eprintid: 10149327 rev_number: 8 eprint_status: archive userid: 699 dir: disk0/10/14/93/27 datestamp: 2022-05-27 10:59:25 lastmod: 2023-03-18 07:10:22 status_changed: 2022-05-27 10:59:25 type: article metadata_visibility: show sword_depositor: 699 creators_name: Huan, X creators_name: Zhang, J creators_name: Zhuang, Y creators_name: Fan, C creators_name: Wang, N creators_name: Ji, X creators_name: Shao, K creators_name: He, K creators_name: Jin, J creators_name: Zuo, X creators_name: Lu, H title: Intensification of rice farming and its environmental consequences recorded in a Liangzhu reservoir, China ispublished: pub divisions: C03 divisions: K74 divisions: B03 divisions: UCL divisions: F31 keywords: Geosciences, Multidisciplinary, Physical Geography, Geology, Anthropocene, Rice cultivation, Landscape, Phytolith, Vegetation, Human activity, LOWER YANGTZE-RIVER, QUANTITATIVE INDICATORS, PHYTOLITH, DOMESTICATION, AGRICULTURE, RECONSTRUCTION, MANAGEMENT, MAOSHAN, SPREAD, SITE note: This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. abstract: The origin and subsequent development of rice agriculture enabled humans to transition from hunter-gatherers to farmers, thereby profoundly changing human society. However, less attention is focused on when and how rice cultivation practices began to alter the landscape. In this study, sediment from the reservoir inside the Mifenglong dam, Liangzhu hydraulic system was sampled. Accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) radiocarbon dating and optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) dating results revealed that the duration of the Mifenglong reservoir ranged from 4900 cal BP to 1500 cal BP. The results showed that between 2500 cal BP and 1500 cal BP, intensive rice farming practices transformed the surrounding vegetation and landscapes through deforestation and changes in herbaceous plant structure. This study provides an insight into the impact of human activities and how they influenced the environment on a local scale, as well as contributing to a deeper understanding of the relationships between agricultural development and landscape changes. date: 2022-01-29 date_type: published publisher: PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD official_url: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2022.01.012 oa_status: green full_text_type: other language: eng primo: open primo_central: open_green verified: verified_manual elements_id: 1939114 doi: 10.1016/j.quaint.2022.01.012 lyricists_name: Zhuang, Yijie lyricists_id: YZHUA60 actors_name: Zhuang, Yijie actors_name: Dullaghan, Josephine actors_id: YZHUA60 actors_id: JRDUL03 actors_role: owner actors_role: impersonator funding_acknowledgements: 41907372 [National Natural Science Foundation of China]; 41830322 [National Natural Science Foundation of China]; 42177427 [National Natural Science Foundation of China]; T2192950 [National Natural Science Foundation of China]; XDB26000000 [Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences]; [Youth Innovation Promotion Association of the Chinese Academy of Sciences] full_text_status: public publication: Quaternary International volume: 619 pagerange: 39-45 pages: 7 citation: Huan, X; Zhang, J; Zhuang, Y; Fan, C; Wang, N; Ji, X; Shao, K; ... Lu, H; + view all <#> Huan, X; Zhang, J; Zhuang, Y; Fan, C; Wang, N; Ji, X; Shao, K; He, K; Jin, J; Zuo, X; Lu, H; - view fewer <#> (2022) Intensification of rice farming and its environmental consequences recorded in a Liangzhu reservoir, China. Quaternary International , 619 pp. 39-45. 10.1016/j.quaint.2022.01.012 <https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2022.01.012>. Green open access document_url: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10149327/1/Manuscript-2022-QI.pdf