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Middle Stone Age technological organisation from MIS 5 at Mertenhof Rockshelter, South Africa 南非默滕霍夫岩石栖息地 MIS 5 的中石器时代技术组织
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Quaternary Science Advances Pub Date : 2024-12-01 Epub Date: 2024-09-28 DOI: 10.1016/j.qsa.2024.100243
Corey A. O'Driscoll , Alex Mackay
{"title":"Middle Stone Age technological organisation from MIS 5 at Mertenhof Rockshelter, South Africa","authors":"Corey A. O'Driscoll ,&nbsp;Alex Mackay","doi":"10.1016/j.qsa.2024.100243","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.qsa.2024.100243","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Lithic technological organisation within the southern Africa Early Middle Stone Age (∼315,000–80,000 years ago) has seen relatively little investigation owing to the subtly of technological change, frequent use of locally derived raw materials, and the archaeological spatio-temporal discontinuity. This has resulted in relatively limited use of explanatory models for technological variability, including mobility, provisioning, tool production, and core reduction strategies. This paper uses 2952 artefacts to test the lithic technological organisation across Marine Isotope Stage 5 units of Mertenhof Rockshelter. Here we argue that the scales and concepts currently used to approach Early Middle Stone Age technology requires reconsideration. The Mertenhof sequence exhibits high proportions of non-local raw materials with their transport reflective of tactical adjustments within relatively stable mobility, provisioning, and reduction strategies. We demonstrate that Early Middle Stone Age populations maintained a diverse array of tactical solutions across these strategic domains, offering a durable and flexible strategy that would be adapted to changing contexts.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":34142,"journal":{"name":"Quaternary Science Advances","volume":"16 ","pages":"Article 100243"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142425188","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Local hydrology control of radiocarbon in stalagmites from the Kyusendo Cave, Kumamoto, Japan 当地水文对日本熊本 Kyusendo 洞穴石笋中放射性碳的影响
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Quaternary Science Advances Pub Date : 2024-12-01 Epub Date: 2024-08-31 DOI: 10.1016/j.qsa.2024.100232
Shoko Hirabayashi , Narumi Ishizawa , Yusuke Yokoyama
{"title":"Local hydrology control of radiocarbon in stalagmites from the Kyusendo Cave, Kumamoto, Japan","authors":"Shoko Hirabayashi ,&nbsp;Narumi Ishizawa ,&nbsp;Yusuke Yokoyama","doi":"10.1016/j.qsa.2024.100232","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.qsa.2024.100232","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Stalagmite is an important archive of paleoclimate especially in the region of the East Asian Monsoon. Despite the widespread use of radiocarbon (<sup>14</sup>C) dating to explore past environmental changes, the contribution of a<sup>14</sup>C-free carbon fraction leached from soil and/or host rocks during stalagmite formation, known as the dead carbon fraction (DCF), impedes its application to stalagmite chronology. Thus, uranium series dating is preferentially used to determine stalagmite ages. However, both U/Th and <sup>14</sup>C dating can be applied to stalagmite samples, U/Th can be used to calibrate the radiocarbon ages by assuming a relatively constant DCF contribution over time. Studies exploring DCF changes from glacial to interglacial periods remain scarce, suggesting that temporal and speleothem-specific DCF studies are needed. Here, we present findings on DCF changes over the last 38 ka in speleothems obtained from southwestern Japan. Our analysis includes measurements of both <sup>14</sup>C in drip water and speleothem calcite alongside U/Th dating of three stalagmites collected from Kyusendo Cave, located in southern Japan. The DCFs reconstructed from these stalagmites exhibited variations of 37.8%–73.9% between 4.2 and 38.3 ka, which exceeded the typical DCF values reported previously. Intra-test variations of the DCF values in Kyusendo Cave also revealed differences of up to 30%–40% among the three stalagmites. A higher drip water DCF and dripping rate showed a strong negative correlation, indicating that variations in DCF may reflect changes in local hydrology. The study findings suggest that speleothem-specific and temporally varied DCF should be considered in paleoclimate reconstructions using speleothems.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":34142,"journal":{"name":"Quaternary Science Advances","volume":"16 ","pages":"Article 100232"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142440857","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Tracing drainage capture between the two large tributaries of the Yangtze River in the southeastern Tibetan plateau: Insights from detrital apatite fission-track thermochronology 追溯青藏高原东南部长江两大支流之间的排水捕获:非晶磷灰石裂变轨道热年代学的启示
