Update and improvement of the European Settlement map

Contract archaeology accounts for the majority of archaeological studies conducted in Vermont. As these studies serve the development community, the focus of investigation has been to identify and avoid sites, not to research and evaluate the information they contain. Native-American site locational models have limited application because they are based primarily on the landforms' proximity to water. The Archaeology Consulting Team is developing a contextual model based on reconstructing the pre-European settlement environment. Hypotheses comparing expected size and function of Native-American sites in different environments can be posed at the Phase I level of archaeological studies. Furthermore, with Phase I level data, these hypotheses can provide the framework for research designs at Phase II and III levels of archaeological study.

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Notions of property: traditional land use and boundaries in the Deh Cho region

Polar Record ◽

10.1017/s0032247412000150 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 48 (3) ◽

pp. 249-254 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Carol J. Brown-Leonardi

Keyword(s):

Cultural Practice ◽

Ecological Sustainability ◽

Economic Interests ◽

Property Ownership ◽

Property Relations ◽

European Settlement ◽

The Social ◽

Consumer Interests ◽

Insight Into ◽

Traditional Land Use

ABSTRACTThe Deh Cho Dene have been negotiating territorial land since early European settlement. This paper argues that the changing needs of Deh Cho Dene society has changed their concept of property and this transformation has evolved with a responsibility to conserve cultural practice and ecological balance in Deh Cho Dene territorial lands. The article considers how the changing need of European society addresses property and ownership in the context of basic human rights and consumer interests. It uses the theories of Macpherson, Locke, and Marx to construct a model to understand the property relations that exist in the Deh Cho Dene region. Accordingly, the paper addresses oral narratives to give historical insight into the relations between neighbouring tribal groups and their understanding of territorial boundaries. An account of present day negotiations highlights the various initiatives taken to protect traditional interests and uphold historical claim to the territory. The negotiation of joint ventures and property ownership has evolved with concerns over ecological sustainability and the protection of a subsistence lifestyle, which is critical for the social and economic interests of Deh Cho Dene culture, and is closely connected to the land.

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Low major histocompatibility complex diversity in the Tasmanian devil predates European settlement and may explain susceptibility to disease epidemics

Biology Letters ◽

10.1098/rsbl.2012.0900 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 9 (1) ◽

pp. 20120900 ◽

Cited By ~ 36

Author(s):

Katrina Morris ◽

Jeremy J. Austin ◽

Katherine Belov

Keyword(s):

Major Histocompatibility Complex ◽

Tasmanian Devil ◽

Major Histocompatibility ◽

European Settlement ◽

Low Genetic Diversity ◽

Histocompatibility Complex ◽

Devil Facial Tumour Disease ◽

History Of ◽

Mhc Diversity ◽

Disease Epidemics

The Tasmanian devil ( Sarcophilus harrisii ) is at risk of extinction owing to the emergence of a contagious cancer known as devil facial tumour disease (DFTD). The emergence and spread of DFTD has been linked to low genetic diversity in the major histocompatibility complex (MHC). We examined MHC diversity in historical and ancient devils to determine whether loss of diversity is recent or predates European settlement in Australia. Our results reveal no additional diversity in historical Tasmanian samples. Mainland devils had common modern variants plus six new variants that are highly similar to existing alleles. We conclude that low MHC diversity has been a feature of devil populations since at least the Mid-Holocene and could explain their tumultuous history of population crashes.

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Bias and signal distortion in using a modern pollen-climate calibration set to infer a Minnesota pre-European-settlement paleoclimate record

Quaternary International ◽

10.1016/j.quaint.2015.01.174 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 387 ◽

pp. 146

Author(s):

Jeannine-Marie St. Jacques ◽

Brian F. Cumming ◽

D.J. Sauchyn ◽

John P. Smol

Keyword(s):

Signal Distortion ◽

European Settlement ◽

Modern Pollen

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Rapid wetland expansion during European settlement and its implication for marsh survival under modern sediment delivery rates

Geology ◽

10.1130/g31789.1 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 39 (5) ◽

pp. 507-510 ◽

Cited By ~ 96

Author(s):

Matthew L. Kirwan ◽

A. Brad Murray ◽

Jeffrey P. Donnelly ◽

D. Reide Corbett

Keyword(s):

Sediment Delivery ◽

Modern Sediment ◽

European Settlement

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: The Tribe and Its Successors: An Account of African Traditional Life and European Settlement in Southern Rhodesia . William Rayner.

American Anthropologist ◽

10.1525/aa.1964.66.2.02a00510 ◽

1964 ◽

Vol 66 (2) ◽

pp. 469-469

Author(s):

Charles Frantz

Keyword(s):

European Settlement ◽

Southern Rhodesia

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Genetic pollution of native eucalypt gene pools—identifying the risks

Australian Journal of Botany ◽

10.1071/bt02035 ◽

2003 ◽

Vol 51 (1) ◽

pp. 1 ◽

Cited By ~ 108

Author(s):

B. M. Potts ◽

R. C. Barbour ◽

A. B. Hingston ◽

R. E. Vaillancourt

Keyword(s):

Related Species ◽

Native Species ◽

Management Strategies ◽

Pollen Dispersal ◽

Rapid Expansion ◽

Gene Pools ◽

European Settlement ◽

Genetic Pollution ◽

Plantation Species ◽

Eucalypt Woodlands

The contamination of native-eucalypt gene pools via exotic pollen is of concern as (i) pollen dispersal is believed to be much more widespread than seed dispersal, (ii) reproductive barriers are often weak between closely related species, (iii) European settlement has already had a major impact on Australia's eucalypt woodlands and mallee, (iv) there has been a rapid expansion of eucalypt plantations and restoration plantings in Australia and (v) Australia is the custodian of an internationally important genetic resource. Pollen flow between plantation and native eucalypt species has already been reported and implementation of strategies to minimise the risk and consequences of genetic pollution is important if Australian forestry is to be considered sustainable. The risks associated with the introduction of non-native species, provenances and hybrids include direct effects on the gene pool through genetic pollution as well as indirect effects on dependent biodiversity. In many cases, the risk of genetic pollution will be small due to strong barriers to hybridisation between distantly related species, differences in flowering time or poor fitness of hybrids. There is no risk of hybridisation between species from the different major eucalypt genera and/or subgenera (e.g. symphyomyrts, monocalypts, eudesmids, bloodwoods and angophora). The main plantation species are symphyomyrts and within this subgenus, the probability of successful hybridisation generally decreases with increasing taxonomic distance between species. The planting of non-local provenances or improved material within the range of native populations has the potential to have an impact on local gene pools to varying degrees, indicating the requirement for the adoption of management strategies to reduce this risk. Naturally small or remnant populations are at particular risk. A framework for assessment of the risk of genetic pollution is developed herein.

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