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Paper No. 2
Presentation Time: 1:30 PM-4:30 PM
HOLOCENE ENVIRONMENT AND HUMAN IMPACT AT DINGNAN, CHINA
A pollen analysis of peat at Dingnan in southern Jiangxi Province, a temperate region of eastern China, contains a record of vegetation and landscape change covering the full Holocene. The record opens with an Alder woodland with a mix of Oak and grassland. In the mid Holocene the vegetation becomes more complex suggesting a moist and warm environment and little if any human impact. About 4-5000 years ago there is a collapse in forest cover and a fernland with low tree cover forms. This region is subsequently converted into a predominantly rice production area, fire becomes an important part of the management cycle in the system and some Pine plantations are developed.
The record of agricultural development is slightly younger than is known for regions further north in the Lower Yangtze Basin.
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