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Quaternary Science Advances Pub Date : 2024-12-01 Epub Date: 2024-10-28 DOI: 10.1016/j.qsa.2024.100252
Rong Yang, Rongyan Li, Cheng Su, Junqing He, Chenchao Xu, Xuhua Shi, Hanlin Chen
{"title":"Tracing drainage capture between the two large tributaries of the Yangtze River in the southeastern Tibetan plateau: Insights from detrital apatite fission-track thermochronology","authors":"Rong Yang,&nbsp;Rongyan Li,&nbsp;Cheng Su,&nbsp;Junqing He,&nbsp;Chenchao Xu,&nbsp;Xuhua Shi,&nbsp;Hanlin Chen","doi":"10.1016/j.qsa.2024.100252","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.qsa.2024.100252","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The evolution of drainage patterns in the southeastern Tibetan Plateau remains a highly controversial topic. In this study, we provide solid evidence that the Dadu and Anning Rivers, located in the southeastern Tibetan Plateau, have undergone reorganization after the plateau uplift. Through detrital apatite fission-track dating on modern sediments from both rivers, as well as the upper Pliocene - lower Pleistocene Xigeda Formation of the Anning, we reveal that the modern sediments of the Dadu River are dominated by young AFT ages (&lt;5 Ma), consistent with the bedrock ages in its drainage basin. Similarly, the Anning modern sediments and the Xigeda Formation exhibit a significant portion of young ages (peaking at 4.2 and 4.4 Ma, respectively), contrasting with the older ages observed in the bedrocks of the Anning drainage basin but comparable to those of the Dadu drainage basin. We conclude that the Anning and Dadu Rivers were connected during the deposition of the Xigeda Formation, and the modern Anning River receives significant recycled sediments from this formation.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":34142,"journal":{"name":"Quaternary Science Advances","volume":"16 ","pages":"Article 100252"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142561117","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Cultural rhythms and pulses on MIS 5-3 migration episodes of Homo sapiens dispersal in Northeast Africa 非洲东北部 MIS 5-3 智人迁徙事件的文化节奏和脉动
IF 2.9
Quaternary Science Advances Pub Date : 2024-12-01 Epub Date: 2024-10-05 DOI: 10.1016/j.qsa.2024.100248
Jürgen Richter , Karin Kindermann , Ralf Vogelsang , Felix Henselowsky
{"title":"Cultural rhythms and pulses on MIS 5-3 migration episodes of Homo sapiens dispersal in Northeast Africa","authors":"Jürgen Richter ,&nbsp;Karin Kindermann ,&nbsp;Ralf Vogelsang ,&nbsp;Felix Henselowsky","doi":"10.1016/j.qsa.2024.100248","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.qsa.2024.100248","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>On the one hand, genetic observations suggest one essential migration of anatomically modern humans (AMH) from Africa to Eurasia had taken place around 70-50 ka BP and led to the dispersal of AMH all over the world (Out-of-Africa-II model). On the other hand, given the initial phase of the migration would have been located in East and Northeast Africa, archaeological patterning of cultural traits can, so far, neither support nor contradict such a model within the supposed area of migration, and at the time concerned hereby. This paper addresses the obvious invisibility of the migration in the archaeological record and the reasons for it. We propose the summer/winter rainfall frontier to have caused phases of isolation between East and Northeast Africa, impeding cultural exchange between these areas, either resulting from acculturation or migration. We exclude large scale events of dispersal, only small-scale movements of populations to be admitted. This might explain the lack of archaeological visibility of the migration event.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":34142,"journal":{"name":"Quaternary Science Advances","volume":"16 ","pages":"Article 100248"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142425186","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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In-situ and modelled debris thickness distribution on Panchi Nala Glacier (western Himalaya, India) and its impact on glacier state 潘奇纳拉冰川(印度喜马拉雅山西部)的原地和模型碎屑厚度分布及其对冰川状态的影响
IF 2.9
Quaternary Science Advances Pub Date : 2024-12-01 Epub Date: 2024-11-21 DOI: 10.1016/j.qsa.2024.100254
Purushottam Kumar Garg , Mohd Farooq Azam , Iram Ali , Aparna Shukla , Arindan Mandal , Himanshu Kaushik
