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

2019 ◽  
Vol 28 (5) ◽  
pp. 545-557 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alejandra Leal ◽  
Rafael Gassón ◽  
Hermann Behling ◽  
Fernando Sánchez
Keyword(s):  
Late Holocene ◽  
Forest Clearance ◽  
Landscape Domestication

scholarly journals Participatory Mapping of Mid-Holocene Anthropogenic Landscapes in Guyana with Kite Aerial Photography

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-15
Author(s):  
Isaac Shearn ◽  
Michael J. Heckenberger
Keyword(s):  
Aerial Photography ◽  
Late Holocene ◽  
Cultural Practices ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Indigenous Communities ◽  
Ceramic Technology ◽  
Anthropogenic Landscapes ◽  
Mound Construction ◽  
Terra Preta ◽  
Landscape Domestication

The nature and degree of human modifications of humid tropical forests in Amazonia have been widely debated over the past two decades. Many regions provide significant evidence of late Holocene anthropogenic influence by settled populations, but the antiquity of human interventions is still poorly understood due to a lack of earlier archaeological sites across the broad region, particularly pertaining to the mid-Holocene. Here we report on Amerindian occupations spanning the period from ca. 6000-3000 BP along the middle Berbice River, Guyana, including early evidence in Amazonia of cultural practices widely considered indicative of settled villages, notably terra preta or “black earth” soils, mound construction, and ceramic technology. These more settled occupations of the mid-Holocene initiated a trajectory of landscape domestication extending into historical times, including larger-scale late Holocene social formations. Collaborative research with local indigenous communities, including archaeological excavations, landscape mapping using kite based aerial photography, and three-dimensional photogrammetry, was designed to promote the decolonization of archaeological knowledge production and encourage indigenous ownership of Amerindian history and cultural heritage in Guyana.

MID-LATE HOLOCENE MEAN TEMPERATURE FLUCTUATIONS OF A WARM PERIOD IN HIGH MOUNTAINS OF THE CENTRAL RUSSIAN ALTAI

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 14-26
Author(s):  
V.P. Galakhov ◽  
◽  
D.V. Chernykh ◽  
E.V. Mardasova ◽  
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...  
Keyword(s):  
Late Holocene ◽  
Temperature Fluctuations ◽  
Warm Period ◽  
High Mountains ◽  
Mean Temperature ◽  
Russian Altai

Late Holocene precipitation and temperature changes in Northern Europe linked with North Atlantic forcing

2015 ◽  
Vol 66 (1) ◽  
pp. 37-48 ◽  
Author(s):  
TP Luoto ◽  
L Nevalainen
Keyword(s):  
North Atlantic ◽  
Late Holocene ◽  
Northern Europe ◽  
Temperature Changes ◽  
Precipitation And Temperature

THE EVOLUTION OF THE BLACK SEA’S COASTAL ZONE OF TAMAN’ PENINSULAR IN THE LATE HOLOCENE

2015 ◽  
pp. 63
Author(s):  
A. V. Porotov ◽  
Yu. V. Gorlov ◽  
T. A. Yanina ◽  
E. Fouache
Keyword(s):  
Coastal Zone ◽  
Late Holocene
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