Fig. 4: Probability distribution of radiocarbon dates (14C) of archeological sites before, during, and after the 2.8 ka event (dots and shading). | Communications Earth & Environment

Fig. 4: Probability distribution of radiocarbon dates (14C) of archeological sites before, during, and after the 2.8 ka event (dots and shading).

From: The 2.8 ka climatic event contributed to the collapse of the Western Zhou Dynasty

Fig. 4

a Before the 2.8 ka event (2.87‒2.77 ka BP). The yellow circle denotes the capital of the Western Zhou (Feng-hao). b During the 2.8 ka event (2.77‒2.65 ka BP). c After the 2.8 ka event (2.65‒2.55 ka BP). Archeological radiocarbon dates are summarized from Wang et al.64 and Dong et al.75.

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