GC032
Environmental Change and Civilization Evolution along the Ancient Silk Road

Session ID#: 75044

Session Description:
The Ancient Silk Road played important roles in shaping the spatiotemporal pattern of civilization evolution in the Old World, which is the major routes for trans-Eurasia exchange and witnessed rise and fall of many ancient civilizations. The Arid Central Asia (ACA), central part of the Ancient Silk Road is very sensitive to global climate change and human activities. Water resources change in the area is very drastic and exerts significant influence on civilization evolution. Moreover, trans-Eurasia culture exchange in ACA can be traced back to late prehistoric period and laid the foundation for the formation of the Ancient Silk Road. This session aims to explore the history of trans-Eurasia exchange, civilization evolution and climate and environment change, as well as relationship among them in the areas along the Ancient Silk Road. We welcome presentations concerning these issues from multi-disciplinary perspectives, to promote the advancements of research in the field.
Index Terms:

1620 Climate dynamics [GLOBAL CHANGE]
1630 Impacts of global change [GLOBAL CHANGE]
1637 Regional climate change [GLOBAL CHANGE]
4902 Anthropogenic effects [PALEOCEANOGRAPHY]

Primary Convener:  Juzhi Hou, ITP Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
Conveners:  Fahu Chen, Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, Guanghui Dong, Lanzhou University, MOE Key Laboratory of Western China's Environmental Systems, College of Earth Environmental Sciences, Lanzhou, China and Jianhui Chen, Lanzhou University, MOE Key Laboratory of West China's Environmental System, College of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lanzhou, China
Primary Liaison:  Juzhi Hou, ITP Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
 
Enhanced water-depleted westerly wind strongly degrades alpine vegetation in monsoon-dominated East Asia (492097)
Ying Cheng1,2, Hongyan Liu2 and Hongya Wang2, (1)School of Geography and Tourism, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, China, (2)College of Urban and Environmental Sciences and MOE Laboratory for Earth Surface, Peking University, Beijing, China
 
Transformation of Wood Utilization Between ~4600-3000 BP in Northwest Xinjiang, China: A Case Study on Jirentaigoukou Site (493729)
Menghan Qiu1, Yongqiang Wang2, Qiurong Ruan2, Jianye Han3, Fengwen Liu1,4, Shanjia Zhang1 and Guanghui Dong5,6, (1)Lanzhou University, MOE Key Laboratory of Western China's Environmental System, College of Earth & Environmental Sciences, Lanzhou, China, (2)Xinjiang Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology, Urumqi, China, (3)Renmin University of China, School of History, Beijing, China, (4)Yunnan University, School of Resource Environment and Earth Science, Kunming, China, (5)Lanzhou University, MOE Key Laboratory of Western China's Environmental Systems, College of Earth Environmental Sciences, Lanzhou, China, (6)Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences (ITPCAS), CAS Center for Excellence in Tibetan Plateau Earth Sciences and Key Laboratory of Alpine Ecology, Beijing, China
 
Exploring Human Diets and Migration in the First Millennium in Northern Margin of the Tibetan Plateau: Stable Isotopic Evidence (493909)
Xin Li1,2, Yishi Yang3, Minxia Lu1, Yiwen Lu1, Wenyu Wei1 and Minmin Ma1, (1)Lanzhou University, MOE Key Laboratory of Western China's Environmental System, College of Earth & Environmental Sciences, Lanzhou, China, (2)Lanzhou University, College of Public Health, Lanzhou, China, (3)Gansu Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology, Lanzhou, China
 
Human-environment Interactions in Prehistoric Hexi Corridor, Northwest China (494033)
Guanghui Dong1,2, Shanjia Zhang3, Yishi Yang4, Lele Ren5, Guoke Chen4 and Minmin Ma3, (1)Lanzhou University, MOE Key Laboratory of Western China's Environmental Systems, College of Earth Environmental Sciences, Lanzhou, China, (2)Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences (ITPCAS), CAS Center for Excellence in Tibetan Plateau Earth Sciences and Key Laboratory of Alpine Ecology, Beijing, China, (3)Lanzhou University, MOE Key Laboratory of Western China's Environmental System, College of Earth & Environmental Sciences, Lanzhou, China, (4)Gansu Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology, Lanzhou, China, (5)Lanzhou University, History & Culture School, Lanzhou, China
 
Evidence of early human occupation of a high-altitude site in Western Central Asia during the Holocene (496037)
Natalie Schroeter1, Stefan Schouten2, Stefan Lauterbach3, Julia Kalanke4, Caglar Yildiz2 and Gerd Gleixner1, (1)Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Jena, Germany, (2)Royal NIOZ, Den Burg, Netherlands, (3)Kiel University, Kiel, Germany, (4)GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany
 
Mid- to- late Holocene hydroclimatic changes on the Chinese Loess Plateau: evidence from n-alkanes from the sediments of Tianchi Lake (500565)
Aifeng Zhou, Lanzhou University, Key Laboratory of Western China’s Environmental Systems (Ministry of Education), College of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lanzhou, China
 
