The lower reaches of the Minjiang River and its adjacent areas were among the most active prehistoric archaeological areas in Fujian Province.The accumulation types of Neolithic archaeological strata are roughly divided into dune sites and dune/shell mound sites.The sites can also be roughly divided into estuarine,coastal,and sea-island sites based on their geomorphic features.The cultural development of these prehistoric sites is of great sig-nificance for understanding the migration and spread of Austronesian civilization.Based on luminescence dating of typical Neolithic sites on Haitan Island,their quartz-OSL(optically stimulated luminecesence)burial ages were determined.Synthesizing previously published results,the temporospatial distribution characteristics of the sea-island sites on Haitan Island are discussed,and the relationship between Neolithic human activities and regional geo-morphic processes is analyzed.The results show that:(1)the spatial and temporal distribu-tion of the Haitan Island Neolithic sites are closely related to small-scale geomorphic features and are controlled by mesoscale geomorphic processes.The sites were mainly distributed in the foothills of two high hills along an NNE-SSW trend.With an increase in altitude,the fea-tures were distributed as"single site(Ⅰ)-superimposed site-single site(Ⅱ)"and appear successively.Single type sites(Ⅰ)mainly appeared at low sea level,whereas single type sites(Ⅱ)mainly appeared at high sea level.Superimposed sites were not subject to sea level changes.The relative elevation of the superimposed sites in the study area indicates the optimal residential area for human activities in the region.The single site with an elevation lower than the optimal residential area was mainly restricted by the lowest residential area,whereas the single site at a higher elevation than the optimal residential area was mainly affected by livelihood patterns.(2)High sea level caused by the"backwater effect"in low latitude areas in the southern hemisphere,and coastal aeolian sand activity influenced by sea level fluctuations in the middle Holocene correspond well with human activities recorded in the cultural stratigraphy of sea-island type sites.The altitude of coastal aeolian sand accu-mulation can be used as an indirect index to estimate the age of coastal dunes.

JIN Jianhui;LING Zhiyong;LI Zhizhong;ZUO Xinxin;FAN Xuechun;HUANG Yunming;WANG Xiaoyang;WEI Changfu;REN Yongqing;QIU Junjie

Key Laboratory of Subtropical Resources and Environment of Fujian Province,Fujian Normal University,Fuzhou 350007,China;Center for Southeast Environmental Archaeology of China,Fujian Normal University,Pingtan 350400,Fujian,China;Qinghai Institute of Salt Lake,CAS,Xining 810008,China;International Institute of Austronesian of Pingtan,Pingtan 350400,Fujian,China;Fujian Provincial Institute of Archaeology,Fuzhou 350001,China;College of Humanities,Minjiang University,Minhou 350108,Fujian,China

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[1]JIN Jianhui;LING Zhiyong;LI Zhizhong;ZUO Xinxin;FAN Xuechun;HUANG Yunming;WANG Xiaoyang;WEI Changfu;REN Yongqing;QIU Junjie-.Spatiotemporal distribution of sea-island prehistoric dune sites,Holocene sea levels,and aeolian sand activities in Fujian Province,China)[J].地理学报（英文版）,2022(06):1157-1176

Minjiang,Austronesian,Haitan,luminecesence,temporospatial,Superimposed

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