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Prehistoric subsistence strategy dynamics and their differences under a similar hyper-arid environment in the contiguous Turpan and Hami Basins of Xinjiang Holocene (IF 2.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-22 Lijing Wang, Guilin Zhang, Yongqiang Wang, Shaobo Sun, Hongen Jiang
Agropastoralism has prevailed in Inner Asia since the Bronze Age. It is an optimal subsistence strategy of inhabitants for adaptation to arid marginal environment. However, previous studies paid little attention to different development trajectories of this mixed economy within similar habitat. The Turpan and Hami Basins, located in eastern Tianshan Mountains of Xinjiang, are two typical desert oases
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Human-driven fire and vegetation dynamics on the Caribbean island of Barbuda from early indigenous to modern times Holocene (IF 2.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-20 Allison R LeBlanc, Lisa M Kennedy, Michael J Burn, Allison Bain, Sophia Perdikaris
We present a multiproxy analysis of a sediment core from Freshwater Pond, Barbuda, one of just a few inland paleoenvironmental records from the Lesser Antilles. Our results shed light on the relative contributions of climate variability and Pre- and Post-Columbian human activities to vegetation and fire dynamics on Barbuda. The presence of macroscopic charcoal and pollen of ethnobotanically-useful
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Alluvial-lacustrine record of Mid- to Late-Holocene moisture variations trend verified by multiple proxies in the middle and lower reaches of the Hutubi River, northwest China Holocene (IF 2.4) Pub Date : 2024-03-28 Dianjia Tan, Jianhui Jin, Zhizhong Li, Rui Liu, Yunqiang Ma, Xiaojun Zou, Junjie Wei
Alluvial-lacustrine deposits are important carriers for studying paleo-hydrological information and the evolution of paleo-environments. In this study, a total of 6 optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) samples from 2 profiles in the lower and middle reaches of the Hutubi River in the North Tianshan Mountains were dated, and a comprehensive analysis was conducted by integrating sedimentary structures
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Natural and anthropogenic factors affecting intense slope processes in Eastern Europe during the Modern Period: Serteyka river valley, Russia Holocene (IF 2.4) Pub Date : 2024-03-25 Wiktor Piech, Anna Hrynowiecka, Renata Stachowicz-Rybka, Katarzyna Cywa, Agnieszka Mroczkowska, Michał Słowiński, Daniel Okupny, Marek Krąpiec, Artur Ginter, Andrey Mazurkevich, Piotr Kittel
Detailed palaeogeographical studies of the accumulative fan in the Serteyka River valley in W Russia and underlying biogenic deposits were carried out. The base of a representative core of biogenic sediments in the distal zone is dated to 1291 BC, while its top to 1631 AD. In this paper, palynological, plant macrofossils, Chironomide and Cladocera, geochemical, geochronological and sedimentological
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The Stonehenge bluestones did not come from Waun Mawn in West Wales Holocene (IF 2.4) Pub Date : 2024-03-21 Brian John
This paper examines the hypothesis that Waun Mawn in West Wales provided the bluestone monoliths that were used at Stonehenge. Some archaeologists believe that the site supports the last remains of a giant stone circle or ‘Proto Stonehenge’ which was dismantled and transported to Salisbury Plain around 5000 years ago. It was claimed, after three excavation seasons at Waun Mawn in 2017, 2018 and 2021
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Vegetation diversity in response to monsoonal variability in the Eastern Himalaya, India over the past ~13 000 yrs Holocene (IF 2.4) Pub Date : 2024-03-20 Jyotsna Dubey, S Nawaz Ali, Mohammad Firoze Quamar, Priyanka Singh, P Morthekai, Ruby Ghosh, Anupam Sharma, Vaibhava Srivastava
Monsoon precipitation plays a crucial role in shaping the diversity of vegetation in the Himalayas, both in terms of temporal and spatial distribution. While palynology has traditionally been employed to reconstruct the past climate of the Himalaya, there has been limited understanding of how monsoon-related changes affect the structure and distribution of vegetation. To address this, we analysed pollen
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A Historical Plankton Index: Zooplankton abundance in the North Sea since 800 CE Holocene (IF 2.4) Pub Date : 2024-03-20 Cordula Scherer, Francis Ludlow, Al Matthews, Patrick Hayes, Riina Klais, Poul Holm
The North Sea region boasted one of the world’s most important fisheries for many centuries. Climate directly and indirectly influences the development and survival of many important pelagic fish in the North Sea ecosystem. One indirect influence is the food availability in the form of phyto- and zooplankton abundance, which is strongly controlled by environmental factors. One of these environmental