{"title":"In-situ and modelled debris thickness distribution on Panchi Nala Glacier (western Himalaya, India) and its impact on glacier state","authors":"Purushottam Kumar Garg ,&nbsp;Mohd Farooq Azam ,&nbsp;Iram Ali ,&nbsp;Aparna Shukla ,&nbsp;Arindan Mandal ,&nbsp;Himanshu Kaushik","doi":"10.1016/j.qsa.2024.100254","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.qsa.2024.100254","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study presents extensive in-situ debris thickness measurements over the Panchi Nala Glacier (western Himalaya, India) and models its spatial distribution using remote sensing and ERA-5 reanalysis data. A rigorous comparison of in-situ and modelled debris thickness and a systematic assessment of its influence on glacier state (2000–2019) are also made. In-situ measurements reveal debris thickness ranging from 0 to 70 ± 0.25 cm. Modelled debris thickness ranges from 0 to 64 ± 1.75 cm. Debris thickness pattern is such that it increases from centre to margins and snout to upglacier. In-situ and modelled debris thickness show a good positive correlation (r = 0.73; <em>p</em> &lt; 0.05). Further, the glacier-wide mass balance is −0.51 ± 0.09 m w.e./y. Modelled debris thickness showed a moderate positive correlation (r = 0.66; <em>p</em> &lt; 0.05) with surface lowering, indicating reduced melt under thick debris. These moderate-to-good correlations in both cases can be ascribed to the inability of coarse resolution data to capture small supraglacial feature variations. Also, thicker debris over margins probably protected it, manifested through limited area loss (0.13 ± 0.2%/y) and snout retreat (5.9 ± 1.6 m/y). Results show higher thinning over the upper ablation zone (4725–4925 m asl) compared to the lower ablation zone (4546–4725 m asl), likely induced by typical debris distribution, has reduced the glacier-tongue's slope (6.7°). Gentle glacier-tongue in a negative mass balance regime with growing debris (0.3 ± 0.2%/y) has become conducive to supraglacial ponds and ice cliffs development, which now dominate ablation processes. Overall, the study presents crucial data on debris thickness and provides vital insights into glacier evolution.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":34142,"journal":{"name":"Quaternary Science Advances","volume":"16 ","pages":"Article 100254"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142721461","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Morphological characteristics and controlling factors of the piedmont fan systems in the Zanskar region, Northwest Himalaya, India 印度西北喜马拉雅山赞斯卡尔地区山腹扇系统的形态特征和控制因素
IF 2.9
Quaternary Science Advances Pub Date : 2024-12-01 Epub Date: 2024-09-19 DOI: 10.1016/j.qsa.2024.100240
Mohammad Irfan, Bikram Singh Bali, Ahsan Afzal
{"title":"Morphological characteristics and controlling factors of the piedmont fan systems in the Zanskar region, Northwest Himalaya, India","authors":"Mohammad Irfan,&nbsp;Bikram Singh Bali,&nbsp;Ahsan Afzal","doi":"10.1016/j.qsa.2024.100240","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.qsa.2024.100240","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Piedmont fans are prominent geomorphic features formed at the transition between mountain slopes and valley floors. This study investigates the morphology of alluvial fans in the Zanskar Basin (ZB) to uncover the key variables influencing their development and morphodynamics. Utilizing advanced GIS and remote sensing techniques, along with field investigations, we conducted a detailed spatial analysis of 103 alluvial fans along the Doda, Tsarap, and Zanskar rivers. This approach allowed for precise mapping and characterization of these fans within complex depositional settings of ZB, particularly where fans merge into bajadas. Our analysis revealed distinct characteristics for the fans, including Fan Area (FA), Fan Slope (SF), Radius (R), Base Length of Fan (BF), Fan Maximum Entrenchment (FME), and Flow Expansion Angle (FEA). A morphometric analysis was then conducted to evaluate the correlation between the fans and their upstream basins. The linear regression analysis demonstrated both positive and negative correlations between these parameters, highlighting the important role of the upstream basins in controlling sediment delivery to fans. The findings suggest that larger basins contribute to the morphological development of fan systems, with larger, less steep fans forming as a result of greater flows and increased sediment supply from basins with denser drainage networks. Lower values of Mountain Front Sinuosity, Valley Floor Width to Valley Height ratio and Basin Elongation suggest that upstream basins in the ZB are significantly influenced by tectonic forces, resulting in linear mountain fronts, V-shaped valleys and elongated upstream basins. The F-99 fan, in particular, has developed a prominent stepped-fan morphology, attributed to differential uplift, vertical incision, and lateral migration of channels across the fan surface. Along the various fronts of the Zanskar, fan morphology is controlled by a complex interplay of long-term tectonic processes, climate, upstream lithology, and basin characteristics. Tectonic forces, particularly the NW-SE-trending ZSZ/STD and ZCT, exert first-order control on fan morphology by influencing sediment-flux and accommodation space. This influence is evident in tectonically modified landforms such as active mountain fronts, fan terraces, elongated basin shapes, wine-glass valleys and triangular facets, all indicating recent uplift and active tectonics in the region. Our results indicate that ZSZ and ZCT exert significant tectonic control over the geometry and evolution of fans, alongside substantial climatic influences.