The environmental controls on the occurrence and the distribution of long-chain alkenones in alpine, saline lakes across the Tibetan Plateau (507231)
Mingda Wang1, Jaime L Toney2, Julien Plancq2 and Juzhi Hou1, (1)ITP Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, (2)School of Geographical and Earth Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom
 
The Fabric and Its Formation Mechanism of Porous-compact Laminae in the Stalagmite from Shihua Cave, Beijing (515401)
Fengmei Ban, Shanxi Universty of Finance & Economics, School of Resources and environment, Taiyuan, China, Ming Tan, CAS Chinese Academy of Sciences, INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS, Beijng, China and Jinxian Han, Shanxi University of Finance & Economics, Taiyuan, China
 
Hydrological changes and Falling of Ancient Silk Road revealed by Tarim River sediments (515405)
Fenglin Lyu, ITP Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, Chenglin Liu, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, Beijing, China, Hua Zhang, Institute of Mineral Resources, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, Beijing, China, Zhongping Lai, Shantou University, Shantou, China and Juzhi Hou, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
 
Holocene Temperature and Moisture Evolution in Central Asia (Invited) (516483)
Zhonghui Liu, The University of Hong Kong, Pok Fu Lam Road, Hong Kong, Bowen Meng, The University of Hong Kong, Department of Earth Sciences, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Sergey Krivonogov, Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk, Russia, Qingfeng Jiang, Nantong University, Institute of Geographic Engineering Technology, School of Geography Sciences, Nantong, China, Juzhi Hou, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, Cheng Zhao, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, China, Aifeng Zhou, Lanzhou University, Key Laboratory of Western China’s Environmental Systems (Ministry of Education), College of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lanzhou, China, Weiguo Liu, Chinese Academy of Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Loess and Quaternary Geology, Xi'an, China and Fahu Chen, ITP Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
 
Alkenone Inferred Holocene Climate Change in Lake Ebeyty, South Western Siberia (528131)
Bowen Meng, The University of Hong Kong, Department of Earth Sciences, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Snezhana Zhilich, Institute of Archaeology & Ethnography Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russia, Sergey Krivonogov, Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk, Russia and Zhonghui Liu, The University of Hong Kong, Pok Fu Lam Road, Hong Kong
 
Population-influenced spatiotemporal pattern of natural disaster and social crisis in China, AD1–1910 (531938)
Shengda Zhang and David D Zhang, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou, China
 
Integrating hydrogen and oxygen isotope records across the Tibetan Plateau and neighboring regionsIntegrating hydrogen and oxygen isotope records across the Tibetan Plateau and neighboring regions (535145)
Juzhi Hou, ITP Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
 
Latitudinal Transects and Quantitative Ecological Risk Assessments of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Terrestrial Soils of Pakistan and King George Island, Antarctica (536354)
Siwatt Pongpiachan, Organization Not Listed, Washington, DC, United States and Scientific Team of COMSATS University
 
Unstable Little Ice Age climate revealed by high-resolution proxy records from northwestern China (561970)
Jianhui Chen1, Jianbao Liu2,3, Xiaojian Zhang4, Shengqian Chen5, Wei Huang2, Jie Chen2, Shengrui Zhang6, Aifeng Zhou2 and Fahu Chen1,3, (1)Lanzhou University, MOE Key Laboratory of West China's Environmental System, College of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lanzhou, China, (2)Lanzhou University, Key Laboratory of Western China’s Environmental Systems (Ministry of Education), College of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lanzhou, China, (3)Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, (4)Nanjing University, School of Geographic and Oceanographic Sciences, Nanjing, China, (5)Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China, (6)Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
 
A Tale of Two Socio-Ecological Crises in the East and West (567409)
David D Zhang and Shengda Zhang, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou, China
 
New Evidence of Highland Silk Road in Prehistory From Qugong Site, in Central Tibetan Plateau (570803)
Yu Gao, ITP Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, Jishuai Yang, Lanzhou University, College of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lanzhou, China, Zhikun Ma, Northwest University, School of Cultural Heritage, Xi'an, China, Yan Tong, Tibetan Cultural Relics Conservation Institute, Lhasa, China and Xiaoyan Yang, Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Key Laboratory of Alpine Ecology, Beijing, China
 
Settling on the Roof of the World: from Denisovans to Modern Humans (572786)
Fahu Chen1,2, Huan Xia3, Guanghui Dong3 and Dongju Zhang3, (1)ITP Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, (2)Lanzhou University, MOE Key Laboratory of West China's Environmental System, College of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lanzhou, China, (3)Lanzhou University, MOE Key Laboratory of Western China's Environmental Systems, College of Earth Environmental Sciences, Lanzhou, China
 
Northern Hemisphere biome changes (>30°N) since 40 cal ka BP and their driving factors inferred from model-data comparisons (573894)
Xianyong Cao, ITP Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, Fang Tian, Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Center for Polar and Marine Research, Research Unit Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany, Anne Dallmeyer, Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Hamburg, Germany and Ulrike Herzschuh, Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz-Center for Polar and Marine Research Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany
 
The Instability in and Trigger Mechanism of Extreme Precipitation Event in Yili River Valley on July 31, 2016 (575615)
Jing Liu, Institute of Desert Meteorology,China Meteorological Administration, research of central-Asia weather and climate department, Urumqi, China
 