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Two chironomid-inferred mean July air temperature reconstructions in the South Carpathian Mountains over the last 2000 years Holocene (IF 2.4) Pub Date : 2024-03-19 Zoltán Szabó, Krisztina Buczkó, János L Korponai, Tomi Luoto, Róbert-Csaba Begy, Artitina Haliuc, Daniel Veres, Ladislav Hamerlík, Réka Csorba, Andreea Rebeka Zsigmond, Gabriella Darabos, Nikoletta Méhes, Csilla Kövér, Enikő Katalin Magyari
We present chironomid-based reconstructions of mean July air temperature changes over the last 2000 years from Lake Latoriței (1530 m a.s.l.) in the Southern Carpathians. A multi-proxy analysis was performed along a 58 cm long sediment core and two training sets were used for quantitative July air temperature reconstructions: the Eastern-European (EE, 212 lakes) and the Finnish-Polish-Carpathian (FPC
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Historical trend of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in a sediment core from Osaka Bay during the Meghalayan Holocene (IF 2.4) Pub Date : 2024-03-16 Kai Nils Nitzsche, Naoto F Ishikawa, Toshihiro Yoshimura, Hiroto Kajita, Hodaka Kawahata, Nanako O Ogawa, Hisami Suga, Naohiko Ohkouchi
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are produced by incomplete combustion of biomass and fossil fuel, yet PAHs have been rarely analyzed in coastal sediment cores as a tracer for human activities before industrialization. The aim of this study was to assess if the historical trend of PAHs can be related to past human activities. To this end, we have determined the concentrations of PAHs in a 9
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Detecting climate-driven ecological changes in high-altitude lakes in the Sierra Nevada, California Holocene (IF 2.4) Pub Date : 2024-03-16 Laura Lopera-Congote, Michael M. McGlue, Karlyn S Westover, Kevin Yeager, Laura Streib, Jeffery R Stone
Over the past several decades, increasing climate instability in the Sierra Nevada, California, expressed primarily as reduced winter precipitation and higher temperatures, has led to more frequent drought. High-altitude lakes in this region have been characterized as pristine ecosystems, but growing evidence suggests that they are responding acutely to climate change. To address this, we analyzed
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Carious lesions as evidence for different adaptation strategies during the middle-late Holocene in the Gansu region, northwest China Holocene (IF 2.4) Pub Date : 2024-03-16 Letian He, Guoke Chen, Yishi Yang, Jianing He, Elizabeth Berger
The natural environment of the Gansu-Qinghai region in northwest China exhibits spatial variation, resulting in distinct adaptive strategies among populations in different geographical areas. In this study, we analyzed the diachronic trend and regional variations in caries prevalence among 10 different middle and late-Holocene groups by examining dental caries data to explore the correlation between
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The history of Fagus sylvatica at its northern limit in Vendsyssel, Denmark Holocene (IF 2.4) Pub Date : 2024-03-15 Gina E Hannon, Richard HW Bradshaw, Richard C Chiverrell, Jens Peter Skovsgaard
Pollen, plant macrofossils and charcoal analyses were used to study tree diversity, fire history and forest disturbance over the past c. 3500 years at three forest remnant sites in Vendsyssel, northern Denmark. All locations had a more diverse tree composition in the past including abundant Alnus, Betula, Corylus, Pinus, Quercus, Salix, Tilia and Ulmus. The changes in tree diversity through time can
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A high-resolution record of Mid- to Late-Holocene environmental changes from a land-locked lake in Schirmacher Oasis, East Antarctica Holocene (IF 2.4) Pub Date : 2024-03-15 GS Joju, Anish Kumar Warrier, BS Mahesh, AS Yamuna Sali, Cheryl A Noronha-D’Mello, K Balakrishna, Rahul Mohan
We present a high-resolution record of environmental changes during the Mid-Late Holocene obtained from a lake sediment core covering the past 4.87 cal kyr BP in the Schirmacher Oasis, East Antarctica. The magnetic signal of Lake L6 was found to be primarily controlled by catchment-derived ferrimagnetic minerals. The period between 4.87 and 3.35 cal kyr BP is marked by several episodes of cold and
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Diatom-based indications of an environmental regime shift and droughts associated with seasonal monsoons during the Holocene in Biển Hồ maar lake, the Central Highlands, Vietnam Holocene (IF 2.4) Pub Date : 2024-03-15 Hoàn Đào-Trung, Yu Fukumoto, Dương Nguyễn-Thùy, Thành Đinh-Xuân, Thái Nguyễn-Đình, Ingmar Unkel, Hướng Nguyễn-Văn
