浙江省全新世古文明的诞生、发展和衰落与当时环境变化密切相关.全新世以来,气候变暖为古人类的生存发展提供了有利的条件,浙江省先后出现了上山文化、小黄山文化、跨湖桥文化、河姆渡文化、马家浜文化、崧泽文化和良渚文化.人类文明的兴衰随着气候干湿冷暖的波动而变化,温暖湿润的气候促进山区等相对干燥地区人类活动的繁荣,湿热气候导致的水域扩大则抑制地势低平地区和沿海地区人类活动的发展,而相对干凉的气候则有利于地势低平地区和沿海地区文明的发展与演进,同时人类对环境变化的适应性不断增强,利用自然资源的能力逐渐提高.
The Holocene ancient civilization′s born,development and decline were closely related to environmental change in Zhejiang province.From Holocene,warming climate had provided favorable conditions for the survival of ancient civilization.Zhejiang province,one cradle of the human civilization,where the Shangshan,Xiaohuangshan,Kuahuqiao,Hemudu,Majiabang,Songze and Liangzhu cultures flourished in.The flourish and decline of ancient civilization was changed with the fluctuation of climate.Warm and moist climate promoted the ancient people who lived in relatively dry region as the mountainous region to be flourishing,however,the enlarged waters resulted in warm and moist climate would control ancient people′s development and relatively dry and cold climate would promote ancient people′s development who lived in flat and coastal areas.