AUTHOR=Zhang Xiaohu , Yang Shugang , Lu Peng , Li Yaping , Chen Panpan , Xia Zhengkai TITLE=Holocene landscape evolution and its interaction with human activities in the southern piedmont of Taihang Mountain, Central China JOURNAL=Frontiers in Plant Science VOLUME=13 YEAR=2022 URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/plant-science/articles/10.3389/fpls.2022.980840 DOI=10.3389/fpls.2022.980840 ISSN=1664-462X ABSTRACT=
Piedmont zones have been witnessing intensive human activities since ancient times. However, it remains unclear when it comes to the environmental mechanism for early humans exploiting piedmont zones. Here we present a case study about the interactions between early human activities and landscape evolution in the piedmont of Taihang Mountain, an area with prominent ecological and cultural significance in Chinese history. Based on chronological and pollen analyses, we reconstruct the regional landscape evolution in the Fengtougang (FTG) site of southern Taihang Mountain during the Holocene. The results show that the area has been dominated by terrestrial plants since the late Longshan culture (4000 BP), including a large number of