The interactions of the different monsoon systems across Southeast Asia create extreme climate phenomena. Central Vietnam, located near the centre of this transitional region, has encountered numerous effects. As a result, its sediments from lakes or speleothems are valuable archives for interpreting past climate variability. However, there is still a lack of high-resolution paleoenvironmental and
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Late-Holocene environmental conditions revealed by a small mammal assemblage in mountain areas of Northwestern Argentina Holocene (IF 2.4) Pub Date : 2024-03-15 Pablo E Ortiz, J Pablo Jayat, Agustina Novillo, Vanessa Torres-Carro, Franck Barbière
Based on a diverse Late-Holocene (1889–1743 cal yrs BP) small mammal assemblage (14 species, 204 individuals) resulting from the trophic activity of owls, we reconstruct the paleoenvironmental conditions of Las Chacritas area, Catamarca Province, northwestern Argentina. Twenty modern and one additional Late-Holocene samples from the region were used as comparative parameters in the paleoenvironmental
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The evolution of river systems under the influence of climate change and human activities in the endorheic zones during the Holocene Holocene (IF 2.4) Pub Date : 2024-03-12 Mingjun Gao, Yu Li, Zhansen Zhang, Junjie Duan, Yaxin Xue, Simin Peng, Hao Shang, Shiyu Liu
Endorheic river basins and their terminal lakes are highly sensitive to climate change and human activities. Based on chemical and pollen indicators, lake level, and erosion/accumulation rates of rivers, we explore the phasing of the evolution of the river system in the Hexi Corridor during the Holocene. The results suggest that climate change dominated the evolution of the river system during the
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Lepidopteran scales in lake sediments as a reliable proxy for spruce budworm outbreak events in the boreal forest of Eastern Canada Holocene (IF 2.4) Pub Date : 2024-03-12 Marc-Antoine Leclerc, Martin Simard, Olivier Blarquez, Hubert Morin
Characterizing disturbance regimes over long time scales is paramount for describing and identifying their variability. The most important biotic disturbance in the eastern Canadian boreal forest is the defoliation caused by the eastern spruce budworm, a moth of the insect order Lepidoptera. Lepidopteran scales have recently been used to reconstruct spruce budworm population fluctuations throughout
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Diet breadth and biodiversity in the pre-hispanic South-Central Andes (Western South America) during the Holocene: An exploratory analysis and review Holocene (IF 2.4) Pub Date : 2024-02-29 Carlos R Belotti López de Medina
This paper presents an exploratory study on the taxonomic diversity of pre-Hispanic archaeofaunas in the South-Central Andes (SCA; western South America) from the Pleistocene-Holocene boundary to the Late-Holocene. The SCA is a complex of diverse environments and has undergone distinct climate events for the last 13,000 years, such as the occurrence of warmer and drier conditions in the Middle-Holocene
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Assessing the diet of modern and archaeological guanacos from the Great Chaco in Córdoba, Argentina, through stable isotope analysis (δ13C, δ15N) of bone and dentin collagen Implications for paleoenvironmental and zooarchaeological studies Holocene (IF 2.4) Pub Date : 2024-02-23 María Paula Weihmüller, Andrés Darío Izeta, Ashley Sharpe, Mai Takigami, Thiago Costa, Gabriela Roxana Cattáneo
The application of stable isotope analyses allows a diachronic characterisation of species habitat and feeding behaviour, information of utmost importance for zooarchaeological research. In South America, the former distribution of the guanaco ( Lama guanicoe) encompassed a much larger territory than the current one. Within the Argentinean Great Chaco, only a small native population persists in Northwestern
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Small mammal records from Limay river basin (Northwestern Patagonia) in the Anthropocene from a taphonomical and paleoecological perspective Holocene (IF 2.4) Pub Date : 2024-02-22 Fernando J Fernández, Ailín A Guillermo, José Agustín Cordero, Pablo Teta, Sara García-Morato
The studies of the small mammal fossil and recent assemblages from the Limay river basin (Northwestern Patagonia) have strongly increased during the last decade. Taxonomic, taphonomic, and paleoecological information about small rodents and marsupials recovered from fossil sites offers the opportunity to discuss the periods of change and stability in the conformation of their communities through the
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Late-Holocene stability and recent changes in small mammal communities in north-central Andean forests of Patagonia Holocene (IF 2.4) Pub Date : 2024-02-21 Analia Andrade, Pablo Teta, Mercedes Grisel Fernández, Pablo Marcelo Fernández
