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Can DNA from wet, temperate soils be used for palaeoecological reconstruction?

Journal of Quaternary Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Sedimentary ancient DNA in well‐dated contexts (sedaDNA) has great potential as a palaeoecological proxy. A few studies have attempted palaeoecological reconstructions using sedaDNA from soil; these studies have been mainly restricted to cold and/or dry soils.
Nick A. Cutler, Doreen Yu‐Tuan Huang, Richard T. Streeter, Andrew J. Dugmore   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Holocene vegetation dynamics of Grande Terre (Kerguelen Islands) inferred from sedimentary ancient DNA

Journal of Quaternary Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT While the Antarctic region has experienced significant climatic changes over the Holocene, few high‐resolution records have examined their effects on the local biota. In order to understand past ecological shifts and forecast future changes, it is important to obtain high‐resolution palaeoecological records from this region.
Xaali O'Reilly‐Berkeley, Aloïs Revéret, Youri Lammers, Maaike Zwier, Anne E. Bjune, Fabien Arnaud, Jostein Bakke, Sandra Nogué, Inger G. Alsos   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Integrating ZooMS and taphonomy further highlights differential processing of animal and Neandertal carcasses in the Quina Mousterian at Les Pradelles (Marillac‐le‐Franc, southwest France)

Journal of Quaternary Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The cave of Les Pradelles (Marillac‐le‐Franc, France) was repeatedly visited by Neandertals ~55 000 years ago and is a key site in discussions of Neandertal cannibalism. Excavations between 1967 and 1980 (Vandermeersch) and between 2001 and 2013 (Maureille/Mann) produced a rich faunal assemblage (>20 000 bones), alongside Quina Mousterian ...
Pauline Raymond, Jean‐Jacques Hublin, Karen Ruebens, Geoff M. Smith, Sandrine Costamagno, Cédric Beauval, Alan Mann, Bruno Maureille   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Physiography, foraging mobility, and the first peopling of Sahul

Nature Communications
The route and speed of migration into Sahul by Homo sapiens remain a major research question in archaeology. Here, we introduce an approach which models the impact of the physical environment on human mobility by combining time-evolving landscapes with ...
Tristan Salles, Renaud Joannes-Boyau, Ian Moffat, Laurent Husson, Manon Lorcery   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Insect communities of late Pleistocene steppe–tundra and Holocene boreal forest ecosystems in central Yukon Territory, Canada

Journal of Quaternary Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Subfossil insect communities from the Quartz Creek site provide a detailed record of both Late Pleistocene steppe–tundra and Holocene boreal forest ecosystems in central Yukon Territory, Canada. Fifteen Pleistocene assemblages (marine isotope stages [MIS] 4 to 2) are dominated by steppe–tundra and dry‐tundra taxa, particularly the weevils ...
Scott L. Cocker, Svetlana Kuzmina, Nick Schafstall, Michael A. Monzon, Duane G. Froese   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

New geochronological constraints on Late Pleistocene glaciation in the southern Cadí Massif, SE Pyrenees

Journal of Quaternary Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Cadí Massif (42°17′09″ N, 1°38′11″ E; 2649 m a.s.l.) in the southeastern Pyrenees preserves clear evidence of Late Pleistocene glaciation, although previous research has focused almost exclusively on its northern slope. By contrast, the southern slope has remained largely unexplored.
M. Oliva, J. Ventura, A. Çiner, M. A. Sarıkaya, J. Bonsoms, K. M. Wilcken   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Encyclopedia of Geoarchaeology: First Edition

, 2016
Geoarchaeology is the archaeological subfield that focuses on archaeological information retrieval and problem solving utilizing the methods of geological investigation.
Shroder, John F., Jr., Gilbert, Allan S., Weihs, Brandon J.   +2 more
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A talus rock glacier in Nantlle Valley, North Wales

Journal of Quaternary Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Landforms comprising mixtures of fine and coarse sediment and deposited during late glacial times are ubiquitous in the British mountains. In many cases, their interpretation has often proved contentious; as a result, the non‐generic term discrete debris accumulations (DDA) has been used to describe them and, over the last 50 years, some have ...
Stephan Harrison, Ed Anderson
wiley   +1 more source

Holocene vegetation change and fire–plant diversity shifts in Mediterranean France

Journal of Quaternary Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Changes in fire activity are recognized as a major threat to biodiversity and vegetation communities across the Mediterranean Basin. However, long‐term fire–vegetation interactions remain poorly investigated. Here, we combine a high‐resolution charcoal record with pollen data from the “Étang des Aulnes” lake (southern France) to reconstruct ...
Cécile Latapy, Marion Lestienne, Andy Hennebelle, Johanne Burmeister, Aymeric LeGall, Gwendal Mouden, Damien Rius, Lisa Bajolle, Jacques‐Louis de Beaulieu, Walter Finsinger, Emmanuel Gandouin, François Demory, Cécile H. Albert, Bérangère Leys   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

New contribution to Geoarchaeology New contribution to Geoarchaeology

, 2016
Geoarchaeology, defined as the application of geosciences and geographical methods to prehistory, archaeology, and history, is now widely applied to study key subjects such as occupation patterns, territory and site exploitation, palaeoclimatic ...

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