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":34142,"journal":{"name":"Quaternary Science Advances","volume":"16 ","pages":"Article 100240"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666033424000789/pdfft?md5=f83a0bbaba05c44f81cebf42aea01462&pid=1-s2.0-S2666033424000789-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142314901","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Combined GIS, FR and AHP approaches to landslide susceptibility and risk zonation in the Baso Liben district, Northwestern Ethiopia 埃塞俄比亚西北部巴索利本地区滑坡易发性和风险分区的 GIS、FR 和 AHP 组合方法
IF 2.9
Quaternary Science Advances Pub Date : 2024-12-01 Epub Date: 2024-10-18 DOI: 10.1016/j.qsa.2024.100250
Biniyam Taye Alamrew , Tibebu Kassawmar , Likinaw Mengstie , Muralitharan Jothimani
{"title":"Combined GIS, FR and AHP approaches to landslide susceptibility and risk zonation in the Baso Liben district, Northwestern Ethiopia","authors":"Biniyam Taye Alamrew ,&nbsp;Tibebu Kassawmar ,&nbsp;Likinaw Mengstie ,&nbsp;Muralitharan Jothimani","doi":"10.1016/j.qsa.2024.100250","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.qsa.2024.100250","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In mountainous places, landslides pose severe environmental threats, weakening infrastructure, resulting in death and costing the economy. This article assesses landslide susceptibility and risk in the Baso Liben district of Northwestern Ethiopia using an analytical hierarchy process (AHP) and Geographic Information System (GIS)-based Frequency Ratio (FR). Eleven key environmental and geological components— height, slope, lithology, soil type, and land use—were studied. After field research and Google Earth photos, 342 landslide incidents were collated and separated into validation (30%) and training (70%) datasets. ROC curves provide a technique for analyzing the efficacy of the FR and AHP models. With an Area Under the Curve (AUC) value of 83.4%, the AHP model exhibited superior accuracy than the FR model, with an AUC value of 74.4%. Very low, low, moderate, high, and very high vulnerability are five categories defined as landslide hazard zones. The AHP model assessed 10.5% of the area as very high risk, 19.8% as high danger, 25.6% as moderate risk, 28% as medium risk, and 16.1% as very low risk. The FR model meanwhile assessed 10.16% of the area as very high risk, 21.3% as high risk, 28.9% as moderate risk, 22.5% as low risk, and 17.04% as very low risk. The results reveal that slope angle, lithology, and elevation are key factors impacting landslide vulnerability. These findings equip a practical framework for land-use planning and disaster risk reduction, providing decision-makers with appropriate instruments to help lessen landslide hazards. The research underscores the significance of combining objective data analysis with expert knowledge to enhance the accuracy and reliability of landslide susceptibility models.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":34142,"journal":{"name":"Quaternary Science Advances","volume":"16 ","pages":"Article 100250"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142534472","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Assessing foundation characteristics at the war dam site, lake tana basin, Ethiopia: A geophysical and geotechnical perspective 评估埃塞俄比亚塔纳湖盆地战争坝址的地基特征:地球物理和岩土工程视角
IF 2.9
Quaternary Science Advances Pub Date : 2024-09-01 Epub Date: 2024-07-09 DOI: 10.1016/j.qsa.2024.100216
Yahya Ali Abdulkadir , Tigabu Baye , Muralitharan Jothimani
