Late Holocene Evolution of the Fuzhou Basin (Fujian, China) and the Spread of Rice Farming

2013 ◽  
pp. 137-144
Author(s):  
Barry V. Rolett
Keyword(s):  
Late Holocene ◽  
Rice Farming

Beyond rice farming: Evidence from central Korea reveals wide resource utilization in the Songgukri culture during the late-Holocene

The Holocene ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 27 (8) ◽  
pp. 1092-1102 ◽  
Author(s):  
Seungki Kwak ◽  
Gyeongtaek Kim ◽  
Gyoung-Ah Lee
Keyword(s):  
Late Holocene ◽  
Integrative Approach ◽  
Rice Farming ◽  
Isotopic Data ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Popular View ◽  
Primary Means ◽  
Rice Yields ◽  
Economic Foundation ◽  
Prehistoric Subsistence

This study investigates prehistoric subsistence of the middle Bronze (Mumun) period in the central part of the Korean Peninsula during the late-Holocene. Rice farming has often been regarded as a harbinger of complex society with an economic foundation based on rice yields. We test this common hypothesis on intensive rice farming as a primary means of subsistence and political economy through an integrative approach with archaeobotanical and isotopic data. We focus on the sites from the Songgukri culture (2900–2400 cal. BP) which are scattered along the middle and lower reaches of the Geum River. Our study indicates settlers along the Geum River utilized a wide range of crops and wild animals, a picture far removed from the popular view of a rice-dominated diet in the Songgukri culture.

Asian monsoon precipitation changes and the Holocene methane anomaly

The Holocene ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 22 (7) ◽  
pp. 731-738 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xin Zhou
Keyword(s):  
Late Holocene ◽  
Rice Paddy ◽  
Rice Cultivation ◽  
Rice Farming ◽  
Atmospheric Methane ◽  
Climate Data ◽  
Monsoon Precipitation ◽  
The Holocene ◽  
Precipitation Changes ◽  
Early Rice

It has been suggested that late-Holocene human activities caused the increase in atmospheric methane (CH4) concentration that otherwise would have been a naturally decreasing trend. As one of the places where rice farming originated, China has been considered to play a significant role in pre-industrial changes in atmospheric CH4 concentrations. To establish the climatic context since the first rice cultivation and to evaluate the relative roles of monsoon climate and rice cultivation on late Holocene CH4 rise, we synthesized climate data from China to examine the Holocene trends in monsoon precipitation. The results show high monsoon rainfall from 10,000 to 7000 years ago, and declining precipitation in the late Holocene as shown by most reconstructions. The decreasing trend in monsoon precipitation is consistent with that in other north tropical monsoon regions, and is opposite to the trend in CH4 concentrations. After ruling out several other natural factors and estimating CH4 emissions from early rice farming, we conclude that the late-Holocene methane increase has been significantly influenced by the expansion of early rice paddy fields during the period of declining monsoon precipitation.

scholarly journals New radiocarbon evidence on early rice consumption and farming in South China

The Holocene ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 27 (7) ◽  
pp. 1045-1051 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaoyan Yang ◽  
Weiwei Wang ◽  
Yijie Zhuang ◽  
Zhao Li ◽  
Zhikun Ma ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
South China ◽  
Late Holocene ◽  
Rice Farming ◽  
Radiocarbon Dates ◽  
Plant Remains ◽  
Environmental Background ◽  
Rice Consumption ◽  
The Pearl River ◽  
Exact Timing

While the possibility of indigenous rice cultivation cannot be entirely ruled out, there is increasing evidence suggesting that rice farming was introduced to South China during the late-Holocene. However, determination of the exact timing of the spread of rice farming to South China is fraught with the lack of reliable radiocarbon dates. In this article, we present 15 new AMS 14C dates of charred plant remains recovered from late-Holocene sites of Shixia and Guye in Guangdong Province of South China. Our new AMS 14C dates suggest a later arrival of rice farming in the Pearl River Delta than previously thought. These new AMS 14C dates will shed new lights to an improved understanding of the environmental background and ecology of the southward spread of rice farming.

THE EVOLUTION OF THE BLACK SEA’S COASTAL ZONE OF TAMAN’ PENINSULAR IN THE LATE HOLOCENE

2015 ◽  
pp. 63
Author(s):  
A. V. Porotov ◽  
Yu. V. Gorlov ◽  
T. A. Yanina ◽  
E. Fouache
Keyword(s):  
Coastal Zone ◽  
Late Holocene
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