Evolution of Neolithic site distribution (9.0-4.0 ka BP) in Anhui, East China

Li WU; Xiaoling SUN; Wei SUN; Cheng ZHU; Tongxin ZHU; Shuguang LU; Hui ZHOU; Qingchun GUO; Houchun GUAN; Wei XIE; Rui KE; Guiping LIN

doi:10.1007/s11442-020-1792-x

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Journal of Geographical Sciences
Vol. 30, Issue 9, 1451 (2020)

Evolution of Neolithic site distribution (9.0-4.0 ka BP) in Anhui, East China

Li WU^1、2, Xiaoling SUN¹, Wei SUN³, Cheng ZHU^3、*, Tongxin ZHU⁴, Shuguang LU¹, Hui ZHOU¹, Qingchun GUO⁵, Houchun GUAN⁶, Wei XIE¹, Rui KE¹, and Guiping LIN¹

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¹Provincial Key Laboratory of Earth Surface Processes and Regional Response in the Yangtze-Huaihe River Basin, School of Geography and Tourism, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu 241002, Anhui, China

²State Key Laboratory of Loess and Quaternary Geology, Institute of Earth Environment, CAS, Xi’an 710061, China

³School of Geography and Ocean Science, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China

⁴Department of Geography, University of Minnesota Duluth, MN 55812, USA

⁵School of Environment and Planning, Liaocheng University, Liaocheng 252000, Shandong, China

⁶Geological Survey of Anhui Province, Hefei 230001, China

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Li WU, Xiaoling SUN, Wei SUN, Cheng ZHU, Tongxin ZHU, Shuguang LU, Hui ZHOU, Qingchun GUO, Houchun GUAN, Wei XIE, Rui KE, Guiping LIN. Evolution of Neolithic site distribution (9.0-4.0 ka BP) in Anhui, East China[J]. Journal of Geographical Sciences, 2020, 30(9): 1451 Copy Citation Text

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Fig. 1. Distribution of cultural sites in Anhui during the early Neolithic Age (9.0-7.0 ka BP)

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Fig. 2. Distribution of cultural sites in Anhui during the middle Neolithic Age (7.0-5.0 ka BP)

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Fig. 3. Distribution of cultural sites in Anhui during the late Neolithic Age (5.0-4.0 ka BP)

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Fig. 4. Distribution changes of the middle and late Neolithic sites with slope directions in Anhui

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Fig. 5. The Wanjiang channels of cultural exchange during the late Neolithic Age in Anhui

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Period	Changes of site distribution with different altitudes						Total
Period	< 50 m	Proportion (%)	50-100 m	Proportion (%)	> 100 m	Proportion (%)	Total
Early Neolithic Age	11	91.7	0	0	1	8.3	12
Mid Neolithic Age	76	87.4	6	6.9	5	5.7	87
Late Neolithic Age	186	69.4	44	16.4	38	14.2	268

Table 1.

Distribution changes of Neolithic sites with altitudes during different periods in Anhui

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Period	Slope gradient (^o)	0	0-1	1-2	2-3	3-4	> 4
Mid Neolithic Age	Site number	21	40	11	3	3	9
Mid Neolithic Age	Proportion (%)	24.1	46.0	12.6	3.5	3.5	10.3
Late Neolithic Age	Site number	48	116	53	14	6	31
Late Neolithic Age	Proportion (%)	17.9	43.3	19.8	5.2	2.2	11.6

Table 2.

Distribution changes of the mid and late Neolithic sites with slope gradients in Anhui

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Region	Stratigraphic profile	Time range (ka BP)	Environmental characteristic	References
Huaibei Plain	Huangkou borehole in Xiaoxian	12.0-7.5	Warm cool but a little wetter	The No. 1 Hydrogeological and Engineering Geological Team of Bureau of Geology and Mineral of Anhui Province and Jin, 1990; Huang et al., 2006; Wu et al., 2019b
		7.5-5.3	Warm and humid
		5.3-4.0	Warm but a little drier
	Yuchisi site in Mengcheng	5.0-4.4	Warm and relatively wet	Ma et al., 2006; Xu et al., 2011
	Yuchisi site in Mengcheng	4.4-4.0	Tend to be dry	Ma et al., 2006; Xu et al., 2011
Along the Huaihe River	Yuhuicun site in Bengbu	>4.5	Relatively wet	Zhang et al., 2010
Along the Huaihe River	Yuhuicun site in Bengbu	4.5-4.0	From warm-wet to dry	Zhang et al., 2010
Chaohu Lake Basin	Chaohu borehole	9.9-7.7	Warm and relatively wet, with relatively high lake-level	Chen et al., 2009; Wu et al., 2010, 2012b, 2015, 2019a; Luo et al., 2015
		7.7-6.0	Relatively warm and wet, with stable high lake-level
		6.0-4.9	Warm and wet, with relatively high lake-level
		4.9-2.2	Relatively warm and dry, with low lake-level
Along the Yangtze River	Wuhu borehole	9.0-6.0	Warm and wet	Xu et al., 1987
		6.0-5.3	From damp-hot to dry-cool
		5.3-4.0	Tend to be drought
	Longgan borehole	10.0-6.3	Wet	Qu et al., 1998; Yang et al., 2002
	Longgan borehole	6.3-4.0	Tend to be relatively dry	Qu et al., 1998; Yang et al., 2002
West Anhui mountainous area	Tiantangzhai peat	8.8-7.0	Warm and wet	Huang et al., 2007
		7.0-5.0	Tend to be cool and dry
		5.0-4.0	From warm-wet to cold-dry