Climate oscillations during the Middle-Late Pleistocene profoundly affected the population fluctuations and extinctions of megafauna,such as mammoths,woolly rhinoceroses,bison,Przewalski’s horses,cave bears,giant dee...
funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.42271078);the Key Research and Development Program of Shaanxi(No.2024SF-YBXM669)。
0 INTRODUCTION The Lajia Site in Guanting Basin in the Upper Reaches of the Yellow River,China,is known as the'Pompeii of the East'.It is adjacent to Xunhua and Hualong counties,and is also situated in the transitiona...
supported by the National Key R&D Program of China(2021YFC1523600);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(41930323&42371171);Basic Science Center for Tibetan Plateau Earth System(BSCTPES,41988101);the Youth Innovation Promotion Association of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(2022068);National Cultural Heritage Conservation Special Fund from National Cultural Heritage Administration,China.
The origin and spread of agriculture facilitated a decline in human mobility and eventually led to a predominantly sedentary lifestyle globally,including on the Tibetan Plateau.Previous studies have proposed an evolut...
This book focuses on culture and discusses it from an archaeological perspective.It includes several aspects:to illustrate the uniqueness of the archaeological perspective,introduce the cultural evolution of the Paleo...
The purpose of this article is to reveal the historiography and current state of research related to the cult buildings of the Eneolithic period of the Cucuteni-Trypillian cultural community.The article describes the ...
the Zhejiang Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology for supporting this study;supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.T2192950)。
This article examines the abundant marine mollusc,and fish remains at the Jingtoushan shell midden(8,300 to7,800 cal a BP)in Zhejiang Province,China,to investigate the fishing economy,community development,the palaeoe...
According to the historical records of prehistoric civilisation in China and the existing theories of prehistoric history within the academic community,it can be inferred that all human civilisations on Earth have the...
supported by the Second Tibetan Plateau Scientific Expedition and Research Program(STEP)(Grant No.2019QZKK0601-02);the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(Grant No.lzujbky-2021-ct03).
Prehistoric projectile weapons are crucial for understanding the hunting behavior,survival strategies,and subsistence patterns of prehistoric humans.Arrowheads were the primary prehistoric projectile weapon,and here w...
On January the 5th,2023,I received the devastating news of the passing of Professor Mao Zhaoxi during my stay in Tokyo,Japan.I am flled with deep sorrow.Mao was my master's thesis advisor,who not only introduced me to...
supported by the National Key R&D Program of China(Grant No.2020YFC1521605);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.41971002,41971016.41671014 and U2039201);the National Social Science Foundation of China(Grant No.19ZDA227);the Study of Environment Archaeology in Zhengzhou,the Digital Environment Archaeology Specially-appointed Researcher of Henan,China(Grant No.210501002);the Science and Technology Open Cooperation Project(Grant No.210901006);the Science and Technology Think-Tank Project of Henan Academy of Sciences(Grant No.210701002)。
The emergence of the"Ancient State"is considered an important stage in the discourse on human civilizations.Based on its complex and hierarchical social structure,the Shuanghuaishu site of Henan Province is regarded a...