Can Religion Account for Early Animal Domestications? A Critical Assessment of the Cultural Geographic Argument,Based on Near Eastern Archaeological Data*

Cultural geographers often ascribe early animal domestications to the spiritual propitiation practices of ancient peoples, an interpretation that is not widely shared. This paper evaluates the sacrifice theory against Near Eastern archaeological data and refutes the idea that ritual sacrifice could have induced the earliest animal domestications of the Near East. The earliest domestications were the outcome of essentially ecological and economic processes which later gave rise to the sacrificial practices referred to by cultural geographers.     

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Hydrocarbon Generation Characteristics of Source Rocks from Different Saline Environments in the Dongpu Depression,Bohai Bay Basin,China

The Dongpu Depression is a secondary salt-bearing tectonic unit in the Bohai Bay Basin, eastern China. The depositional environment of this depression regarding its Paleogene strata is clearly different in plane, including the saltwater environment(SE) in the north, the freshwater environment(FE) in the south and the brackish water environment(BE) in the middle. The result of oil and gas exploration in the Dongpu Depression shows that more than 90% of the proven oil reserves are distributed in the northern saltwater environment. Previous studies indicate that the organic geochemistry characteristics and the hydrocarbon generation capacity of the source rocks are very clearly diverse under different environments, which results in the significant differences in the proved reserves between the north and the south. In order to further explore the differences in the hydrocarbon generation capacity of the source rocks under distinct depositional environments and the mechanism of their occurrence, three samples from different depositional environments(W18-5 for SE, H7-18 for BE, CH9 for FE) were used for confined gold tube pyrolysis experiments. The results show that the CH4 yields of W18-5, H7-18 and CH9 increase with increasing temperature, the maximum yields being 405.62 mg/g TOC, 388.56 mg/g TOC and 367.89 mg/g TOC, respectively. The liquid hydrocarbon yields of W18-5, H7-18 and CH9 firstly increase with increasing temperature and then decrease after the critical temperatures. The maximum yields of C6-14 are 149.54 mg/g TOC, 140.18 mg/g TOC and 116.94 mg/g TOC, the maximum yields of C14+ being 852.4 mg/g TOC, 652.6 mg/g TOC and 596.41 mg/g TOC, respectively for W18-5, H7-18 and CH9. To summarize, the order of hydrocarbon potential from high to low is W18-5, H7-18 and CH9. On this basis, through analyzing the influencing factors of hydrocarbon differences, this paper reveals that the saltwater environment is characterized by 4 factors: higher salinity, halophilic algae, high paleo-productivity and a strongly reducing environment, which are beneficial to the enrichment of organic matter and lead to the formation of high levels of sapropelite and exinite. According to the variation of oil and gas components in the pyrolysis experiments, the hydrocarbon generation process is divided into three stages: kerogen cracking, oil cracking and C2-5 cracking. Combined with hydrocarbon generation characteristics and stages, the evolutionary model of hydrocarbon generation for source rocks under different environments is established.     

大渡河中游泸定-石棉段阶地特征及河谷发育史探讨

基于大渡河中游泸定一石棉河段野外观察和阶地沉积物研究,分析河流的发育特征,影响及其发育演化史。研究表明,该区存在多级构造裂点或岩性裂点,发育有三级夷平面和4～6级阶地,并对阶地沉积物的ESR年代测定,结合前人的阶地测年的数据,阐述了大渡河河谷第四纪的形成过程和青藏高原形成的响应。     

山东嘉祥青山省级地质公园主要地质遗迹成因及评价

青山省级地质公园地质遗迹非常丰富,总面积2.43 km2,是以典型三山子组地层剖面、丰富构造形迹、泉水景观和洞穴类地质遗迹为主的小型地质公园。通过对区内地质遗迹的野外调查及室内综合研究分析,总结了公园内主要地质遗迹成因并对其评价,必将促进该区地质遗迹合理开发保护利用。     

