Archaeological sites distribution and its physical environmental settings between ca 260-2.2 ka BP in Guizhou, Southwest China

作     者：LI Kaifeng ZHU Cheng JIANG Fengqing LI Bing WANG Xinhao CAO BO ZHAO Xiaofan 

作者机构：School of Geographic and Oceanographic Sciences Nanjing University Nanjing 210023 China Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography CAS Urumqi 830011 China College of Hydrology and Water Resources Hohai University Nanjing 210098 China Guizhou Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology Guiyang 550004 China 

出 版 物：《Journal of Geographical Sciences》 (地理学报（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2014年第24卷第3期

页      面：526-538页

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学科分类：0709[理学-地质学] 081803[工学-地质工程] 07[理学] 08[工学] 0818[工学-地质资源与地质工程] 09[农学] 0901[农学-作物学] 0704[理学-天文学] 

基　　金：Foundation: National Natural Science Foundation of China, No.41171163, No.41371204 Scientific Research Foundation of Graduate School of Nanjing University, No.2012CL02 Major Program of National Social Science Foun- dation of China, No. 11 &ZD 183 Open Foundation of State Key Laboratory of Lake Science and Environment, CAS, No.2012SKL003 Open Foundation of State Key Laboratory of Loess and Quaternary Geology, CAS, No.SKLLQ1206 

主　　题：Guizhou Province archaeological sites temporal-spatial distribution the Paleolithic Age to theShang-Zhon Dynasties physical environment 

摘      要：This study presents an analysis of the spatial-temporal distribution of 230 ar- chaeological sites in Guizhou Province, Southwest China for three selected time periods from the Paleolithic Age to the Shang-Zhou Dynasties. The relationship between archaeological sites distribution and environmental changes is also discussed based on paleo-environmental proxies of 6480 and δ3C recorded in stalagmites from Southwest China. The results show that： in the Paleolithic Age （260-10 ka BP）, archaeological sites were concentrated in the central, northwestern and southwestern parts of Guizhou, where the high-altitudinal karst landforms with many natural caves suitable for human habitation are developed. In the Neo- lithic Age （10-3.6 ka BP）, most of human settlements were concentrated in the central, northwestern and southwestern parts, while, a fewer sites were found on river terraces in the southern and eastern parts, and the intermontane basins in the central and western Guizhou. During the Shang-Zhou Dynasties （3.6-2.2 ka BP）, the sites were mainly distributed in the intermontane basins and on river terraces, which were suitable for primitive aerial farming. The analysis of paleo-environmental proxies of 6180 and δ3C since 260 ka BP suggested that climate fluctuations had little imPact on human settlements in this study area. The distinct physical environment, especially the spatial patterns of karst landforms and arable land played an important role in the archaeological sites distribution of Guizhou.