronze Age. In the arc, the exchange profoundly affected the human subsistence strategy and human-environment relationship. Relative to the crop patterns and human diets during the Bronze Age in northern China, systematic investigations of zooarcheological data based on broad spatial and temporal framework to understand the influence of introduced livestock and indigenous livestock on human subsistence are lacking. To show the spatial-temporal variation in animal utilization patterns and its relation to prehistoric trans-Eurasian exchange, the zooarcheological data from 40 sites in northern China dated between 5000 and 2500 BP were analyzed. The strategy of animal utilization in northern China changed substantially from 5000 to 2500 BP, with notable spatial features in different chronological phases. From 5000 to 4300 BP, wild mammals and indigenous livestock (pig, dog) use dominated in the arc and the North China Plain (NCP). During 4300–3500 BP, the importance of introduced livestock (cattle, sheep/goat, horse) exceeded that of indigenous livestock in the arc, whereas indigenous livestock continued to dominate in the NCP. Indigenous livestock acted as the most important animal subsistence in northern China, although the exploitation of introduced livestock increased during 3500–2000 BP. These spatio-temporal differences in animal utilization appear to be closely associated with the prehistoric trans-Eurasian exchange, but were also affected by local environment, agriculture development, and climate change.

Bronze Vessels: Style, Assemblages, and Innovations of the Western Zhou Period

2020 ◽  
pp. 450-470
Author(s):  
Yan Sun
Keyword(s):  
Local Communities ◽  
River Valley ◽  
Bronze Vessel ◽  
Bronze Vessels ◽  
Western Zhou ◽  
Military Posts ◽  
Wei River ◽  
Ritual Practices ◽  
Three Phases

This chapter, by employing securely dated vessels, discusses stylistic characteristics of three phases of Western Zhou bronzes in the Zhou metropolitan centers in the Wei River Valley in Central Shaanxi and Luoyang area in Henan. The assemblage of bronze vessels in tombs and caches is also discussed in order to understand Zhou ancestral sacrifices and ritual practices and their changes from the Early to Middle and Late Western Zhou periods. The Zhou interaction with local communities through regional states and military posts beyond the center also stimulated the rise of exotic bronze vessel types inspired by local ceramic traditions.

scholarly journals Estimation of the Potential Infestation Area of Newly-invaded Fall Armyworm Spodoptera Frugiperda in the Yangtze River Valley of China

Insects ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (9) ◽  
pp. 298 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qiu-Lin Wu ◽  
Li-Mei He ◽  
Xiu-Jing Shen ◽  
Yu-Ying Jiang ◽  
Jie Liu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Yangtze River ◽  
Southern China ◽  
Meteorological Data ◽  
Fall Armyworm ◽  
Northern China ◽  
Yangtze River Valley ◽  
River Valley ◽  
Flight Behavior ◽  
The Yangtze River ◽  
Self Powered

The fall armyworm (FAW), native to the Americas, has rapidly invaded the whole of Southern China since January 2019. In addition, it can survive and breed in the key maize- and rice- growing area of the Yangtze River Valley. Furthermore, this pest is also likely to continue infiltrating other cropping regions in China, where food security is facing a severe threat. To understand the potential infestation area of newly-invaded FAW from the Yangtze River Valley, we simulated and predicted the possible flight pathways and range of the populations using a numerical trajectory modelling method combining meteorological data and self-powered flight behavior parameters of FAW. Our results indicate that the emigration of the first and second generations of newly-invaded FAW initiating from the Yangtze River Valley started on 20 May 2019 and ended on 30 July 2019. The spread of migratory FAW benefitted from transport on the southerly summer monsoon so that FAW emigrants from the Yangtze River Valley can reach northern China. The maize-cropping areas of Northeastern China, the Korean Peninsula and Japan are at a high risk. This study provides a basis for early warning and a broad picture of FAW migration from the Yangtze River Valley.

Adaptive evolution of the rural human–environment system in farming and pastoral areas of northern China from 1952–2017

2021 ◽  
Vol 31 (6) ◽  
pp. 859-878
Author(s):  
Wenlong Li ◽  
Wenhui Kuang ◽  
Jun Lyu ◽  
Zhonghua Zhao ◽  
Boyuan Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Adaptive Evolution ◽  
Northern China ◽  
Human Environment

scholarly journals Pleniglacial millennium-scale climate variations in northern China based on records from the Salawusu River Valley

2012 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 231-240 ◽  
Author(s):  
FengNian WANG ◽  
BaoSheng LI ◽  
JiangLong WANG ◽  
XiaoHao WEN ◽  
DongFeng NIU ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Northern China ◽  
River Valley ◽  
Climate Variations ◽  
Salawusu River Valley
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