Michael Storozum
Biographic Data
| ID | 158199 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Michael Storozum |
| GIVEN NAMES | Michael |
| FAMILY NAME | Storozum |
| SIGNATURE | STOROZUM M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Newcastle University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 37 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 18 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Geoarchaeology, Geomythology, and the Origins of Chinese Civilisation
Over the past several decades, Chinese archaeology has developed into a multifaceted field of study that is often at the cutting edge of archaeological science. Chinese archaeologists, like archaeologists around the world, have focused their research efforts on increasingly compartmentalised domains of expertise; nonetheless there are key differences between regional traditions. Perhaps foremost among them are the ways in which Chinese archaeolog…
Cave site formation processes, climate change and hominin activities
Geoarchaeology in China
INTRODUCTIONOver the past several decades, Chinese archaeology has rapidly developed into a scientific enterprise.Archaeological scientists in China are now routinely applying the latest scientific techniques and methods to answer questions concerning archaeological sites and material culture with increasing specificity and accuracy.Alongside the continuous development of archaeological science in China, geoarchaeological research has grown apace…
The Mogou Multidisciplinary Investigation Project
Excavation at Mogou, a Bronze Age cemetery containing over 1700 burials and 6000 individuals, has revealed a diverse range of multiple burials. Building on this dataset, the Mogou Multidisciplinary Investigation Project aims to explore connections between kinship, burial space and social organisation in Bronze Age north-west China
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The rise and fall of the Liangzhu society in the perspective of subsistence economy
Based on plant and animal remains unearthed from sites of the Liangzhu culture in the coastal area of eastern Zhejiang, the Taihu plain, and the eastern Jianghuai region, we conclude that the Liangzhu society was agriculture-based, practicing rice farming for grain food and animal husbandry for meat. However, the subsistence economy focusing on rice farming was unbalanced in the Liangzhu cultural area, as evidenced by the exceptionally high propo…
Mixed economy and dried foods
Situated in the middle Hexi corridor, a vital passage of the ancient Silk Road, the Heishuiguo site was a military town on the northwestern frontier of the Han Dynasty (202 BCE–220 CE). To understand the lifestyle of the Heishuiguo population, levels of dental caries and tooth wear were assessed. Archaeological findings and historical records revealed a mixed subsistence strategy dependent upon agricultural production and domesticated animals at …
Prehistoric agricultural decision making in the western Himalayas
The high-altitude landscape of western Tibet is one of the most extreme environments in which humans have managed to introduce crop cultivation. To date, only sparse palaeoeconomic data have been reported from this region. The authors present archaeobotanical evidence from five sites (dating from the late first millennium BC and the early first millennium AD) located in the cold-arid landscape of western Tibet. The data indicate that barley was w…
Archaeology in a fragile environment
The Shanghai region is home to millennia of archaeological cultures and a massive modern metropolois. Until recently, this regional history has remained within the overarching framework of a north-China centric archaeology. Throughout the emergence of archaeological cultures in Shanghai and its periphery, however, we can observe striking adaptations to the vulnerability of its landscape, as well as ingenious technical and engineering solutions. T…
Holocene fluctuations in vegetation and human population demonstrate social resilience in the prehistory of the Central Plains of China
Archaeologists and palaeoclimatologists have focused on the impact of climate on the prehistoric civilizations around the world; however, social resilience in the face of the climate change remains unclear, especially during the Neolithic and Bronze Age in the Central Plains of China (CPC). In this paper, we present palynological results from the Dahecun Core, Henan Province, China. Our pollen data indicate a warm and wet climate condition from 9…
Feeding Shimao
Renewed excavations at Shimao, the largest stone walled urban site in northern China dating to around 4200–3700 BP, have focused on Shimao’s unusual architecture and material culture, but there remains much to be known about the subsistence system and agricultural strategies the inhabitants employed around this site. In this paper we provide new archaeobotanical and isotopic evidence for the agricultural systems and strategies that supported Shim…
Human adaptation to Holocene environments
Foodways on the Han dynasty’s western frontier
