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Human-made fires and forest clearance as evidence for late Holocene landscape domestication in the Orinoco Llanos (Venezuela)

Leal, Gassón, Behling, Sánchez
In the Orinoco Llanos, archaeological studies indicate a continuous late Holocene human occupation, including the development of ranked societies, from about 1,500 year bp (ad 500) However, until now palaeoecological studies dealing with the…
Type: Document
Year: 2019

The legacy of pre-Columbian fire on the pine-oak forests of upland Guatemala

Harvey, Nogué, Stansell, Petrokofsky, Steinman, Willis
Mountain tropical forests of the Southern Maya Area (Pacific Chiapas and Guatemala, El Salvador, and Northern Honduras) predominantly comprise pine and oak formations, which form intricate mosaics and complex successional interactions following…
Type: Document
Year: 2019

Man-land interaction: 10,000 years of American Indian impact on native ecosystems in the lower Little Tennessee River Valley, eastern Tennessee

Chapman, Delcourt, Cridlebaugh, Shea, Delcourt
Stratified archaeological deposits from the Little Tennessee River watershed have yielded a 10,000-year record of vegetational cahnge reflecting both geomorphic events and the utilization of plant resources by American Indians. Changes in…
Type: Document
Year: 1982