Naiqin Wu
Biographic Data
| ID | 4130165 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Naiqin Wu |
| GIVEN NAMES | Naiqin |
| FAMILY NAME | Wu |
| SIGNATURE | WU N |
| AFFILIATIONS | Chinese Academy of Sciences |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9267-0284 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 25 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Hydrological change and human activity during Yuan–Ming Dynasties in the Loulan area, northwestern China
Human activity on arid lands has been related to oases evolution. The ancient Loulan, an important transportation hub of the ancient Silk Road, developed on an ancient oasis on the west bank of the lake Lop Nur in Xinjiang, China. Previous studies and historical documents suggest that the region has experienced dramatic natural environmental and human activity–related changes over time, transitioning from a particularly prosperous oasis to a depo…
The development of Yangshao agriculture and its interaction with social dynamics in the middle Yellow River region, China
This study presents new archaeobotanical evidence for agricultural production in the middle Yellow River region during the Yangshao culture period. Phytolith analyses, together with radiocarbon dating of samples from 10 sites in Zhengzhou, showed that common millet and foxtail millet were cultivated with rice in the region around 4000–3000 cal BC. The ratio of crop remains revealed that common millet was dominant in the crop structure. Rice culti…
Dating rice remains through phytolith carbon-14 study reveals domestication at the beginning of the Holocene
Significance When the domestication of rice began in its homeland, China, is an enduring and important issue of debate for researchers from many different disciplines. Reliable chronological and robust identification criteria for rice domestication are keys to understanding the issue. Here, we first use phytolith dating to constrain the initial occupation of Shangshan, an important site with early rice remains located in the Lower Yangtze region …
Cultivation strategies at the ancient Luanzagangzi settlement on the easternmost Eurasian steppe during the late Bronze Age
Terrestrial mollusk fossils from the Chinese loess sequence and paleoenvironmental significance
Palaeoenvironment and agriculture of ancient Loulan and Milan on the Silk Road
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 fro…
Pollen-inferred climate changes and vertical shifts of alpine vegetation belts on the northern slope of the Nyainqentanglha Mountains (central Tibetan Plateau) since 8.4 kyr BP
Fossil pollen from Nam Co and modern pollen from altitudinal vegetation belts around the lake are investigated to reveal alpine vegetation succession in response to climate changes during the Holocene in the central Tibetan Plateau. The discriminant analysis on 37 topsoil samples shows that pollen samples from alpine steppe at lower elevations ( 60%). Our result indicates that the pollen ratio of Artemisia to Cyperaceae (A/Cy) can be used as an i…
Year vegetation and climate change around the East China Sea shelf inferred from a high-resolution pollen record
Radiocarbon and Stable Carbon Isotope Analyses of Land Snails from the Chinese Loess Plateau
Paired radiocarbon and stable carbon analyses have been carried out on aragonite shells and organic soft bodies of snails from the Chinese Loess Plateau in order to explore the possibility of using these kinds of samples as environmental and chronological indicators. Results show that the soft bodies exhibit 14 C concentrations similar to those of plant leaves, indicating that carbon in the soft bodies is fixed from organic diets. The aragonite s…
Phytoliths Analysis for the Discrimination of Foxtail Millet (Setaria italica) and Common Millet (Panicum miliaceum)
Foxtail millet (Setaria italica) and Common millet (Panicum miliaceum) are the oldest domesticated dry farming crops in Eurasia. Identifying these two millets in the archaeobotanical remains are still problematic, especially because the millet grains preserve only when charred. Phytoliths analysis provides a viable method for identifying this important crop. However, to date, the identification of millet phytoliths has been questionable, because …
Earliest domestication of common millet ( Panicum miliaceum ) in East Asia extended to 10,000 years ago
The origin of millet from Neolithic China has generally been accepted, but it remains unknown whether common millet ( Panicum miliaceum ) or foxtail millet ( Setaria italica ) was the first species domesticated. Nor do we know the timing of their domestication and their routes of dispersal. Here, we report the discovery of husk phytoliths and biomolecular components identifiable solely as common millet from newly excavated storage pits at the Neo…