Recent archeobotanical work has shed light on prehistoric food globalization across the Eurasian landmass; however, much less research has focused on the foodways of the historical cities and settlements found throughout Central Asia on various portions of the ‘Silk Road’. Here, we present archeobotanical and isotopic results from recent excavations at Shichengzi, a Han dynasty (202 BC–AD 220) military garrison. Our archeobotanical results recove…
Early urban impact on vegetation dynamics
Investigating environmental changes as the driving force of agricultural intensification in the lower reaches of the Yellow River
Cereals, soils and iron at Sanyangzhuang
Ancient herders enriched and restructured African grasslands
New archaeological investigations at the Lothagam harpoon site at Lake Turkana
The Lothagam harpoon site in north-west Kenya's Lake Turkana Basin provides a stratified Holocene sequence capturing changes in African fisher-hunter-gatherer strategies through a series of subtle and dramatic climate shifts (Figure 1). The site rose to archaeological prominence following Robbins's 1965-1966 excavations, which yielded sizeable lithic and ceramic assemblages and one of the largest collections of Early Holocene human remains from E…
Foodways on the Han dynasty’s western frontier
Recent archeobotanical work has shed light on prehistoric food globalization across the Eurasian landmass; however, much less research has focused on the foodways of the historical cities and settlements found throughout Central Asia on various portions of the ‘Silk Road’. Here, we present archeobotanical and isotopic results from recent excavations at Shichengzi, a Han dynasty (202 BC–AD 220) military garrison. Our archeobotanical results recove…
Feeding Shimao
Renewed excavations at Shimao, the largest stone walled urban site in northern China dating to around 4200–3700 BP, have focused on Shimao’s unusual architecture and material culture, but there remains much to be known about the subsistence system and agricultural strategies the inhabitants employed around this site. In this paper we provide new archaeobotanical and isotopic evidence for the agricultural systems and strategies that supported Shim…
Human adaptation to Holocene environments
Investigating environmental changes as the driving force of agricultural intensification in the lower reaches of the Yellow River
New archaeological investigations at the Lothagam harpoon site at Lake Turkana
The Lothagam harpoon site in north-west Kenya's Lake Turkana Basin provides a stratified Holocene sequence capturing changes in African fisher-hunter-gatherer strategies through a series of subtle and dramatic climate shifts (Figure 1). The site rose to archaeological prominence following Robbins's 1965-1966 excavations, which yielded sizeable lithic and ceramic assemblages and one of the largest collections of Early Holocene human remains from E…
Cereals, soils and iron at Sanyangzhuang
Geoarchaeology in China
INTRODUCTIONOver the past several decades, Chinese archaeology has rapidly developed into a scientific enterprise.Archaeological scientists in China are now routinely applying the latest scientific techniques and methods to answer questions concerning archaeological sites and material culture with increasing specificity and accuracy.Alongside the continuous development of archaeological science in China, geoarchaeological research has grown apace…
Prehistoric agricultural decision making in the western Himalayas
The high-altitude landscape of western Tibet is one of the most extreme environments in which humans have managed to introduce crop cultivation. To date, only sparse palaeoeconomic data have been reported from this region. The authors present archaeobotanical evidence from five sites (dating from the late first millennium BC and the early first millennium AD) located in the cold-arid landscape of western Tibet. The data indicate that barley was w…
Archaeology in a fragile environment
The Shanghai region is home to millennia of archaeological cultures and a massive modern metropolois. Until recently, this regional history has remained within the overarching framework of a north-China centric archaeology. Throughout the emergence of archaeological cultures in Shanghai and its periphery, however, we can observe striking adaptations to the vulnerability of its landscape, as well as ingenious technical and engineering solutions. T…
New archaeological investigations at the Lothagam harpoon site at Lake Turkana
The Lothagam harpoon site in north-west Kenya's Lake Turkana Basin provides a stratified Holocene sequence capturing changes in African fisher-hunter-gatherer strategies through a series of subtle and dramatic climate shifts (Figure 1). The site rose to archaeological prominence following Robbins's 1965-1966 excavations, which yielded sizeable lithic and ceramic assemblages and one of the largest collections of Early Holocene human remains from E…
Ancient herders enriched and restructured African grasslands
Early urban impact on vegetation dynamics
Investigating environmental changes as the driving force of agricultural intensification in the lower reaches of the Yellow River
Cereals, soils and iron at Sanyangzhuang
Foodways on the Han dynasty’s western frontier
