A buried past
Five thousand years of (pre) history on the Jing-Wei floodplain
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6012875 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ye Wa (University of California, Los Angeles), Anke Hein (0000-0002-5052-1504, University of Oxford) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 4 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 1-15 |
| Publication date | 2020-09-17 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Asian Archaeology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2520-8098 • E-ISSN: 2520-8101 |
| Publisher | Springer Science+Business Media (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1007/s41826-020-00036-0 |
| OpenAlex | W3088327892 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 7 |
The Jing-Wei Floodplain, located in Shaanxi, China, has been home to various groups of people over the last 5000 years. Drawing together evidence from archaeology, paleobotany, geomorphology, climate sciences, and history, this paper provides a longue durée study of the local (pre)history of human occupation in this area with a special focus on human adaptation strategies and environmental history. In particular, the study summarizes and evaluates archaeological and geomorphological field research conducted over the last ten years and connects it with often overlooked local historical accounts and recent climate research in the Wei River Valley and observations on recent economic developments and their impact on both the environment and the people living in it. In spite of a rather long hiatus in occupation from the second century BCE to the twelfth century CE, the evidence shows that there are close similarities in human-environment relations and even continuities into the modern period. Though being a highly localized study, this paper can serve as an example for how such longue durée studies may be conducted in other regions, and it provides some suggestions for future field and laboratory research
Archaeology · Art · Cartography · China · Climate change · Environmental history · Floodplain · Geography · Period (music · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · History · Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies · Vietnamese History and Culture Studies · Geology
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| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 0,5 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2022 (3) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |