scholarly journals Radiocarbon Dates from an Upland Site of the Kona Field System, Hawai'I Island, Hawaii

Radiocarbon ◽  
1986 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. 1227-1227
Author(s):  
C T Kawachi
Keyword(s):  
West Coast ◽  
The West ◽  
Radiocarbon Dates ◽  
Field System ◽  
Agricultural Site

The following samples were excavated in July 1985 in an upland (elev 609.6m) prehistoric agricultural site in the Kona Field System on the west coast of Hawai'i Island.

An 1800-year record of the spatial and temporal distribution of fire from the west coast of Vancouver Island, Canada

2003 ◽  
Vol 33 (4) ◽  
pp. 573-586 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel G Gavin ◽  
Linda B Brubaker ◽  
Kenneth P Lertzman
Keyword(s):  
West Coast ◽  
Temporal Distribution ◽  
Source Area ◽  
Vancouver Island ◽  
Ice Age ◽  
Sediment Record ◽  
The West ◽  
Radiocarbon Dates ◽  
Soil Charcoal ◽  
In Fire

Charcoal records from lake sediments may show changes in fire frequency over thousands of years, but such records are ambiguous with regard to the actual locations of fires. Using a comparison of fire dates from an 1800-year lake sediment record from the west coast of Vancouver Island (British Columbia, Canada) and dates of last fire from 38 sites in the same watershed using tree-ring and soil-charcoal 14C dates, we estimated the source area that contributes to charcoal peaks and determined the degree to which fires were biased to certain locations. Twenty-three charcoal peaks, likely corresponding with individual fire events, were objectively identified from the sediment record. Comparison of fire dates from charcoal peaks in the sediment record with fire dates from points near the lake suggests that the charcoal source area is within 500 m of the lake edge. Fire occurrence within this charcoal source area increased sharply at AD 1100 from ca. 50 to ca. 300 years between charcoal peaks, coeval with the first "Little Ice Age" cooling. Soil-charcoal radiocarbon dates revealed that 37% of the charcoal source area had not burned over the last 1800 years and that the 23 fires identified in the sediment record were restricted to south-facing slopes near the lake. This spatial pattern may result only if fire is >25 times more likely to occur on susceptible sites (south-facing slopes) than on less susceptible sites. This strong bias in fire location ensured the millennial-scale persistence of large areas of late-successional forest through past climatic periods.

Ritual and Landscape on the West Coast of Scotland: an Investigation of the Stone Rows of Northern Mull

1996 ◽  
Vol 62 ◽  
pp. 117-131 ◽  
Author(s):  
R.D. Martlew ◽  
C.L.N. Ruggles
Keyword(s):  
Bronze Age ◽  
West Coast ◽  
Late Bronze Age ◽  
Complex Relationship ◽  
The West ◽  
Radiocarbon Dates ◽  
Poor Condition ◽  
The North ◽  
The Poor ◽  
Field Evidence

In view of the theories of the astronomical significance of standing stones proposed by Alexander Thom, extensive fieldwork was undertaken during the 1970s and early 1980s in the west of Scotland to reassess the field evidence. Two groups of sites were identified from this work that seemed to support an astronomical interpretation, but the poor condition of many of the sites made identification of their original orientation problematical. Excavations were carried out at two damaged sites in one of the groups, in northern Mull, in order to identify the original positions of the stones. Radiocarbon dates from one of the sites, the first for a Scottish stone row, suggest construction in the Late Bronze Age. The alignment of the excavated rows, and the results of detailed theodolite surveys at and around the north Mull sites, suggest a more complex relationship between site locations, astronomical events, and the landscape than has hitherto been appreciated.

The ‘Obanian Iron Age’: human remains from the Oban cave sites, Argyll, Scotland

Antiquity ◽  
1994 ◽  
Vol 68 (261) ◽  
pp. 715-723 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alan Saville ◽  
Ywonne Hallén
Keyword(s):  
Bronze Age ◽  
Iron Age ◽  
West Coast ◽  
Human Remains ◽  
The West ◽  
Radiocarbon Dates ◽  
Human Bones

While the caves round Oban, on the west coast of Scotland, are famous for their Mesolithic artefacts, they have also produced Bronze Age finds and numerous burials. Radiocarbon dates on human bones from one cave show these to be Iron Age, suggesting the Obanian assemblages are composites accumulated over millennia.

