The anatomy of a climatic oscillation: vegetation change in eastern North America during the Younger Dryas chronozone

2002 ◽  
Vol 21 (16-17) ◽  
pp. 1777-1791 ◽  
Author(s):  
B SHUMAN
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
Vegetation Change ◽  
Younger Dryas ◽  
Eastern North America ◽  
Climatic Oscillation

Regional variation in the terminal Pleistocene and early Holocene radiocarbon record of eastern North America

2013 ◽  
Vol 79 (2) ◽  
pp. 175-188 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Shane Miller ◽  
Joseph A.M. Gingerich
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
Regional Variation ◽  
Probability Distributions ◽  
Younger Dryas ◽  
Eastern North America ◽  
Northeastern United States ◽  
Radiocarbon Dates ◽  
Terminal Pleistocene ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Data Result

AbstractIn this paper we use radiocarbon dates to evaluate the signature of the Younger Dryas Chronozone (YDC) in eastern North America. Using an approach that examines radiocarbon dates by region, we argue that the northeastern United States shows a better overall representation of radiocarbon dates when compared to the Mid-Atlantic and Southeast. These data result in a peak in summed probability distributions during the YDC, which is often interpreted as evidence of population growth. Further examination of these distributions, however, illustrates that differential standard deviations, varying sample size, and the effect of taphonomic and research biases likely overwhelm any demographic signatures in our study sample. Consequently, the frequency of radiocarbon dates by itself is insufficient for understanding the relationship between climate, culture and demography in eastern North America.

Potential Magnitude of Future Vegetation Change in Eastern North America: Comparisons with the Past

Science ◽  
1991 ◽  
Vol 254 (5032) ◽  
pp. 692-695 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. T. OVERPECK ◽  
P. J. BARTLEIN ◽  
T. WEBB
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
Vegetation Change ◽  
Eastern North America ◽  
The Past

Mapped plant-macrofossil and pollen records of late quaternary vegetation change in Eastern North America

1997 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-70 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen T. Jackson ◽  
Jonathan T. Overpeck ◽  
Thompson Webb- ◽  
Sharen E. Keattch ◽  
Katherine H. Anderson
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
Vegetation Change ◽  
Late Quaternary ◽  
Eastern North America ◽  
Plant Macrofossil ◽  
Pollen Records

scholarly journals Spatial Fingerprint of Younger Dryas Cooling and Warming in Eastern North America

2020 ◽  
Vol 47 (22) ◽  
Author(s):  
David Fastovich ◽  
James M. Russell ◽  
Stephen T. Jackson ◽  
Teresa R. Krause ◽  
Shaun A. Marcott ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
Younger Dryas ◽  
Eastern North America

Alnus as an indicator taxon of the Younger Dryas cooling in eastern North America

1993 ◽  
Vol 12 (5) ◽  
pp. 295-305 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francis E. Mayle ◽  
AndréJ. Levesque ◽  
Les C. Cwynar
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
Younger Dryas ◽  
Eastern North America

Palaeoindian artefact distributions: evidence and implications

Antiquity ◽  
2000 ◽  
Vol 74 (285) ◽  
pp. 507-513 ◽  
Author(s):  
David G. Anderson ◽  
Michael K. Faught
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
Great Plains ◽  
Younger Dryas ◽  
Settlement Pattern ◽  
Sudden Onset ◽  
Eastern North America ◽  
Cultural Traditions ◽  
Projectile Points ◽  
Fluted Points

The distribution of projectile points over broad geographic areas yields important insights about Palaeoindian settlement pattern and history. While traditionally viewed as a Great Plains adaptation, the data show that fluted points are far more common in Eastern North America. These artefacts are not evenly spread across the landscape, furthermore, but occur in distinct concentrations. Within some of these areas distinct cultural traditions quickly emerged, something that appears tied to the sudden onset of the Younger Dryas.

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