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Climate change and cultural response around 4000 cal yr BP in the western part of Chinese Loess Plateauarticle 2005 • An, Cheng-Bang et al.
Yellow River Late Neolithic • Asia > East Asia
The authors collected and examined pollen and shell samples from soil profiles (dating from the Dadiwan to Xindian phases, and mainly along the Sujiawan section west of Dingxi, Gansu) as evidence for environmental change in the western Loess Plateau,...The transition to agriculture at Dadiwan, People's Republic of Chinaarticle 2010 • Bettinger, Robert L. et al.
Yellow River Early Neolithic • Asia > East Asia
Small-scale excavations date the different components at the site, and document a transition from foraging to low-intensity cultivation of millet. Microlithic artifacts also were found. Only site components 5 and 6 pertain to the Yellow River Early N...The development of agriculture and its impact on cultural expansion during the late Neolithic in the Western Loess Plateau, Chinaarticle 2013 • Jia, Xin et al.
Yellow River Late Neolithic • Asia > East Asia
Plant and animal remains from flotation samples the Buziping site are analyzed for clues to the spread and development of agriculture, especially through the Hexi Corridor connecting North China to Central and Western Asia. The authors also discuss d...