Fire history and human activity revealed through poly cyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) records at archaeological sites in the middle reaches of the Yellow River drainage basin, China

doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2020.110015

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	Fire history and human activity revealed through poly cyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) records at archaeological sites in the middle reaches of the Yellow River drainage basin, China
	Tan, Zhihai 1,2; Wu, Chuang 1; Han, Yongming 2,5; Zhang, Yuzhu 3; Mao, Longjiang 4; Li, Dongxue 1; Liu, Lu 1; Su, Guanru 1; Yan, Tingting 1
通讯作者	Tan, Zhihai(tonishtan@163.com) ; Mao, Longjiang(mlj1214@163.com)
	2020-12-15
发表期刊	PALAEOGEOGRAPHY PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY PALAEOECOLOGY
ISSN	0031-0182
卷号	560 页码:12
摘要	Disentangling the role of natural and anthropogenic factors is a major challenge in paleofire studies. Here, we introduce the molecular biomarkers of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAHs), combined with charcoal and black carbon in sediments of archaeological sites, to identify anthropogenic signals of environmental change during the middle Holocene. In the prehistoric period, an intensified-fire regime period, inferred on the basis of PAHs, char and macro-charcoal levels, has been attributed to intensified anthropogenic biomass burning from dry crop cultivation between 6500 and 5000 and 3900-3600 yr BP., corresponding to the earliest Chinese settlements during the Miaodigou & Banpo IV Culture and the development of the Erlitou Culture under drier climate conditions. Subsequently, the fire frequency decreased notably between 4500 and 4000 yr BP. as the climate became wetter and there were shifts in the frequency of high-magnitude floods, corresponding to the abandonment of late Neolithic settlements in the floodplain. Changes in the PAH fluxes in sediments are positively correlated with intensified-fire regime periods, consistent with the charcoal and black carbon fluxes during those periods. Principal component analysis of PAH fluxes suggests that these intensified-fire events have a pyrogenic signature, implying that the PAHs were derived from biomass burning of fuelwood and other woody plants. In this study, PAHs in loess sediments have been used as the indicators of anthropogenic biomass burning through time. Meanwhile, PAHs also record the shift of modes of production and the evolution of human settlements as well as the choices made in response to limited natural resources. To comprehensively analyze the paleofire records of PAHs, charcoal and black carbon combined with multiproxy evidence are needed to understand wildfire history as well as human land use and social and cultural development across the study regions in depth.
关键词	Biomass burning Fire pattern Source analysis Culture Climate change Loess Plateau
DOI	10.1016/j.palaeo.2020.110015
关键词[WOS]	BLACK CARBON RECORDS ; LOESS PLATEAU ; CHARCOAL RECORDS ; HIGH-RESOLUTION ; ELEMENTAL CARBON ; CLIMATE-CHANGE ; SEDIMENT RECORD ; PYROLYSIS-GC/MS ; GLACIAL CYCLES ; HOLOCENE
收录类别	SCI ; SCI
语种	英语
资助项目	Natural Science Foundation of China[41771218] ; Natural Science Foundation of China[41771110] ; Natural Science Foundation of China[41625015] ; Key Programs of the Chinese Academy of Sciences[QYZDY-SSW-DQC001] ; Key Programs of the Chinese Academy of Sciences[ZDBS-SSW-DQC001] ; MOST Intergovernmental International Cooperation on Science and Technology Innovation[2016YFE0109500] ; Open Fund of the State Key Laboratory of Loess and Quaternary Geology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China[SKLLQG 1618] ; Open Fund of the State Key Laboratory of Loess and Quaternary Geology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China[1827]
WOS研究方向	Physical Geography ; Geology ; Paleontology
项目资助者	Natural Science Foundation of China ; Key Programs of the Chinese Academy of Sciences ; MOST Intergovernmental International Cooperation on Science and Technology Innovation ; Open Fund of the State Key Laboratory of Loess and Quaternary Geology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
WOS类目	Geography, Physical ; Geosciences, Multidisciplinary ; Paleontology
WOS记录号	WOS:000591245000026
出版者	ELSEVIER
引用统计	被引频次：11[WOS] [WOS记录] [WOS相关记录]
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://ir.ieecas.cn/handle/361006/15693
专题	黄土与第四纪地质国家重点实验室（2010~）粉尘与环境研究室
通讯作者	Tan, Zhihai; Mao, Longjiang
作者单位	1.Xian Polytech Univ, Sch Environm & Chem Engn, Xian 710048, Shaanxi, Peoples R China 2.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Earth Environm, State Key Lab Loess & Quaternary Geol, Key Lab Aerosol Chem & Phys, Xian 710061, Shaanxi, Peoples R China 3.Northwest Univ, Coll Urban & Environm Sci, Xian 710000, Shaanxi, Peoples R China 4.Nanjing Univ Informat Sci & Technol, Sch Marine Sci, Nanjing 210044, Jiangsu, Peoples R China 5.Xi An Jiao Tong Univ, Sch Human Settlements & Civil Engn, Xian 710049, Shaanxi, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Tan, Zhihai,Wu, Chuang,Han, Yongming,et al. Fire history and human activity revealed through poly cyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) records at archaeological sites in the middle reaches of the Yellow River drainage basin, China[J]. PALAEOGEOGRAPHY PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY PALAEOECOLOGY,2020,560:12.
APA	Tan, Zhihai.,Wu, Chuang.,Han, Yongming.,Zhang, Yuzhu.,Mao, Longjiang.,...&Yan, Tingting.(2020).Fire history and human activity revealed through poly cyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) records at archaeological sites in the middle reaches of the Yellow River drainage basin, China.PALAEOGEOGRAPHY PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY PALAEOECOLOGY,560,12.
MLA	Tan, Zhihai,et al."Fire history and human activity revealed through poly cyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) records at archaeological sites in the middle reaches of the Yellow River drainage basin, China".PALAEOGEOGRAPHY PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY PALAEOECOLOGY 560(2020):12.