Past and current climatic and environmental changes have contributed to configure actual species distributions and abundances. Knowing their evolution over time allows discrimination between natural and anthropogenic causes in current composition of faunal communities. We evaluate the changes in small mammal assemblages from the north-central Patagonian Andean forests since the Late-Holocene to recent
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Strix chacoensis (Aves: Strigiformes) as an accumulator of vertebrate material in an endangered world: Exploring new taphonomic and ecological perspectives Holocene (IF 2.4) Pub Date : 2024-02-21 Julián Mignino, José Manuel López, Thiago Costa, Miguel Giardina
The objective of this study is to characterize the taphonomic signature of Strix chacoensis in bone and tooth remains of microvertebrates (birds and micromammals). The chaco owl is a bird of prey whose diet and bone modification patterns are little known. In a sample of 41 pellets, an unusual proportion of bird remains over mammal remains was observed. We evaluate the ecological implications of this
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A reconstruction of the marine mammal harvest by the Real Compañía Marítima through the analysis of historical sources (AD 1790–1804) Holocene (IF 2.4) Pub Date : 2024-02-21 Damián G Vales
Humans have altered marine ecosystems over very long-time scales and historical data is often needed to understand the true magnitude of human impacts. The Southwest Atlantic Ocean has a long history of large-scale removal of marine vertebrates due to whaling, sealing, and fishing in the past three centuries. Historical catch records are crucial in assessing the conservation status of these historically
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Historical ecology of pinnipeds of the northern coast of the San Jorge Gulf (central Patagonia, Argentina) since the Late-Holocene Holocene (IF 2.4) Pub Date : 2024-02-21 Ariadna Svoboda, Damián G Vales
The northern coast of the San Jorge Gulf, Atlantic Patagonia, is recognised as a marine biodiversity hot spot and is designated as a priority conservation area. Among marine mammals, three species of pinnipeds inhabit the region. While South American sea lions ( Otaria flavescens) have a higher abundance and a larger number of colonies than South American fur seals ( Arctocephalus australis), a few
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Long-term interactions between avifauna and humans in the southern Andean Puna during the Late-Holocene Holocene (IF 2.4) Pub Date : 2024-02-21 MB Velardez-Fresia, SV Urquiza
By comparing the present and past avifauna, we investigate the human practices that involved the knowledge and interaction with birds during the Late-Holocene in Puna Austral Argentina. Ethnoarchaeological methodology was used, which included the analysis of feathers recovered from archeological excavations and interviews with local people. Interviews and bird observations were carried out in the spring/summer
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Dietary change of North Patagonian guanacos: A historical ecology perspective through the study of stable isotopes Holocene (IF 2.4) Pub Date : 2024-02-21 Adolfo F Gil, Clara Otaola, Jonathan Dombrosky, Martín Luna, Gisela Quiroga, Armado Dauverné, Steve Wolverton, Roberto Pereyra Lobos, Gustavo Neme
This paper presents the results of a study on the isotopic ecology of guanacos in central western Argentina. We examine the historical population ecology of guanacos using stable isotope analysis of bone collagen from pre-Hispanic and modern guanaco populations ( n = 129), considering variability in two ecoregions: the Monte hot desert and the Andean-Patagonian cold desert. Our study addresses the
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The barn owl as an accumulator of bone remains in central western Argentina: multi-taxa neo-taphonomic approach and implications for Holocene contexts Holocene (IF 2.4) Pub Date : 2024-02-21 Facundo Sesto Rubini, Julián Mignino, Nicolás M Guardia, Agustín Zarco, Pablo Teta, Agustina A Ojeda, José Manuel López
Barn owls are the most widely distributed group of owls in the world and are among the most common accumulators of small vertebrate remains at archeological and paleontological sites. Despite its importance as a bone remains accumulator and predictor of paleoenvironmental conditions due to its generalist habits, the vertebrate prey of this raptor has been scarcely studied from an ecological community
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Zooarchaeological perspectives in the framework of the Anthropocene: Contributions to ecological, environmental and conservation studies from South America Holocene (IF 2.4) Pub Date : 2024-02-20 Julián Mignino, José Manuel López, Celeste Tamara Samec
This special volume considers major recent changes in southern South American animal communities. Eleven papers consider megafauna, pinnipeds, marine mammals, small terrestrial mammals and birds and are grouped under four sub-headings: (1) Isotopic insights into guanaco populations; (2) Historical sources and marine ecosystem change; (3) Changes in small mammal communities and human impacts; and (4)
