Vegetation changes and human occupation in the Patagonian steppe, Argentina, during the late Holocene

Vegetation changes during the late Holocene are interpreted from four fossil pollen sequences from two caves at the Los Toldos archaeological locality, Santa Cruz province, Argentina. Taphonomic processes are particularly taken into account in order to analyze the effects on the fossil pollen record...

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Autores principales: De Porras, M.E., Mancini, M.V., Prieto, A.R.
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spelling todo:paper_09396314_v18_n3_p235_DePorras2023-10-03T15:48:54Z Vegetation changes and human occupation in the Patagonian steppe, Argentina, during the late Holocene De Porras, M.E. Mancini, M.V. Prieto, A.R. Caves Human occupation Late Holocene Patagonia Pollen Taphonomy Animalia Asteraceae Asteroideae Colliguaja integerrima Ephedra Ephedra frustillata Poaceae Schinus Vegetation changes during the late Holocene are interpreted from four fossil pollen sequences from two caves at the Los Toldos archaeological locality, Santa Cruz province, Argentina. Taphonomic processes are particularly taken into account in order to analyze the effects on the fossil pollen records of biotic factors such as human occupation and animals, and abiotic ones such as volcanic ash fall. Fossil pollen assemblages are interpreted using local modern pollen data. The main vegetation change occurred at ca. 3750 uncal b.p., when a shrub steppe of Asteraceae subf. Asteroideae with Schinus, Ephedra frustillata and a high proportion of grasses was replaced by a shrub steppe of Colliguaja integerrima and Asteraceae subf. Asteroideae. This change is synchronous with an archaeological record change and could be related either to moderate climatic variations or the effects of ash fall on the environment. Plant communities similar to the present-day ones were established in the Los Toldos area from ca. 3750 uncal b.p. © 2008 Springer-Verlag. JOUR English info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ar http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_09396314_v18_n3_p235_DePorras
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topic Caves
Human occupation
Late Holocene
Patagonia
Pollen
Taphonomy
Animalia
Asteraceae
Asteroideae
Colliguaja integerrima
Ephedra
Ephedra frustillata
Poaceae
Schinus
spellingShingle Caves
Human occupation
Late Holocene
Patagonia
Pollen
Taphonomy
Animalia
Asteraceae
Asteroideae
Colliguaja integerrima
Ephedra
Ephedra frustillata
Poaceae
Schinus
De Porras, M.E.
Mancini, M.V.
Prieto, A.R.
Vegetation changes and human occupation in the Patagonian steppe, Argentina, during the late Holocene
topic_facet Caves
Human occupation
Late Holocene
Patagonia
Pollen
Taphonomy
Animalia
Asteraceae
Asteroideae
Colliguaja integerrima
Ephedra
Ephedra frustillata
Poaceae
Schinus
description Vegetation changes during the late Holocene are interpreted from four fossil pollen sequences from two caves at the Los Toldos archaeological locality, Santa Cruz province, Argentina. Taphonomic processes are particularly taken into account in order to analyze the effects on the fossil pollen records of biotic factors such as human occupation and animals, and abiotic ones such as volcanic ash fall. Fossil pollen assemblages are interpreted using local modern pollen data. The main vegetation change occurred at ca. 3750 uncal b.p., when a shrub steppe of Asteraceae subf. Asteroideae with Schinus, Ephedra frustillata and a high proportion of grasses was replaced by a shrub steppe of Colliguaja integerrima and Asteraceae subf. Asteroideae. This change is synchronous with an archaeological record change and could be related either to moderate climatic variations or the effects of ash fall on the environment. Plant communities similar to the present-day ones were established in the Los Toldos area from ca. 3750 uncal b.p. © 2008 Springer-Verlag.
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author De Porras, M.E.
Mancini, M.V.
Prieto, A.R.
author_facet De Porras, M.E.
Mancini, M.V.
Prieto, A.R.
author_sort De Porras, M.E.
title Vegetation changes and human occupation in the Patagonian steppe, Argentina, during the late Holocene
title_short Vegetation changes and human occupation in the Patagonian steppe, Argentina, during the late Holocene
title_full Vegetation changes and human occupation in the Patagonian steppe, Argentina, during the late Holocene
title_fullStr Vegetation changes and human occupation in the Patagonian steppe, Argentina, during the late Holocene
title_full_unstemmed Vegetation changes and human occupation in the Patagonian steppe, Argentina, during the late Holocene
title_sort vegetation changes and human occupation in the patagonian steppe, argentina, during the late holocene
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