居住形态分异视角下乡村聚落格局的演化机制

系统探究不同地域乡村聚落的演化机制是构建乡村聚落转型实践逻辑和理论体系的基础。居住形态是涵盖居住空间形态、生活形态和文化形态的综合概念,立足居住形态视角有望揭示乡村聚落格局演化机制及其地域差异的深层逻辑。本文遵循“现象描述—机制分析—典型区对比”的思路,以乡村聚落地域分异为切入点,从“人-地”和“人-人”关系视角探究了人类发展进程中乡村聚落格局演化的一般规律,据此构建居住形态的形成及其对乡村聚落格局演化的作用机制,并以散居和聚居形态主导的样区为对照进行实证研究。研究表明,居住形态是衍生于宏观乡村聚落格局演化过程的多尺度、多维性因子,二者均可从“人-地”关系和“人-人”关系双重视角进行阐释;居住文化形态具有较强的传承性,为乡村聚落格局演化提供了路径遵循和内生机制,乡村聚落格局可视为居住文化形态在乡村地域空间解译和扩散的结果;生产力进步与偶发性事件可导致居住形态发生变革,从而诱发乡村聚落格局演化机制的改变。面向乡村振兴战略,需重视居住形态的研究视角,系统探讨不同地域传统乡村聚落的运行机制、城镇化阶段的演化机制以及乡村振兴背景下治理策略的本质差异,为制定差异化的村落振兴方案提供参考。     

泛长三角城市资源环境压力演化特征及门槛效应

基于资源消耗和环境污染视角构建城市资源环境压力评价指标体系,探讨2000-2017年泛长三角城市资源环境压力时空演化特征及城镇化的门槛效应与作用机理。研究发现:①泛长三角地区资源环境压力呈逐年递增趋势,以"快速-中速-慢速"的节奏持续走高;②各城市资源环境压力均不同程度由低压力向高压力类型演替,并呈现"东高西低、南高北低"格局;③经济增长、工业化水平及人口密度存在显著门槛效应,消费水平、固定资产投资、进出口贸易对资源环境压力具有显著正向作用,能源强度降低和技术创新水平提高有利于减轻资源环境压力,而环境规制和能源消费的影响作用不显著。     

东北地区城市网络层级演变特征分析——基于铁路客运流视角

基于2005、2010及2015年东北地区城市间铁路客运班次数据,从网络密度、节点层级、网络层级等3个视角对东北地区城市网络演变进行分析,借助社会经济因子、信息网络进行相关性探讨。结果表明：① 区域网络密度得到明显提升但网络空间拓展相对缓慢、城市联系在地域空间内呈“核心-边缘”格局,网络类型由普列主导逐步向高铁主导转变。② 度数中心度视角下的城市等级体系处于稳定状态、区域核心及次级核心集中分布在哈大沿线;而中介中心度视角下的城市等级体系变动较大、核心城市控制力弱化明显、高位序城市出现空间“跃迁”现象;城市中心度基本反映城市在区域发展中的角色与地位。③ 铁路客运视角下的多层级网络演变分别透视出区域核心组织结构拓展、省域关联格局的孕育与发展、区域网络完善程度;客运与信息核心联系网络均凸显了哈大轴线的主导地位,但二者在城市联系尺度上具有差异性：客运网络的跨区域性特征显著、而信息网络则倾向省域尺度。     

稀土元素演化特征及应用

利用稀土元素演化特征来探讨岩石、矿物甚至矿床成因,是地质科研及找矿工作的一个有效手段。参阅有关资料及笔者实际体会,探讨了稀土元素在地质科研及找矿工作中的应用概况。     

商品贸易网络视角下地缘经济系统的属性与功能演进

金融危机以来,世界经济发生了深刻变革."区域化、集团化、碎片化"逐渐取代经济全球化成为国际社会最为活跃的内容,以"地缘"为基础的经济板块日益涌现.本文结合系统动力学理论构建地缘经济系统的分析框架,从商品贸易网络的研究视角,对1996-2016年地缘经济系统的属性特征、功能等级的演进过程深入分析,得出如下结果.①在属性特...