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Central Argentina vegetation characteristics linked to extinct megafauna and some implications on human populations Holocene (IF 2.4) Pub Date : 2024-02-17 Diego D Rindel, Bruno F Moscardi, Virginia A Cobos, Florencia Gordón
In this paper we study the relationships between plants and extinct megafauna by examining the characteristics of the vegetation in the central region of Argentina (i.e. Espinal, Monte, and Chaco phytogeographic regions). First, we study the size, shape, quantity, and characteristics of fruits and seeds. We also evaluate the presence of mechanical (spinescence and wood density) and chemical (secondary
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A speleothem record of hydroclimate variability in northwestern Madagascar during the mid-late Holocene Holocene (IF 2.4) Pub Date : 2024-02-15 Berry L Williams, Stephen J Burns, Nick Scroxton, Laurie R Godfrey, Benjamin H Tiger, Brian Yellen, Robin R Dawson, Peterson Faina, David McGee, Lovasoa Ranivoharimanana
We present a continuous high-resolution precisely dated multiproxy record of hydroclimate variability at Anjohibe cave in northwestern Madagascar using speleothem AB13. The record spans from ~4484 y BP to ~2863 y BP. Stalagmite δ18O, δ13C and Sr/Ca ratios show very similar changes in hydroclimate. The mechanism controlling Sr/Ca changes, however, from prior calcite precipitation to degree of dolomite
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Population dynamics and cultural niche construction during the Late Holocene in a mediterranean ecosystem (central Chile, 32°S−36°S) Holocene (IF 2.4) Pub Date : 2024-02-13 Carolina Godoy-Aguirre, Matías Frugone-Álvarez, Eugenia M. Gayo, Roberto Campbell, Mauricio Lima, Antonio Maldonado, Claudio Latorre
Understanding socio-ecological systems over the long term can shed light on past adaptive strategies in environmentally sensitive regions. Central Chile is an emblematic case study for mediterranean ecosystems, where a progressive and sustained population increase began approximately 2000 years ago alongside significant landscape changes. In this work we analyzed regional paleo-demographic trends by
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Millennial-scale variability of vegetation and fire activity in a northern Cerrado driven by an east-west rainfall gradient during the Holocene Holocene (IF 2.4) Pub Date : 2024-02-12 Sergio Augusto Santos Xavier, Marie-Pierre Ledru, Laurent Bremond, Charly Favier, Francisca Soares de Araújo
This paleoecological study investigates vegetation variability and fire regimes in Northeastern Brazil (NEB)’s Cerrado. We present high-resolution pollen and charcoal records from a palm swamp located in a Cerrado in Chapada das Mesas National Park, in the southwest of Maranhão State. The Vereda do Dodó sedimentary core is 187 cm deep and covers the past 6000 years. Our results show first the presence
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Assessing the hydroclimate changes in Western Himalayas during the Little Ice Age Holocene (IF 2.4) Pub Date : 2024-02-08 Anubhav Singh, Aakanksha Kumari, Bhavuk Sharma, Rajalakshmi Senthilnathan, Yama Dixit
The Little Ice Age (LIA) was a period of most recent glacial advancement and had pronounced cooling effect in the North Atlantic region. Synchronous hydroclimate changes are also reported from the Himalayas, however owing to the heterogeneity within the proxy reconstructions, their relationship with LIA cooling is unclear. Varied topography, huge glacial mass, and multiple moisture sources (both from
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Intensified Late-Holocene aeolian activity in Vesterålen, northern Norway – increased storminess or human impact? Holocene (IF 2.4) Pub Date : 2024-02-05 Pål Ringkjøb Nielsen, Svein Olaf Dahl, Ingvild Prestegård, Kristian Vasskog, Benjamin Aubrey Robson
This study reconstructs Mid- to Late-Holocene aeolian activity based on lacustrine sediments from a small pond, Nøkktjønna, situated ~1.5 km northeast from the coast, and stratigraphical investigations of coastal dunes at Fjærvoll, Langøya in Vesterålen, northern Norway. Several methods have been used to reconstruct catchment processes from the lacustrine record, including analyses of lithostratigraphy
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Impacts of anthropogenic eutrophication on the carbon transfers in lacustrine food webs: A paleolimnological assessment in four mountain lakes Holocene (IF 2.4) Pub Date : 2024-02-05 Valentin Essert, Laurent Millet, Valérie Verneaux, Simon Belle, David Etienne, Hélène Masclaux
Over the last decades, the intensification of anthropogenic activities and associated disturbances on lake watersheds have led to major changes in lakes trophic functioning through accelerated eutrophication. In many lakes, these changes are characterized by an unprecedented increase in organic carbon fluxes, potentially leading to a shift in biogeochemical cycles and in the balance between carbon
