Environmental reconstruction and dating of Shixiakou Locality 1 on China's West Loess Plateau: implications for human adaptive changes apparent during the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) and post-LGM periods

doi:10.1007/s12520-023-01922-1

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	Environmental reconstruction and dating of Shixiakou Locality 1 on China's West Loess Plateau: implications for human adaptive changes apparent during the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) and post-LGM periods
	Li, Feng 1,2; Zhou, Jing 3; Ren, Jincheng 4; Chen, Fuyou 5; Zhou, Xinying5,6 ; Olsen, John W.7; Gao, Xing5,6
	2024
发表期刊	ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND ANTHROPOLOGICAL SCIENCES
ISSN	1866-9557
卷号	16 期号:1 页码:11
通讯作者	Li, Feng([email protected]) ; Zhou, Xinying([email protected])
摘要	The Last Glacial Maximum (LGM; ca. 24-18 ka), the most recent widespread cold event of the later Pleistocene epoch, is thought to have had profound impacts on human evolution and behavior in many ways, including the reduction of population density of prehistoric hunter-gatherers. Although data are limited, decreasing numbers of sites on the West Loess Plateau (WLP) in northern China are considered evidence of depopulation of that area. More occupations dating to the LGM have been reported recently, and new discoveries provide additional information for understanding the demographic history of the West Loess Plateau and northern China. Here, we report new dating results, examine lithic technology, and provide a paleoenvironmental reconstruction based on pollen recovered at Shixiakou Locality 1. Two archaeological layers at the site dating to 20-16.5 ka add new late LGM occupations to a previously reported post-LGM occurrence at Shixiakou. Reconstruction of the paleoenvironment reveals a cold and dry temperate steppe or steppe-desert environment during the LGM, generally in accord with the regional environmental framework. Lithic technology and raw material use were similar during the LGM and post-LGM periods, but great energetic investments, such as the use of beads, were discovered in post-LGM occupation contexts. This might indicate relatively sophisticated social behavior, such as building group identity, although more data are required. A review of known LGM occupations in northern China demonstrates that hunter-gatherers were then distributed widely from the West Loess Plateau to the Nihewan Basin and to Northeast China. Occupation density during the post-LGM period varied greatly in different parts of northern China. This scenario implies that demographic dynamics during the LGM and post-LGM periods in northern China were complex. The Shixiakou case study demonstrates that understanding the adaptations of ancient hunter-gatherers has been enhanced by exploring material culture changes against a background of local and regional paleoenvironmental records.
关键词	Last Glacial Maximum Northern China Western Loess Plateau Microblade technology Human adaptation
DOI	10.1007/s12520-023-01922-1
关键词[WOS]	CLIMATE-CHANGE ; SHUIDONGGOU ; VEGETATION ; EUROPE ; CHRONOLOGY ; EVOLUTION ; DYNAMICS ; SEQUENCE ; SITE ; AREA
收录类别	SCI
语种	英语
资助项目	the National Natural Science Foundation of China[2018VCA0016] ; Chinese Academy of Sciences President's International Fellowship Initiative (PIFI)
项目资助者	the National Natural Science Foundation of China ; Chinese Academy of Sciences President's International Fellowship Initiative (PIFI)
WOS研究方向	Anthropology ; Archaeology ; Geology
WOS类目	Anthropology ; Archaeology ; Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
WOS记录号	WOS:001135680600002
出版者	SPRINGER HEIDELBERG
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文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.205/handle/311034/23258
专题	中国科学院古脊椎动物与古人类研究所
通讯作者	Li, Feng; Zhou, Xinying
作者单位	1.Peking Univ, Ctr Study Chinese Archaeol, Beijing 100871, Peoples R China 2.Peking Univ, Sch Archaeol & Museol, Beijing 100871, Peoples R China 3.Gansu Prov Inst Cultural Rel & Archaeol, 167 Heping Rd, Lanzhou 730000, Peoples R China 4.Jilin Univ, Sch Archaeol, Changchun 130012, Peoples R China 5.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Vertebrate Paleontol & Paleoanthropol, Key Lab Vertebrate Evolut & Human Origins, 142 Xizhimenwai St, Beijing 100044, Peoples R China 6.Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Beijing 100049, Peoples R China 7.Univ Arizona, Sch Anthropol, Tucson, AZ 85721 USA
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Li, Feng,Zhou, Jing,Ren, Jincheng,et al. Environmental reconstruction and dating of Shixiakou Locality 1 on China's West Loess Plateau: implications for human adaptive changes apparent during the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) and post-LGM periods[J]. ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND ANTHROPOLOGICAL SCIENCES,2024,16(1):11.
APA	Li, Feng.,Zhou, Jing.,Ren, Jincheng.,Chen, Fuyou.,Zhou, Xinying.,...&Gao, Xing.(2024).Environmental reconstruction and dating of Shixiakou Locality 1 on China's West Loess Plateau: implications for human adaptive changes apparent during the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) and post-LGM periods.ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND ANTHROPOLOGICAL SCIENCES,16(1),11.
MLA	Li, Feng,et al."Environmental reconstruction and dating of Shixiakou Locality 1 on China's West Loess Plateau: implications for human adaptive changes apparent during the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) and post-LGM periods".ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND ANTHROPOLOGICAL SCIENCES 16.1(2024):11.