气候变化以两种不同的方式推动了古代丝之路的路线转移
Haipeng Wang1, Jianhui Chen2, Menghan Qiu2
1State Key Laboratory of Cryospheric Science, Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China.
Science bulletin
|March 3, 2024
概括
气候变化影响了古代丝之路.
科学领域:
- 古气候学 古气候学
- 考古学的考古学
- 古代历史 古代历史 古代历史
背景情况:
- 气候变化对人类文明进化的影响已知,但其对古代社会空间分布的影响还未得到充分研究.
- 古代丝之路 (SR) 路线向北从塔林盆地 (TB) 转移到格尔盆地 (~420-850 CE),提供了一个独特的案例研究.
- 研究这种转变可以阐明气候波动与社会空间演变之间的复杂关系.
研究的目的:
- 为了研究气候波动对古代丝之路路线转移的影响.
- 评估气候变化在中国干旱地区人类社会空间演变中的作用.
- 了解气候影响社会发展的独特机制.
主要方法:
- 从中国干旱的高分辨率基罗诺米德的温度重建.
- 整合水气候和历史数据集.
- 对气候驱动的地缘政治冲突的分析.
主要成果:
- 西元约420-600年,塔林盆地 (TB) 的气候变冷/变干,引发了SR路线向北转移.
- 随后的气候变暖/湿 (公元~600-850年) 促进了由于气候引起的地缘政治冲突导致的转变.
- 社会对气候变化的反应显示出灵活性,不同的气候驱动路径影响空间演变.
结论:
- 气候变化显著地推动了古丝之路路线的空间演变,通过冷却/干燥和变暖/湿的时期.
- 受气候影响的地缘政治因素在SR路线继续向北转移方面发挥了关键作用.
- 古代社会在应对各种气候条件及其社会政治后果时表现出适应性灵活性.
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