Environmental change linked to changes in the Neolithic agricultural development in the east coast of China.

The article focuses on a study which examined the environmental conditions associated with the rise and fall of the Neolithic culture in the Hangzhou Bay and Taihy areas of China. Results of the study showed that the freshwater salt-tolerant taxa indicate a long period of low salinity conditions during the Middle Holocene. It also found that the Yuanjiadi area was under stable, wetland conditions. Pollen data also showed indications of forest composition in the area.