Environmental and social factors influencing the spatiotemporal variation of archaeological sites during the historical period in the Heihe River basin, northwest China

• Main Authors: Shi, Zhilin, Chen, Tingting, Storozum, Michael J., Liu, Fengwen
• Other Authors: Earth Observatory of Singapore
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: Humanities::History; Settlement Patterns; Chinese Archaeology
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/146633
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

In northwestern China, many historical nomadic kingdoms and Chinese dynasties sought to control the Heihe River basin, an important location on the eastern part of the ancient Silk Road. Archaeologists have argued that changes in material culture are tied to the frequent turnover in polities in the...