Eelgrass (Zostera marina) restoration on the west coast of Sweden using seeds

2016 ◽  
Vol 546 ◽  
pp. 31-45 ◽  
Author(s):  
E Infantes ◽  
L Eriander ◽  
PO Moksnes
Keyword(s):  
West Coast ◽  
Zostera Marina ◽  
The West

Changes in soil quality following humping/hollowing and flipping of pakihi soils on the West Coast, South Island New Zealand

2007 ◽  
pp. 265-270 ◽  
Author(s):  
S.M. Thomas ◽  
M.H.Beare C.D. Ford ◽  
V. Rietveld
Keyword(s):  
Organic Matter ◽  
Soil Quality ◽  
West Coast ◽  
Land Development ◽  
Hot Water ◽  
Limited Information ◽  
The West ◽  
Organic Matter Quality ◽  
Pasture Production ◽  
Soil C

Humping/hollowing and flipping are land development practices widely used on the West Coast to overcome waterlogging constraints to pasture production. However, there is very limited information about how the resulting "new" soils function and how their properties change over time following these extreme modifications. We hypothesised that soil quality will improve in response to organic matter inputs from plants and excreta, which will in turn increase nutrient availability. We tested this hypothesis by quantifying the soil organic matter and nutrient content of soils at different stages of development after modification. We observed improvements in soil quality with increasing time following soil modification under both land development practices. Total soil C and N values were very low following flipping, but over 8 years these values had increased nearly five-fold. Other indicators of organic matter quality such as hot water extractable C (HWC) and anaerobically mineralisable N (AMN) showed similar increases. With large capital applications of superphosphate fertiliser to flipped soils in the first year and regular applications of maintenance fertiliser, Olsen P levels also increased from values

From Hard Money to Branch Banking

2016 ◽  
Vol 93 (1) ◽  
pp. 26-44
Author(s):  
Larry Schweikart ◽  
Lynne Pierson Doti
Keyword(s):  
West Coast ◽  
Financial Sector ◽  
Gold Rush ◽  
Test Case ◽  
The West ◽  
Branch Banking

In Gold Rush–era California, banking and the financial sector evolved in often distinctive ways because of the Gold Rush economy. More importantly, the abundance of gold on the West Coast provided an interesting test case for some of the critical economic arguments of the day, especially for those deriving from the descending—but still powerful—positions of the “hard money” Jacksonians.

GEODIVERSIDADE E A PRÁTICA DE CAMPOS (ROTEIROS ESCOLARES) NO LITORAL COMO SUBSÍDIOS AO ENSINO DE GEOGRAFIA (FÍSICA)

2019 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 1006-1018
Author(s):  
Ana Alexandre Santos Rodrigues ◽  
Francisco Asis Aquino Bezerra Filho ◽  
Jáder Onofre de Morais ◽  
Lidrana De Souza Pinheiro
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Scientific Knowledge ◽  
Coastal Plain ◽  
West Coast ◽  
Daily Life ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Classical Literature ◽  
The West ◽  
Field Practice ◽  
Teachers And Students

As práticas de campo proporcionam aos discentes uma proximidade com o cotidiano. A metodologia proposta no estudo sugere uma divulgação simplificada do conhecimento cientifico da Planície Litorânea de Almofala, propondo rotas de acesso didáticas para práticas de campo que auxiliem os professores das escolas de Itarema. Para a complementação teórica foram considerados como base os inventários da Geodiversidade cientifica do litoral oeste do estado do Ceará, realizados no âmbito do projeto PRONEX. Isso foi feito por pesquisadores de várias Instituições de Ensino Superior do Ceará, e a literatura clássica local. Enquanto resultados discutidos, considerou-se que estes roteiros de práticas de campo podem ser estabelecidos e decididos em conjunto, entre professores e alunos. Tendo como base o mapa interpretativo dos roteiros, com intuito de realizar o reconhecimento e entendimento da dinâmica costeira.Palavras-chave: Educação; Geodiversidade; Planície Litorânea. ABSTRACTField practices provide students with a closeness to daily life. The methodology proposed in the study suggests a simplified dissemination of scientific knowledge of the Almofala Coastal Plain, proposing didactic access routes for field practices that help teachers of Itarema schools. For theoretical complementation, the inventories of the scientific geodiversity of the west coast of the state of Ceará, carried out under the PRONEX project were considered. It was done by researchers from various Higher Education Institutions in Ceará, and its local classical literature. As results discussed, it was considered that these field practice roadmaps can be jointly established and decided between teachers and students. Based on the interpretative map of the roadmaps, in order to recognize and understand the coastal dynamics.Keywords: Education; Geodiversity; Coastal plain. RESUMENLas prácticas de campo ofrecen a los estudiantes una cercanía a la vida diaria. La metodología propuesta en el estudio sugiere una divulgación simplificada del conocimiento científico sobre la llanura costera de Almofala, proponiendo rutas de acceso didáctico para prácticas de campo que ayudan a los docentes de las escuelas de Itarema. Para la complementación teórica fueron considerados como información base los inventarios de la geodiversidad científica de la costa oeste del estado de Ceará, realizados en el ámbito del proyecto PRONEX. Fue realizado por investigadores de varias instituciones de educación superior en Ceará, y la literatura clásica local. En cuanto a los resultados discutidos, se consideró que estas hojas de ruta de prácticas de campo pueden ser establecidas y escogidas conjuntamente entre docentes y estudiantes, con base en el mapa interpretativo de ruta, con el fin de reconocer y comprender la dinámica costera de esta región.Palabras clave: Educación; Geodiversidad; Llanura costera.

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