eprintid: 10149327
rev_number: 8
eprint_status: archive
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datestamp: 2022-05-27 10:59:25
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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
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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   
 
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