Multi-scale assessments of droughts: A case study in Xinjiang, China (576994)
Junqiang Yao, Urumqi, China
 
Quaternary climate changes in arid central Asia and its relation to Monsoonal Asia: perspective from loess-Paleosol sequences (577688)
Xin Wang, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China, Qiang Wang, Lanzhou University, MOE Key Laboratory of West China's Environmental System, College of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lanzhou, China, Jia Jia, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua, China and Fahu Chen, ITP Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
 
Study on Atmospheric Circulation Characteristics of Precipitation Anomalies in Arid Region of Central Asia (578218)
Lianmei Yang, Institute of Desert Meteorology, China Meteorological Administration, research of central-Asia weather and climate department, Urumqi, China
 
Changes in the hydrodynamic intensity of Bosten Lake and its impact on early human settlement in the northeastern Tarim Basin, eastern Arid Central Asia (579167)
Haichao Xie1, Xiaozhong Huang2, Shengqian Chen2, Richard S Vachula3, James M Russell3, Mengjing Guo4, Xin Wang2 and Fahu Chen1, (1)ITP Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, (2)Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China, (3)Brown University, Providence, RI, United States, (4)Xi'an University of Technology, Xi'an, China
 
Prehistoric Human Migration to the Southeastern Tibetan Plateau in Mid-Late Holocene (579443)
Yanren Wang, ITP Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, Zhiyong Ling, Qinghai Institute of Salt Lakes, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xining, China, Xuke Shen, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China, Yunyao Tan, Tibetan Cultural Relics Conservation Institute, Lhasa, China, Dongju Zhang, Lanzhou University, MOE Key Laboratory of Western China's Environmental Systems, College of Earth Environmental Sciences, Lanzhou, China and Xiaoyan Yang, Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Key Laboratory of Alpine Ecology, Beijing, China
 
New insights into Holocene moisture change in arid central Asia: An overview (580342)
Shengqian Chen, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China
 
Lacustrine records of post-glacial environmental change along the Han-dynasty Silk Road in northern Tibetan Plateau (608643)
JunQing Yu1, Lisha Zhang2, ChunLiang Gao2 and AiYing Cheng2, (1)Key Laboratory of Comprehensive and Highly Efficient Utilization of Salt Lake Resources, Qinghai Institute of Salt Lakes, Chinese Academy of Sciences; Qinghai Provincial Key Laboratory of Geology and Environment of Salt Lakes, Xining, China, (2)Key Laboratory of Comprehensive and Highly Efficient Utilization of Salt Lake Resources, Qinghai Institute of Salt Lakes, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xining 810008, China; Qinghai Provincial Key Laboratory of Geology and Environment of Salt Lakes, Xining, China
 
Environmental change of Lake Qinghai since LGM: New insights from reassessing multi-proxy records and regional correlation (619615)
Lisha Zhang, JunQing Yu, Chunliang Gao and Aiying Cheng, Key Laboratory of Comprehensive and Highly Efficient Utilization of Salt Lake Resources, Qinghai Institute of Salt Lakes, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xining 810008, China; Qinghai Provincial Key Laboratory of Geology and Environment of Salt Lakes, Xining, China
 
Site formation processes at Donggutuo: a major Early Pleistocene site in the Nihewan Basin, North China (630287)
Zhenxiu JIA1, Shuwen Pei2, Alfonso Benito-Calvo3, Dongdong Ma2, Laura Sanchez-Romero3 and Qi Wei2, (1)ITP Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, (2)Key Laboratory of Vertebrate Evolution and Human Origins, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, (3)Centro Nacional de Investigación sobre la Evolución Humana (CENIEH), Burgos, Spain
 
Identifying rock glacier in western China using deep learning and satellite data (630532)
Min Feng1, Jinhao Xu1,2, Jianbang Wang3, Youhua Ran4 and Xin Li5, (1)Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, (2)Northwest University, Xi'an, China, (3)Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China, (4)CAREERI/CAS Cold and Arid Regions Environmental and Engineering Research Institute, Lanzhou, China, (5)ITP Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
 
Holocene moisture variations in western arid central Asia inferred from loess records from NE Iran (630831)
Qiang Wang1, Haitao Wei1, Farhad Khormali2, Leibin Wang3, Hassan Azarmdel1, Haichao Xie1,4, Xin Wang1, Wei Huang1, Jianhui Chen1 and Fahu Chen1,5, (1)Lanzhou University, MOE Key Laboratory of West China's Environmental System, College of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lanzhou, China, (2)Gorgan University of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, Gorgan, Iran, (3)Guangzhou University, School of Geographical Sciences, Guangzhou, China, (4)ITP Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, (5)Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
 
NAO influences winter surface temperature over central Asia projected by CMIP5 Models (631177)
Xiaojing Yu, Institute of Desert Meteorology, China Meteorological Administration, Urumqi, China
 
The relatively weaker warming over central Asia since the mid-1990s and the underlying mechanism (633668)
Shuanglin Li, Insititute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China and Xueqian Sun Ms., Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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