{"title":"Assessing foundation characteristics at the war dam site, lake tana basin, Ethiopia: A geophysical and geotechnical perspective","authors":"Yahya Ali Abdulkadir ,&nbsp;Tigabu Baye ,&nbsp;Muralitharan Jothimani","doi":"10.1016/j.qsa.2024.100216","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.qsa.2024.100216","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>An integrated geophysical and geotechnical study evaluated the foundation conditions at the War dam site in northwest Ethiopia. This investigation included the classification of rock quality, shallow seismic refraction, and magnetic approaches. The dam's location comprises quaternary soil deposits and rhyolite rock units that have undergone varied weathering and fracturing. The shallow seismic refraction method distinguishes three layers of p-wave velocities that are less than 1.5 km per second with a depth range of 2–6 m, 1.5–2.5 km per second at a depth range of 15–20 m, and 2.5–3.5 km per second ranging from 20 to 40 m, respectively. Magnetic data were used to identify lineaments, and the RQD value acquired from boreholes ranged from extremely poor to excellent. Lineaments were recognized using the tilt angle approach. The results of the permeability tests demonstrated that the rock mass that serves as the dam's foundation had characteristics that are resistant to low permeability. The maximum and minimum lugeon values obtained from the testing were 9Lu and 0.81Lu, respectively. There are weak zones at and below the surface of the dam site, according to the overall findings acquired from seismic refraction, magnetic, and discontinuity surveying. These results were obtained from monitoring the dam site. These significant structures are directed towards a SW-NE, NE-SW, NNW-SSE, and SSW-NNE orientation. The study assessed the geological suitability of a proposed dam site using seismic refraction and magnetic survey methods. Significant geological variations were observed, particularly in the right abutment and valley floor, indicating the need for targeted grouting. The findings suggest that while the site is generally suitable for dam construction, specific areas require further ground improvement to ensure stability.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":34142,"journal":{"name":"Quaternary Science Advances","volume":"15 ","pages":"Article 100216"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666033424000546/pdfft?md5=3d4b46ba2c52171188c0e685d0cf5201&pid=1-s2.0-S2666033424000546-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141701479","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Archaeology, climate change and human adaptation in southern Africa: Evidence from Mapela and Little Mapela, southern Africa 南部非洲的考古学、气候变化和人类适应性:来自南部非洲马佩拉和小马佩拉的证据
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Quaternary Science Advances Pub Date : 2024-09-01 Epub Date: 2024-07-08 DOI: 10.1016/j.qsa.2024.100219
Shadreck Chirikure , Foreman Bandama , Michelle House , Munyaradzi Manyanga , Robert T. Nyamushosho
{"title":"Archaeology, climate change and human adaptation in southern Africa: Evidence from Mapela and Little Mapela, southern Africa","authors":"Shadreck Chirikure ,&nbsp;Foreman Bandama ,&nbsp;Michelle House ,&nbsp;Munyaradzi Manyanga ,&nbsp;Robert T. Nyamushosho","doi":"10.1016/j.qsa.2024.100219","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.qsa.2024.100219","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>In Africa south of the Zambezi River, archaeologists and other experts have long explored the impact of climate and environmental changes to the development of ancient civilizations during the Iron Age (CE 200–1900). Some of the prevailing thought is however still rooted in environmental deterministic models informed by selected ethnographies, stable isotopes and archaeological evidence. For instance, the drought brought by the medieval Little Ice Age is assumed to have collapsed the civilisation at Mapungubwe in the Shashi-Limpopo valley around 1300 CE. And yet, within the wider region, and in similar ecological settings, upstream (Shashi and Upper Limpopo) and downstream civilisations (Lower Limpopo), persisted and thrived through the same climatic challenges. We draw on African cosmologies, resilience theory and archaeological evidence from Mapela and Little Mapela to spotlight adaptation strategies utilised by their inhabitants to build resilience through time. The main conclusion is that even in cases of climatic extremes, humans responded to opportunities and constraints in context specific ways.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":34142,"journal":{"name":"Quaternary Science Advances","volume":"15 ","pages":"Article 100219"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666033424000571/pdfft?md5=4702b1756c10dba156fe8351db05deb4&pid=1-s2.0-S2666033424000571-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141596888","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Assessment of fluvial response to landslide susceptibility and transient response of tectonically active upper Alaknanda River basin of Uttarakhand Himalaya, India 印度北阿坎德邦喜马拉雅地区构造活跃的阿拉克南达河上游流域对滑坡易发性和瞬态响应的河川响应评估
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Quaternary Science Advances Pub Date : 2024-09-01 Epub Date: 2024-07-31 DOI: 10.1016/j.qsa.2024.100221
Hem Ch Kothyari , Girish Ch Kothyari , R.C. Joshi , Kalpana Gururani , Senjuti Nandy , Atul Kumar Patidar
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