Recent archeobotanical work has shed light on prehistoric food globalization across the Eurasian landmass; however, much less research has focused on the foodways of the historical cities and settlements found throughout Central Asia on various portions of the ‘Silk Road’. Here, we present archeobotanical and isotopic results from recent excavations at Shichengzi, a Han dynasty (202 BC–AD 220) military garrison. Our archeobotanical results recove…
Holocene fluctuations in vegetation and human population demonstrate social resilience in the prehistory of the Central Plains of China
Archaeologists and palaeoclimatologists have focused on the impact of climate on the prehistoric civilizations around the world; however, social resilience in the face of the climate change remains unclear, especially during the Neolithic and Bronze Age in the Central Plains of China (CPC). In this paper, we present palynological results from the Dahecun Core, Henan Province, China. Our pollen data indicate a warm and wet climate condition from 9…
Feeding Shimao
Renewed excavations at Shimao, the largest stone walled urban site in northern China dating to around 4200–3700 BP, have focused on Shimao’s unusual architecture and material culture, but there remains much to be known about the subsistence system and agricultural strategies the inhabitants employed around this site. In this paper we provide new archaeobotanical and isotopic evidence for the agricultural systems and strategies that supported Shim…
Human adaptation to Holocene environments
Cover Image
The rise and fall of the Liangzhu society in the perspective of subsistence economy
Based on plant and animal remains unearthed from sites of the Liangzhu culture in the coastal area of eastern Zhejiang, the Taihu plain, and the eastern Jianghuai region, we conclude that the Liangzhu society was agriculture-based, practicing rice farming for grain food and animal husbandry for meat. However, the subsistence economy focusing on rice farming was unbalanced in the Liangzhu cultural area, as evidenced by the exceptionally high propo…
Mixed economy and dried foods
Situated in the middle Hexi corridor, a vital passage of the ancient Silk Road, the Heishuiguo site was a military town on the northwestern frontier of the Han Dynasty (202 BCE–220 CE). To understand the lifestyle of the Heishuiguo population, levels of dental caries and tooth wear were assessed. Archaeological findings and historical records revealed a mixed subsistence strategy dependent upon agricultural production and domesticated animals at …
Prehistoric agricultural decision making in the western Himalayas
The high-altitude landscape of western Tibet is one of the most extreme environments in which humans have managed to introduce crop cultivation. To date, only sparse palaeoeconomic data have been reported from this region. The authors present archaeobotanical evidence from five sites (dating from the late first millennium BC and the early first millennium AD) located in the cold-arid landscape of western Tibet. The data indicate that barley was w…
Archaeology in a fragile environment
The Shanghai region is home to millennia of archaeological cultures and a massive modern metropolois. Until recently, this regional history has remained within the overarching framework of a north-China centric archaeology. Throughout the emergence of archaeological cultures in Shanghai and its periphery, however, we can observe striking adaptations to the vulnerability of its landscape, as well as ingenious technical and engineering solutions. T…
Geoarchaeology in China
INTRODUCTIONOver the past several decades, Chinese archaeology has rapidly developed into a scientific enterprise.Archaeological scientists in China are now routinely applying the latest scientific techniques and methods to answer questions concerning archaeological sites and material culture with increasing specificity and accuracy.Alongside the continuous development of archaeological science in China, geoarchaeological research has grown apace…
The Mogou Multidisciplinary Investigation Project
Excavation at Mogou, a Bronze Age cemetery containing over 1700 burials and 6000 individuals, has revealed a diverse range of multiple burials. Building on this dataset, the Mogou Multidisciplinary Investigation Project aims to explore connections between kinship, burial space and social organisation in Bronze Age north-west China
Cave site formation processes, climate change and hominin activities
Geoarchaeology, Geomythology, and the Origins of Chinese Civilisation
Over the past several decades, Chinese archaeology has developed into a multifaceted field of study that is often at the cutting edge of archaeological science. Chinese archaeologists, like archaeologists around the world, have focused their research efforts on increasingly compartmentalised domains of expertise; nonetheless there are key differences between regional traditions. Perhaps foremost among them are the ways in which Chinese archaeolog…
Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (16 works) · Geography (15 works) · Archaeology (14 works) · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (11 works) · China (9 works) · Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies (9 works) · Agriculture (7 works) · Ecology (7 works) · Biology (6 works) · Bronze Age (4 works)