Late Quaternary Climate Change and Human Adaptation in Arid China

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D.B. Madsen (University of Texas, Austin TX, USA) F. Chen (Lanzhou University, China)

Late Quaternary Climate Change and Human Adaptation in Arid China

D.B. Madsen (University of Texas, Austin TX, USA), F. Chen (Lanzhou University, China), X. Gao (Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing, China)

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English

Elsevier Science Ltd
10 May 2007

Prehistoric archaeology; Meteorology & climatology; Cereal crops

Series: Developments in Quaternary Science

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Due to political pressures, prior to the 1990s little was known about the nature of human foraging adaptations in the deserts, grasslands, and mountains of north western China during the last glacial period. Even less was known about the transition to agriculture that followed. Now open to foreign visitation, there is now an increasing understanding of the foraging strategies which led both to the development of millet agriculture and to the utilization of the extreme environments of the Tibetan Plateau. This text explores the transition from the foraging societies of the Late Paleolithic to the emergence of settled farming societies and the emergent pastoralism of the middle Neolithic striving to help answer the diverse and numerous questions of this critical transitional period.

Edited by: D.B. Madsen (University of Texas Austin TX USA), F. Chen (Lanzhou University, China), X. Gao (Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing, China)
Imprint: Elsevier Science Ltd
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: 9th edition
Volume: v. 9
Dimensions: Height: 297mm, Width: 210mm, Spine: 17mm
Weight: 970g
ISBN: 9780444529626
ISBN 10: 0444529624
Series: Developments in Quaternary Science
Pages: 244
Publication Date: 10 May 2007
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active