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A reference database of the pollen representation of the current vegetation in the Dry Puna of Argentina: Contributions to the interpretation of pollen fossil sequences and archeological evidence during the Holocene Holocene (IF 2.4) Pub Date : 2024-02-05 Brenda Irene Oxman, Liliana Lupo
The present research is framed within an interdisciplinary archeological project that aims to reconstruct the environmental conditions in which human occupations developed in the locality of Barrancas, Dry Puna Argentina, during the Holocene. The aims of this work were to: (1) study the regional vegetation and the modern pollen dispersal-sedimentation process; and (2) generate a reference database
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Sedimentary and stratigraphic architecture in the geoarchaeological context of Late-Holocene deposits in the eastern coastal plain of Belgium: Zwin region – Hoeke Holocene (IF 2.4) Pub Date : 2024-02-05 Frieda Bogemans, Wim De Clercq, Maxime Poulain, Jan Trachet, Jeroen Verhegge, Vanessa Heyvaert
A sedimentary investigation was carried out into the rise and fall of mediaeval Bruges’ maritime access. Because the mediaeval metropolis had no direct connection with the North Sea, its maritime connectivity during the High- and Late-Middle Ages depended on a tidal channel, known as the ‘Zwin’. In order to reconstruct the mediaeval physical environmental situation correctly, the entire Holocene sedimentary
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Development of a landscape in NE Minnesota, from the Early Holocene to forest-harvesting, agriculture and industry Holocene (IF 2.4) Pub Date : 2024-01-30 R Scott Anderson, Nathalie Dubois, Erik T Brown, Mona Stockhecke, Ronald Johnson
An array of lake sediment proxies including paleobotanic, geochemical, and historical records has been used to determine former environments of Bugbee Pond, a small, mesotrophic pond in northeastern Minnesota. Much research has been produced on the history of climate and vegetation change of the region, yet we have little information on the impact of human settlement. This well-dated, high resolution
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Terrestrial cultural landscapes changed inshore marine ecosystems: Eight centuries of shellfish harvesting from the Kawela Mound site, Hawaiian Islands Holocene (IF 2.4) Pub Date : 2024-01-29 Ashleigh J Rogers, Marshall I Weisler
Through unfamiliar and at times marginal environments, successful colonisation of the Pacific Islands relied upon the introduction of domesticated flora and fauna as well as widespread burning to reduce forests and lowland vegetation for agricultural production. These transformations led to the extinction of avifauna, the reduction of forests, and extensive slope erosion and sedimentation into valleys
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The legacy of millennial-scale land-use practices on landscape composition, diversity and slope erosion in the subalpine areas of Eastern Carpathians, Romania Holocene (IF 2.4) Pub Date : 2024-01-27 Gabriela Florescu, Simon M. Hutchinson, Mariusz Gałka, Marcel Mîndrescu, Ioan Tanțău, Ancuța Petraș, Angelica Feurdean
We conducted multi-proxy analyses in two subalpine lakes, Lake Gropile, in the Rodna Mountains and Lake Vinderelu in the Maramureș Mountains, the Eastern Carpathians, Romania, to investigate the effect of different land-use practices on landscape composition, diversity and slope erosion. In the case of Lake Gropile, results evidenced a more extended tree and shrub cover and high fire activity between
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The impact of volcanism on Scandinavian climate and human societies during the Holocene: Insights into the Fimbulwinter eruptions (536/540 AD) Holocene (IF 2.4) Pub Date : 2024-01-27 Frank Arthur, Kailin Hatlestad, Karl-Johan Lindholm, Kjetil Loftsgarden, Daniel Löwenborg, Steinar Solheim, Didier M Roche, Hans Renssen
Recent paleoclimatic research has revealed that volcanic events around 536–540 AD caused severe, short-term global cooling. For this same period, archeological research from various regions evidences significant cultural transformation. However, there is still a lack of understanding of how human societies responded and adapted to extreme climate variability and new circumstances. This study focuses
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Testing the presence of cereal-type pollen grains in coastal pre-Elm Decline peat deposits: Fine-resolution palynology at Roudsea Wood, Cumbria, UK Holocene (IF 2.4) Pub Date : 2024-01-20 James Innes, Mairead Rutherford, Peter Ryan, Peter Rowley-Conwy, Jeff Blackford