Phytoliths as quantitative indicators for the reconstruction of past environmental conditions in China I
Rice domestication and climatic change
Fossil rice phytoliths have been identified from a lateglacial to Holocene sequence of epicontinental sediments in the East China Sea that were probably transported by the Yangtze River from its middle and/or lower reaches. The rice phytoliths occurred first in the sequence at about 13 900 cal. yr BP and disappeared during the period of 13 000–10000 cal. yr BP, implying the earliest domesticated cereal crops of the world ever reported. Based on t…
Rice domestication and climatic change
Mollusk Record of Monsoon Variability during the L2–S2 Cycle in the Luochuan Loess Sequence, China
Molluscan changes that occurred in China over the S2–L2 upper middle Pleistocene series may be caused by monsoon variation. Study of terrestrial mollusks from the loess sequence in Luochuan, gathered in ecological groups according to the moisture and temperature requirements of the identified species, indicates alternating strengthened summer and winter paleomonsoons between 130,000 and 244,000 yr. The four occurrences of species, currently distr…
Palaeoenvironment and agriculture of ancient Loulan and Milan on the Silk Road
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 fro…
Cultivation strategies at the ancient Luanzagangzi settlement on the easternmost Eurasian steppe during the late Bronze Age
The development of Yangshao agriculture and its interaction with social dynamics in the middle Yellow River region, China
This study presents new archaeobotanical evidence for agricultural production in the middle Yellow River region during the Yangshao culture period. Phytolith analyses, together with radiocarbon dating of samples from 10 sites in Zhengzhou, showed that common millet and foxtail millet were cultivated with rice in the region around 4000–3000 cal BC. The ratio of crop remains revealed that common millet was dominant in the crop structure. Rice culti…
Radiocarbon and Stable Carbon Isotope Analyses of Land Snails from the Chinese Loess Plateau
Paired radiocarbon and stable carbon analyses have been carried out on aragonite shells and organic soft bodies of snails from the Chinese Loess Plateau in order to explore the possibility of using these kinds of samples as environmental and chronological indicators. Results show that the soft bodies exhibit 14 C concentrations similar to those of plant leaves, indicating that carbon in the soft bodies is fixed from organic diets. The aragonite s…
Hydrological change and human activity during Yuan–Ming Dynasties in the Loulan area, northwestern China
Human activity on arid lands has been related to oases evolution. The ancient Loulan, an important transportation hub of the ancient Silk Road, developed on an ancient oasis on the west bank of the lake Lop Nur in Xinjiang, China. Previous studies and historical documents suggest that the region has experienced dramatic natural environmental and human activity–related changes over time, transitioning from a particularly prosperous oasis to a depo…
Mollusk Record of Monsoon Variability during the L2–S2 Cycle in the Luochuan Loess Sequence, China
Molluscan changes that occurred in China over the S2–L2 upper middle Pleistocene series may be caused by monsoon variation. Study of terrestrial mollusks from the loess sequence in Luochuan, gathered in ecological groups according to the moisture and temperature requirements of the identified species, indicates alternating strengthened summer and winter paleomonsoons between 130,000 and 244,000 yr. The four occurrences of species, currently distr…
Rice domestication and climatic change
Fossil rice phytoliths have been identified from a lateglacial to Holocene sequence of epicontinental sediments in the East China Sea that were probably transported by the Yangtze River from its middle and/or lower reaches. The rice phytoliths occurred first in the sequence at about 13 900 cal. yr BP and disappeared during the period of 13 000–10000 cal. yr BP, implying the earliest domesticated cereal crops of the world ever reported. Based on t…
Rice domestication and climatic change
Phytoliths as quantitative indicators for the reconstruction of past environmental conditions in China I
Phytoliths Analysis for the Discrimination of Foxtail Millet (Setaria italica) and Common Millet (Panicum miliaceum)
Foxtail millet (Setaria italica) and Common millet (Panicum miliaceum) are the oldest domesticated dry farming crops in Eurasia. Identifying these two millets in the archaeobotanical remains are still problematic, especially because the millet grains preserve only when charred. Phytoliths analysis provides a viable method for identifying this important crop. However, to date, the identification of millet phytoliths has been questionable, because …
Earliest domestication of common millet ( Panicum miliaceum ) in East Asia extended to 10,000 years ago
The origin of millet from Neolithic China has generally been accepted, but it remains unknown whether common millet ( Panicum miliaceum ) or foxtail millet ( Setaria italica ) was the first species domesticated. Nor do we know the timing of their domestication and their routes of dispersal. Here, we report the discovery of husk phytoliths and biomolecular components identifiable solely as common millet from newly excavated storage pits at the Neo…
Year vegetation and climate change around the East China Sea shelf inferred from a high-resolution pollen record
Radiocarbon and Stable Carbon Isotope Analyses of Land Snails from the Chinese Loess Plateau
Paired radiocarbon and stable carbon analyses have been carried out on aragonite shells and organic soft bodies of snails from the Chinese Loess Plateau in order to explore the possibility of using these kinds of samples as environmental and chronological indicators. Results show that the soft bodies exhibit 14 C concentrations similar to those of plant leaves, indicating that carbon in the soft bodies is fixed from organic diets. The aragonite s…
Pollen-inferred climate changes and vertical shifts of alpine vegetation belts on the northern slope of the Nyainqentanglha Mountains (central Tibetan Plateau) since 8.4 kyr BP
Fossil pollen from Nam Co and modern pollen from altitudinal vegetation belts around the lake are investigated to reveal alpine vegetation succession in response to climate changes during the Holocene in the central Tibetan Plateau. The discriminant analysis on 37 topsoil samples shows that pollen samples from alpine steppe at lower elevations ( 60%). Our result indicates that the pollen ratio of Artemisia to Cyperaceae (A/Cy) can be used as an i…
Terrestrial mollusk fossils from the Chinese loess sequence and paleoenvironmental significance
Palaeoenvironment and agriculture of ancient Loulan and Milan on the Silk Road
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 fro…
Dating rice remains through phytolith carbon-14 study reveals domestication at the beginning of the Holocene
Significance When the domestication of rice began in its homeland, China, is an enduring and important issue of debate for researchers from many different disciplines. Reliable chronological and robust identification criteria for rice domestication are keys to understanding the issue. Here, we first use phytolith dating to constrain the initial occupation of Shangshan, an important site with early rice remains located in the Lower Yangtze region …
Cultivation strategies at the ancient Luanzagangzi settlement on the easternmost Eurasian steppe during the late Bronze Age
Hydrological change and human activity during Yuan–Ming Dynasties in the Loulan area, northwestern China
Human activity on arid lands has been related to oases evolution. The ancient Loulan, an important transportation hub of the ancient Silk Road, developed on an ancient oasis on the west bank of the lake Lop Nur in Xinjiang, China. Previous studies and historical documents suggest that the region has experienced dramatic natural environmental and human activity–related changes over time, transitioning from a particularly prosperous oasis to a depo…
The development of Yangshao agriculture and its interaction with social dynamics in the middle Yellow River region, China
This study presents new archaeobotanical evidence for agricultural production in the middle Yellow River region during the Yangshao culture period. Phytolith analyses, together with radiocarbon dating of samples from 10 sites in Zhengzhou, showed that common millet and foxtail millet were cultivated with rice in the region around 4000–3000 cal BC. The ratio of crop remains revealed that common millet was dominant in the crop structure. Rice culti…
Geography (12 works) · Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (12 works) · Biology (11 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (10 works) · Phytolith (9 works) · Archaeology (8 works) · Physical geography (8 works) · Holocene (7 works) · Pollen (7 works) · China (6 works)