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Buried in Sands: Environmental Analysis at the Archaeological Site of Xiaohe Cemetery, Xinjiang, China
Palynomorphs extracted from the mud coffins and plant remains preserved at the archaeological site of Xiaohe Cemetery (Cal. 3980 to 3540 years BP) in Lop Nur Desert of Xinjiang, China were investigated for the reconstruction of the ancient environments at the site. The results demonstrate that the X...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3718815/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23894382 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0068957 |
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author | Li, Jin-Feng Abuduresule, Idelisi Hueber, Francis M. Li, Wen-Ying Hu, Xin-Jun Li, Yue-Zhuo Li, Cheng-Sen |
author_facet | Li, Jin-Feng Abuduresule, Idelisi Hueber, Francis M. Li, Wen-Ying Hu, Xin-Jun Li, Yue-Zhuo Li, Cheng-Sen |
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description | Palynomorphs extracted from the mud coffins and plant remains preserved at the archaeological site of Xiaohe Cemetery (Cal. 3980 to 3540 years BP) in Lop Nur Desert of Xinjiang, China were investigated for the reconstruction of the ancient environments at the site. The results demonstrate that the Xiaohe People lived at a well-developed oasis, which was surrounded by extensive desert. The vegetation in the oasis consisted of Populus , Phragmites , Typha and probably of Gramineae, while the desert surrounding the oasis had some common drought-resistant plants dominated by Ephedra , Tamarix , Artemisia and Chenopodiaceae. This present work provides the first data of the environmental background at this site for further archaeological investigation. |
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spelling | pubmed-37188152013-07-26 Buried in Sands: Environmental Analysis at the Archaeological Site of Xiaohe Cemetery, Xinjiang, China Li, Jin-Feng Abuduresule, Idelisi Hueber, Francis M. Li, Wen-Ying Hu, Xin-Jun Li, Yue-Zhuo Li, Cheng-Sen PLoS One Research Article Palynomorphs extracted from the mud coffins and plant remains preserved at the archaeological site of Xiaohe Cemetery (Cal. 3980 to 3540 years BP) in Lop Nur Desert of Xinjiang, China were investigated for the reconstruction of the ancient environments at the site. The results demonstrate that the Xiaohe People lived at a well-developed oasis, which was surrounded by extensive desert. The vegetation in the oasis consisted of Populus , Phragmites , Typha and probably of Gramineae, while the desert surrounding the oasis had some common drought-resistant plants dominated by Ephedra , Tamarix , Artemisia and Chenopodiaceae. This present work provides the first data of the environmental background at this site for further archaeological investigation. Public Library of Science 2013-07-22 /pmc/articles/PMC3718815/ /pubmed/23894382 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0068957 Text en © 2013 Li et al http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are properly credited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Li, Jin-Feng Abuduresule, Idelisi Hueber, Francis M. Li, Wen-Ying Hu, Xin-Jun Li, Yue-Zhuo Li, Cheng-Sen Buried in Sands: Environmental Analysis at the Archaeological Site of Xiaohe Cemetery, Xinjiang, China |
title | Buried in Sands: Environmental Analysis at the Archaeological Site of Xiaohe Cemetery, Xinjiang, China |
title_full | Buried in Sands: Environmental Analysis at the Archaeological Site of Xiaohe Cemetery, Xinjiang, China |
title_fullStr | Buried in Sands: Environmental Analysis at the Archaeological Site of Xiaohe Cemetery, Xinjiang, China |
title_full_unstemmed | Buried in Sands: Environmental Analysis at the Archaeological Site of Xiaohe Cemetery, Xinjiang, China |
title_short | Buried in Sands: Environmental Analysis at the Archaeological Site of Xiaohe Cemetery, Xinjiang, China |
title_sort | buried in sands: environmental analysis at the archaeological site of xiaohe cemetery, xinjiang, china |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3718815/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23894382 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0068957 |
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