Analysis of the ecological environment around 10000 a BP in Zhaitang area,Beijing:A case study of the Donghulin Site  

作　　者：XIA ZhengKai ZHANG JunNa LIU Jing ZHAO ChaoHong WU XiaoHong 

机构地区：[1]School of Urban and Environmental Science,Peking University,Beijing 100871,China [2]School of Archaeology and Museology,Peking University,Beijing 100871,China

出　　处：《Chinese Science Bulletin》2012年第4期360-369,共10页

基　　金：supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(40571168);the National Science and Technology Supporting Project(2010BAK67B02)

摘　　要：The transition from Paleolithic to Neolithic around 10000 a BP was a significant event in human history. We have analyzed the paleoenvironment in the Zhaitang area (Beijing) based on samples from an early Neolithic site at Donghulin. This site is considered to demonstrate the Paleolithic-Neolithic transition in this area. The site yielded burials with several human skeletons, known as "Donghulin man". We conducted a geomorphological and quaternary geological investigation in the Donghulin area, and also analyzed sediments and pollen, enabling us to discuss the living environment of the local people. Donghulin man lived mainly from 11100-9600 cal a BP; a period of warming following the Younger Dryas. The climate was good, the land was covered by dry temperate grassland, and later, wet temperate meadow steppe. "Donghulin man" usually inhabited the floodplain; this was flat, warm, and wet, with abundant plants and animals for a favorable living environment. Our research helps to rebuild the living environment of humans in the Beijing area around 10000 a BP, and to understand more about the environmental setting in north China during the Paleolithic-Neolithic transition.The transition from Paleolithic to Neolithic around 10000 a BP was a significant event in human history. We have analyzed the paleoenvironment in the Zhaitang area （Beijing） based on samples from an early Neolithic site at Donghulin. This site is considered to demonstrate the Paleolithic-Neolithic transition in this area. The site yielded burials with several human skeletons, known as ＂Donghulin man＂. We conducted a geomorphological and quaternary geological investigation in the Donghulin area, and also analyzed sediments and pollen, enabling us to discuss the living environment of the local people. Donghulin man lived mainly from 11100-9600 cal a BP; a period of warming following the Younger Dryas. The climate was good, the land was covered by dry temperate grassland, and later, wet temperate meadow steppe. ＂Donghulin man＂ usually inhabited the floodplain; this was flat, warm, and wet, with abundant plants and animals for a favorable living environment. Our research helps to rebuild the living en- vironment of humans in the Beijing area around 10000 a BP, and to understand more about the environmental setting in north China during the Paleolithic-Neolithic transition.

关 键 词：北京地区 生态环境分析 BP 新石器时代 旧石器时代 生活环境 遗址 案例 

分 类 号：P467[天文地球—大气科学及气象学] X171.1[环境科学与工程—环境科学]