Prehistoric water control works in the Loess Plateau
An ancient ditch system at Shuanghuaishu, China
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The emergence, on the Loess Plateau of Central China, of settlements enclosed by circular ditches has engendered lively debate about the function of these (often extensive) ditch systems. Here, the authors report on a suite of new dates and sedimentological analyses from the late Yangshao (5300-4800 BP) triple-ditch system at the Shuanghuaishu site, Henan Province. Exploitation of natural topographic variations, and evidence for ditch maintenance and varied water flows, suggests a key function in hydrological management, while temporal overlap in the use of these three ditches reveals the large scale of this endeavour to adapt to the pressures of the natural environment
China · Ditch · Human settlement · Loess · Loess plateau · Natural (archaeology) · Plateau (mathematics) · Prehistory · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Geology and Paleoclimatology Research · Water management and technologies
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