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19597148

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
28
pubmed:dateCreated
2009-7-20
pubmed:abstractText
Fire has played an essential role in the development of human civilization. Most previous research suggests that frequent-fire regimes in the late Holocene were associated with intensification of human activities, especially agriculture development. Here, we analyze fire regimes recorded in the Song Hong delta area of Vietnam over the past 5,000 years. In the prehistoric period, 2 long-term, low-charcoal abundance periods have been linked to periods of low humidity and cool climate, and 5 short-term fire regimes of 100-150 years in duration occurred at regular intervals of approximately 700 years. However, over the last 1,500 years, the number, frequency, and intensity of fire regimes clearly increased. Six intensified-fire regime periods in northern Vietnam during this time coincided with changes of Vietnamese dynasties and associated warfare and unrest. In contrast, agricultural development supported by rulers of stable societies at this time does not show a positive correlation with intensified-fire regime periods. Thus, warfare rather than agriculture appears to have been a critical factor contributing to fire regimes in northern Vietnam during the late Holocene.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
1091-6490
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
14
pubmed:volume
106
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
11490-5
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-9-27
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2009
pubmed:articleTitle
Warfare rather than agriculture as a critical influence on fires in the late Holocene, inferred from northern Vietnam.
pubmed:affiliation
State Key Laboratory of Estuarine and Coastal Research, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200092, China. zli@sklec.ecnu.edu.cn
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Historical Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't