The Paleoenvironment Plants And Animals Of Liangzhu

Download or read book The Paleoenvironment, Plants and Animals of Liangzhu written by Xiang Ji and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-08-11 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book summarizes the latest archeological findings on Liangzhu culture and outlines the rise and fall of Liangzhu society in terms of its environment, flora and fauna. In addition, it seeks to analyze the characteristics of animal breeding and agricultural cultivation in Liangzhu from the perspectives of archeobotany and archeozoology. In turn, it explores the dietary structure and population density, reaching the bold conclusion that the dramatic increase in population gave rise to environmental deterioration and to natural disasters that eventually destroyed the Liangzhu culture.