Vegetation History and Survival Patterns of the Earliest Village on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau.

ABSTRACT: The upper Yellow River valley in the northeastern Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau (QTP) is an important corridor for prehistoric migration to the hinterland plateau. However, most studies have focused on the Neolithic Age, with limited evidence for earlier periods. The Shalongka (SLK) site on the northeastern QTP spans the Epipaleolithic to Bronze Age and contains cultural deposits, so provides a good basis for unraveling the evolutionary history of the human-land relationship. In this study, we sampled the 420-cm-thick section T1406E at the SLK site and undertook lithologic stratigraphic description and analysis of grain size, redness, magnetic susceptibility, geochemical elements, pollen and charcoal. Dating control was provided by accelerated mass spectrometry ¹⁴C and optically stimu

SUBMITTER: Gao J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9134012 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature