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Climate and cultural evolution drove Holocene cropland change in the Huai River Valley, China.

Yanyan Yu, Haibin Wu, Wenchao Zhang, Nicole Boivin, Jie Yu, Juzhong Zhang, Xin Zhou, Wuhong Luo, Chenglong Deng, Junyi Ge and 1 more

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Yanyan YuState Key Laboratory of Lithospheric and Environmental Coevolution, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China.
Haibin WuState Key Laboratory of Lithospheric and Environmental Coevolution, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China.
Wenchao ZhangSchool of Earth Sciences and Resources, China University of Geosciences (Beijing), Beijing 100083, China.
Nicole BoivinDepartment of Archaeology, Max Planck Institute for Geoanthropology, Jena 07745, Germany.
Jie YuState Key Laboratory of Lithospheric and Environmental Coevolution, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China.
Juzhong ZhangSchool of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China.
Xin ZhouSchool of Earth and Space Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China.
Wuhong LuoSchool of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China.
Chenglong DengState Key Laboratory of Lithospheric and Environmental Coevolution, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China.
Junyi GeKey Laboratory of Vertebrate Evolution and Human Origins, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100044, China.
Zhengtang GuoState Key Laboratory of Lithospheric and Environmental Coevolution, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China.

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Abstract

As an important way of maximizing land productivity by growing more than one crop type in the same field, mixed cropping has been an effective option for sustaining population growth under different climatic conditions since prehistoric period. We used a combination of archaeological data and an improved prehistoric land use model (PLUM) to quantitatively reconstruct spatiotemporal changes in cropland types and areas in the Huai River Valley of China, a core region of mixed cropping during the Holocene. The total cropland area increased more than 25 times during 8-2 ka BP, with northward expansion of rice-dominated cultivation during 5-4 ka BP and southward expansion of dry-dominated cultivation after 4 ka BP. Temperature and precipitation determined cropland types distribution, while that of cropland area was controlled by cultural development. The interplay between past climate, culture, and cultivation potentially provides useful insights into mitigating future population pressures with climate change.

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