ESR dating of the Donggutuo Palaeolithic site in the Nihewan Basin, northern China

2013 ◽  
Vol 40 (4) ◽  
pp. 348-354 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chun-Ru Liu ◽  
Gong-Ming Yin ◽  
Fang Fang ◽  
Pierre Voinchet ◽  
Cheng-Long Deng ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
East Asia ◽  
Northern China ◽  
Paleomagnetic Data ◽  
Esr Dating ◽  
Human Occupation ◽  
High Northern Latitude ◽  
Northern Latitude ◽  
Nihewan Basin ◽  
Four Levels ◽  
Early Human

Abstract The fluvio-lacustrine sequences in the Nihewan Basin, northern China, provide important terrestrial archives about Palaeolithic settlements and, therefore, about early human occupation in high northern latitude in East Asia. Here we present detailed ESR dating of the Donggutuo Palaeolithic site, located in this basin. Four levels A, B, C and E of the Donggutuo archaeological layer yield ESR ages ranging from 1060±129 ka to 1171±132 ka with a mean of 1119±132 ka. The ages are consistent with the paleomagnetic data, which show that the Donggutuo Palaeolithic site lies just below the onset of the Jaramillo normal subchron (0.99–1.07 Ma). Furthermore, our results indicate that the reliable ESR dating range of bleached quartz using Ti-Li centre can be effectively extended to 1100 ka and the Ti-Li centre was zeroed before the last deposition, which requires improvement of the understanding of the bleaching mechanism conditions.

Holocene environmental changes and human activity at the Jijitan site in the Nihewan Basin, China

The Holocene ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 28 (7) ◽  
pp. 1151-1159
Author(s):  
Jingyao Lu ◽  
Qinghai Xu ◽  
Yao Liu ◽  
Ya’nan Hu ◽  
Manyue Li ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Human Activity ◽  
Forest Cover ◽  
Environmental Changes ◽  
Asian Summer Monsoon ◽  
Regional Climate ◽  
Peak Level ◽  
Northern China ◽  
High Northern Latitude ◽  
The Holocene ◽  
Nihewan Basin

Knowledge of the relationship between human activities and environmental changes during the Holocene is important for understanding the survival and development of prehistoric humans. Using AMS 14C dating and pollen and charcoal analysis, we reconstructed the history of environmental changes and human activity during the Holocene at the Jijitan site in the Nihewan Basin. During 13,000–7500 cal. yr BP, the East Asian Summer Monsoon (EASM) gradually intensified and precipitation increased, the vegetation changed from temperate grassland to wooded grassland and human activity remained at a low intensity. During 7500–5500 cal. yr BP, the EASM reached peak level, and the climate was warm and humid interval, and human activity intensified substantially. Within this interval, from 6600 to 6000 cal. yr BP, the forests were burned to increase the area of farmland. After 5500 cal. yr BP, the forest cover continued to gradually decrease due to the combined influences of the weakening EASM and increasing human activity. Comparison with regional climate records shows that the optimum period of forest development in northern China was approximately 8000–5000 cal. yr BP, indicating that the EASM reached a peak level in the mid-Holocene, which we suggest may have been due to the reduced influence of the high northern-latitude ice sheets and rising global sea level, rather than in the early Holocene.

Magnetostratigraphic dating of the Donggutuo and Maliang Paleolithic sites in the Nihewan Basin, North China

2005 ◽  
Vol 64 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hongqiang Wang ◽  
Chenglong Deng ◽  
Rixiang Zhu ◽  
Qi Wei ◽  
Yamei Hou ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
North China ◽  
Northern China ◽  
Central China ◽  
Early Pleistocene ◽  
Paleomagnetic Data ◽  
Magnetic Studies ◽  
North Central ◽  
Nihewan Basin

AbstractA detailed magnetostratigraphic investigation, coupled with rock-magnetic studies, was carried out on a lacustrine sequence in the eastern Nihewan Basin, Northern China, which contains the Donggutuo and Maliang Paleolithic sites. Magnetite and hematite were identified as the main carriers for the characteristic remanent magnetizations. Magnetostratigraphic results show that the lacustrine sequence recorded the late Matuyama and Brunhes chrons. Furthermore, the Maliang artifact layer occurs just below the Brunhes/Matuyama boundary, and the Donggutuo artifact layer is just below the Jaramillo onset. Therefore, the age of the Maliang and Donggutuo artifact layers can be definitely estimated to be about 0.78 myr and 1.1 myr, respectively. These two paleomagnetic ages, coupled with previously obtained paleomagnetic data of the Majuangou, Xiaochangliang, Banshan, Lantian, and Xihoudu Paleolithic sites, suggest an expansion and lengthy flourishing of human groups from northern to north-central China during the entire Early Pleistocene.

scholarly journals Geoarchaeological and chronometrical evidence of early human occupation on Lanzarote (Canary Islands)

2003 ◽  
Vol 22 (10-13) ◽  
pp. 1299-1307 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ludwig Zöller ◽  
Hans von Suchodoletz ◽  
Nils Küster
Keyword(s):  
Canary Islands ◽  
Human Occupation ◽  
Early Human

NEW RADIOCARBON DATES FROM ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES IN PARTS OF IGBOLAND, SOUTHEASTERN NIGERIA

Radiocarbon ◽  
2022 ◽  
pp. 1-16
Author(s):  
Kenechukwu Chidiogo Daniel ◽  
Anselm Maduabuchi Ibeanu ◽  
Jacinta Uchenna Ikegwu ◽  
Emuobosa Akpo Orijemie
Keyword(s):  
Archaeological Sites ◽  
Human Settlement ◽  
Human Occupation ◽  
Southeastern Nigeria ◽  
Radiocarbon Dates ◽  
Iron Smelting ◽  
Subsistence Patterns ◽  
Early Human

ABSTRACT This paper presents new results of radiocarbon (14C) ages from archaeological sites in northern Igboland. The study was designed to shed more light on early human occupation and activities in the study area based on sediments from cave and iron-smelting sites. The approach consisted of ethnographic, archaeological, palynological, and slag analyses; these were complemented with 14C dates. The technology adopted as well as the paleoenvironmental conditions that prevailed during the period of human settlement in both sites was revealed. These data, complemented by 14C dates, highlight the human behavioral and subsistence patterns within the region and are comparable to those from similar sites in southeastern Nigeria.

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