By the time of the Mid-Holocene Ulmus pollen decline (UD) ca. 5100 14C bp (ca. 5900 cal. BP), the Neolithic was becoming well established in Britain and Ireland. The importance of cereal cultivation as part of the initial neolithization process in the British Isles is uncertain, as archaeological sites of the first Neolithic remain elusive. Palaeoecologists have recorded cereal-type pollen grains in
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A 1500-year multi-proxy record of subtropical mangrove dynamics in relation to sea level and climate changes on Babitonga Bay, Southern Brazil Holocene (IF 2.4) Pub Date : 2024-01-17 Angela EC Torres, Marlon C França, Fernando A Borges da Silva, Jorge HA Morales, Marcelo CL Cohen, Luiz CR Pessenda, Kita Macario
Climatic changes and sea level variations have had a significant impact on the mangroves along the Brazilian coast during the Holocene. The present study focused on understanding the specific factors that have determined the establishment and expansion of mangroves in a subtropical estuary of southern Brazil (Babitonga Bay, State of Santa Catarina-SC), as well as their response to climate change and
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Modern pollen rain in humid tropical mountain forests from eastern Mexico: A patch-dynamics approach Holocene (IF 2.4) Pub Date : 2024-01-10 Tonatiuh Jiménez-Zamora, David Espinosa, Leopoldo Galicia, Irán Rivera-González, Isolda Luna-Vega
Modern pollen rains have demonstrated that human legacies represent crucial information on the performance of strategies for biological conservation. However, the potential use of pollen rains in aspects related to human disturbance and other cultural processes remains scarcely explored in forest patches of tropical mountain environments. Our study offers an ecological model for stratifying management
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Ostracod palaeolimnology as an indicator of past human–environment interactions in Chełm Hills, south-eastern Poland Holocene (IF 2.4) Pub Date : 2024-01-09 Piotr Kulesza
Both modern and historical data show that lake systems are undergoing profound changes because of human impacts from local to global scales. Research on this topic shows that human pressure on water systems can take various forms and is highly variable in time and space. This article presents the results of Ostracoda fauna research as an indicator of anthropogenic changes covering the time span from
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A low-frequency summer temperature reconstruction for the United States Southwest, 3000 BC–AD 2000 Holocene (IF 2.4) Pub Date : 2024-01-06 Andrew Gillreath-Brown, R Kyle Bocinsky, Timothy A Kohler
Temperature variability likely played an important role in determining the spread and productive potential of North America’s key prehispanic agricultural staple, maize. The United States Southwest (SWUS) also served as the gateway for maize to reach portions of North America to the north and east. Existing temperature reconstructions for the SWUS are typically low in spatial or temporal resolution
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Different hydrological controls causing variable rates of Holocene peat growth in a lowland valley system, north-eastern Netherlands; implications for valley peatland restoration Holocene (IF 2.4) Pub Date : 2023-05-11 Bart Makaske, Gilbert J Maas
The Drentsche Aa valley system in the glacial sandy landscape of the north-eastern Netherlands, is one of the many regional drainage systems in the north-western to central European Lowlands. Follo...
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Early afforestation on islands of proglacial Lake Ojibway as evidence of post-glacial migration outposts Holocene (IF 2.4) Pub Date : 2023-05-10 Marianne FS Vogel, Hugo Asselin, Sébastien Joannin, Yves Bergeron, Sabrina Leclercq, Cécile Latapy, Adam A Ali
At the end of the last glacial period in the northern hemisphere, meltwater from receding ice sheets accumulated into large proglacial lakes, potentially limiting postglacial afforestation. We expl...
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ENSO-related centennial and millennial-scale hydroclimate changes recorded from Lake Xiaolongchi in arid Central Asia over the past 8000 years Holocene (IF 2.4) Pub Date : 2023-05-08 Peizheng He, Xingqi Liu, Huanyu Sun, Shengnan Feng, Xin Mao
Climate changes on different timescales and their mechanisms are of great importance in arid Central Asia (ACA). However, the contribution of El Niño−Southern Oscillation (ENSO) to Holocene hydrocl...
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Holocene relative sea-level changes in northwest Ireland: An empirical test for glacial isostatic adjustment models Holocene (IF 2.4) Pub Date : 2023-04-29 Jason R Kirby, Ed Garrett, W Roland Gehrels
The late-Quaternary relative sea-level (RSL) history of Ireland is complex, positioned at the margins of the former British-Irish Ice Sheet, and subject to the influence of ice unloading and forebu...
