Palaeoenvironment and agriculture of ancient Loulan and Milan on the Silk Road
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12265661 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jianping Zhang (0000-0003-0815-009X, Chinese Academy of Sciences, corresponding author), Houyuan Lu (0000-0001-5721-6679, Chinese Academy of Sciences), Naiqin Wu (0000-0002-9267-0284, Chinese Academy of Sciences), Xiaoguang Qin (0000-0002-3880-5678, Chinese Academy of Sciences), Luo Wang (0000-0003-2217-8478, Chinese Academy of Sciences) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 23 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 208-217 |
| Publication date | 2012-08-29 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Holocene (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0959-6836 • E-ISSN: 1477-0911 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0959683612455541 |
| OpenAlex | W2029003412 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 15 |
| References cited | 28 |
Ancient Loulan, an important city on the Silk Road, disappeared about 1500 years ago. The environmental conditions associated with the vicissitude of ancient Loulan have been debated since the city was rediscovered in ad 1900. However, little paleobotanical evidence concerning vegetation and environment in this area has so far been available. In this study, phytoliths and diatoms extracted from 16 samples including two fossil camel coprolites from sites of Loulan and Milan indicate that the landscape of ancient Loulan was a typical oasis, where reeds, grasses of Paniceae and Pooideae probably grew along with some shrubs. Also, some typical brackish diatoms might live in some water bodies in the catchment of an ancient lake, Lop Nor. Our results also suggest that common millet as staple crop, and foxtail millet and possibly naked barley as non-staple crops were the main food source for ancient Loulan and Milan residents between ad 50 and 770
Agriculture · Archaeology · Biology · Brackish water · Crop · Foxtail · Geography · Paleoethnobotany · Phytolith · Pollen · Vegetation (pathology · Ancient and Medieval Archaeology Studies · Marine and environmental studies · Soil and Environmental Studies · Ecology · Forestry
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| Unique citing works | 15 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,25 |
| Citation span | 2014 - 2025 (12) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 15 |