| Collapse of the Liangzhu and other Neolithic cultures in the lower Yangtze region in response to climate change | |
Zhang, Haiwei1,2; Cheng, Hai1,2,3; Sinha, Ashish4; Spoetl, Christoph5; Cai, Yanjun1,2; Liu, Bin6; Kathayat, Gayatri1; Li, Hanying1; Tian, Ye1; Li, Youwei1; Zhao, Jingyao1; Sha, Lijuan1; Lu, Jiayu1; Meng, Binglin1; Niu, Xiaowen1; Dong, Xiyu1; Liang, Zeyuan1; Zong, Baoyun1; Ning, Youfeng1; Lan, Jianghu2 ; Edwards, R. Lawrence7
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| Corresponding Author | Zhang, Haiwei(zhanghaiwei@xjtu.edu.cn) ; Cheng, Hai(cheng021@xjtu.edu.cn) |
| 2021-11-01 | |
| Source Publication | SCIENCE ADVANCES
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| ISSN | 2375-2548 |
| Volume | 7Issue:48Pages:9 |
| Abstract | The Liangzhu culture in the Yangtze River Delta (YRD) was among the world's most advanced Neolithic cultures. Archeological evidence suggests that the Liangzhu ancient city was abandoned, and the culture collapsed at similar to 4300 years ago. Here, we present speleothem records from southeastern China in conjunction with other paleoclimatic and archeological data to show that the Liangzhu culture collapsed within a short and anomalously wet period between 4345 +/- 32 and 4324 +/- 30 years ago, supporting the hypothesis that the city was abandoned after large-scale flooding and inundation. We further show that the demise of Neolithic cultures in the YRD occurred within an extended period of aridity that started at similar to 4000 +/- 45 years ago. We suggest that the major hydroclimatic changes between 4300 and 3000 years ago may have resulted from an increasing frequency of the El Nino-Southern Oscillation in the context of weakened Northern Hemisphere summer insolation. |
| DOI | 10.1126/sciadv.abi9275 |
| WOS Keyword | ASIAN SUMMER MONSOON ; HIGH-RESOLUTION ; EASTERN CHINA ; SOUTHEASTERN CHINA ; SOUTHERN CHINA ; PROXY RECORDS ; YELLOW-RIVER ; HOLOCENE ; STALAGMITE ; PRECIPITATION |
| Indexed By | SCI ; SCI |
| Language | 英语 |
| Funding Project | National Science Foundation of China[NSFC 41888101] ; National Science Foundation of China[41972186] ; National Science Foundation of China[41731174] ; National Science Foundation of China[41502166] ; National Key Research and Development Program of China[2017YFA0603401] ; Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences[XDB40000000] ; U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF)[1702816] ; NSFC[41703007] ; China Postdoctoral Science Foundation[2019T120894] ; China Postdoctoral Science Foundation[2015M580832] |
| WOS Research Area | Science & Technology - Other Topics |
| Funding Organization | National Science Foundation of China ; National Key Research and Development Program of China ; Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences ; U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) ; NSFC ; China Postdoctoral Science Foundation |
| WOS Subject | Multidisciplinary Sciences |
| WOS ID | WOS:000722925100007 |
| Publisher | AMER ASSOC ADVANCEMENT SCIENCE |
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| Document Type | 期刊论文 |
| Identifier | http://ir.ieecas.cn/handle/361006/17267 |
| Collection | 现代环境研究室 |
| Corresponding Author | Zhang, Haiwei; Cheng, Hai |
| Affiliation | 1.Xi An Jiao Tong Univ, Inst Global Environm Change, Xian 710054, Peoples R China 2.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Earth Environm, State Key Lab Loess & Quaternary Geol, Xian 710061, Peoples R China 3.Chinese Acad Geol Sci, Inst Karst Geol, Key Lab Karst Dynam, Minist Land & Resources, Guilin 541004, Peoples R China 4.Calif State Univ Dominguez Hills, Dept Earth Sci, Carson, CA 90747 USA 5.Univ Innsbruck, Inst Geol, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria 6.Zhejiang Univ, Sch Art & Archaeol, Hangzhou 310028, Peoples R China 7.Univ Minnesota, Dept Earth Sci, Minneapolis, MN 55455 USA |
| Recommended Citation GB/T 7714 | Zhang, Haiwei,Cheng, Hai,Sinha, Ashish,et al. Collapse of the Liangzhu and other Neolithic cultures in the lower Yangtze region in response to climate change[J]. SCIENCE ADVANCES,2021,7(48):9. |
| APA | Zhang, Haiwei.,Cheng, Hai.,Sinha, Ashish.,Spoetl, Christoph.,Cai, Yanjun.,...&Edwards, R. Lawrence.(2021).Collapse of the Liangzhu and other Neolithic cultures in the lower Yangtze region in response to climate change.SCIENCE ADVANCES,7(48),9. |
| MLA | Zhang, Haiwei,et al."Collapse of the Liangzhu and other Neolithic cultures in the lower Yangtze region in response to climate change".SCIENCE ADVANCES 7.48(2021):9. |
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