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A guide to assess distance from ecological baselines and change over time in palaeoecological records Holocene (IF 2.4) Pub Date : 2023-04-29 Olivia R Burge, Sarah J Richardson, Jamie R Wood, Janet M Wilmshurst
Palaeoecology provides critical data for establishing ecological ‘baselines’, which can guide restoration efforts and be used to assess ecosystem change. However, statistical analyses can be challe...
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An 11,000 year record of plant community stability and paludification in a patterned rich fen in northeastern Alberta, Canada Holocene (IF 2.4) Pub Date : 2023-04-25 Dale H Vitt, Melissa House
Patterned rich fens have a diverse flora and are maintained by unidirectional inflowing water with high concentrations of base cations, along with high pH and limited nutrients. Rich fens are among...
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Preboreal oscillation in the light of multiproxy analyses—Early Holocene in Lake Jelonek (North Poland) Holocene (IF 2.4) Pub Date : 2023-04-25 Mateusz Kramkowski, Anna Filbrand-Czaja, Edyta Zawisza, Monika Rzodkiewicz, Bartosz Kotrys, Joanna Mirosław-Grabowska, Mirosław Błaszkiewicz, Krzysztof Szewczyk, Michał Słowiński
In this work, we studied the course of climatic fluctuations at the beginning of the Preboreal period using multiproxy analyses (Chironomidae, pollen, diatoms, Cladocera, stable isotopes, macrochar...
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Serving red rice beer to the ancestors ca. 9000 years ago at Xiaohuangshan early Neolithic site in south China Holocene (IF 2.4) Pub Date : 2023-04-24 Li Liu, Haiming Wang, Hanlong Sun, Xingcan Chen
Microfossil analyses of three early Neolithic pottery vessels from Xiaohuangshan, a middle Shangshan culture site in Zhejiang (ca. 9000–8500 cal. BP), revealed the earliest evidence of red rice bee...
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Holocene chemostratigraphy of spring sediments in Range Creek Canyon, Utah, USA Holocene (IF 2.4) Pub Date : 2023-04-24 Danielle Ward, Andrea Brunelle, Brenda B Bowen
This study builds off the paleoclimatic reconstruction created by Hart et al. that used a multiproxy study to examine the role of moisture in the exodus of the Fremont from Range Creek Canyon in th...
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Driving forces and determinants of barrier coast evolution in the Holocene observed on the southern coast of the Baltic Sea Holocene (IF 2.4) Pub Date : 2023-04-21 Paweł Sydor, Szymon Uścinowicz
Coastal barriers account for approximately one-eighth of the world’s coastline. Barriers are the most common landform type in the southern part of the Baltic Sea area. Despite the long history of r...
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A 2600-yr multiproxy record for climate and vegetation reconstruction along the Mahanadi River delta, east coast of India Holocene (IF 2.4) Pub Date : 2023-04-20 Pujarini Samal, Saradambal Ramchandaran Subramanian, Jyoti Srivastava, Masud Kawsar, Madhusudanan Chandrika Manoj, Gundiga Puttajirao Gurumurthy, Mohd Munazir Chauhan, Sajid Ali, Mahboob Alam, Anupam Sharma, Partha Sarathi Jena, Ajay Shivam, Ravi Bhushan
Understanding the impact of climate change on the vegetation cover in the past is crucial for predicting the future warming scenario and its consequences. The present study integrates biotic (palyn...
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Archaeological and modern whitemouth croaker fish (Micropogonias furnieri) of southeastern Brazil: A geochemical proxy for environmental preference Holocene (IF 2.4) Pub Date : 2023-04-18 Mariana Samor Lopes, Orangel Aguilera, Cassiano Monteiro-Neto, Nathan R Miller, Maria Dulce Gaspar, Marcus Rodrigues da Costa
In this study, laser ablation–inductively coupled plasma–mass spectrometry was used to characterize the growth patterns of otolith of Micropogonias furnieri from southeastern Brazil under the influ...
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A novel Bayesian multilevel regression approach to the reconstruction of an eastern Mediterranean temperature record for the last 10,000 years Holocene (IF 2.4) Pub Date : 2023-04-18 Z Bora Ön, Neil Macdonald, Sena Akçer-Ön, Alan M Greaves
Climate reconstructions derived from proxy records for individual sites often fail to incorporate existing regional information, which may help to determine uncertainties and express variability wi...