Sedimentary evidence of Late Holocene human activity in the Pearl River delta, China

• Main Authors: Lloyd, Jeremy M., Yim, Wyss W. S., Yu, Fengling, Huang, Guangqing, Zong, Yongqiang
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: DRNTU::Science::Geology
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/94727; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/8814
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This study examines the sedimentary evidence of human activities during the last 4000 years in the Pearl River deltaic area. The analyses are focused on indentifying agricultural signatures present in the sedimentary record and establishing the timing of a change from a simple, rice-based agricultur...