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Does climate change lead to potash deposits? A perspective of Lop Nur Salt Lake, China Quat. Int. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2024-03-13 Jiaxin Luo, Maoyong He, Hong Chang, Yuanyuan Cheng
Potash, also known as potassium (K), is a crucial component of the agricultural sector and serve as “the food of food”. Historically, the formation of potash deposits has been attributed to the “tectonic-climatic” theory, in which the role of prolonged arid climate is still debating. Consider the minerogenetic time scale, paleoclimatic events may have played an undeniable role in the formation of potash
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New fossil woods (upper Pleistocene) from the lower-middle Uruguay river basin (South America) reveal the past distribution of Aspidosperma (Apocynaceae) Quat. Int. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2024-03-11 R. Soledad Ramos, Gisela M. Via do Pico, Mariana Brea, Daniela M. Kröhling
The present work describes the taxonomic and paleobiogeographic study of two fossil woods related to extant . The silicified specimens come from the fossil localities of Santa Ana (30°54′S, 57°55′W) and Concordia (31°19′S, 57°59′W), Entre Ríos Province, Argentina, belonging to the El Palmar Formation (Late Pleistocene). This unit represents the sedimentary body of the upper fluvial terrace generated
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Spatial-temporal variations of Paleolithic human activities in Northeast China Quat. Int. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2024-03-11 Niankang Chen, Bohan Ming, Yongxiang Chen, Haoyu Wang, Ying Zhao, Dongmei Jie, Guizai Gao, Honghao Niu
Northeast China played an irreplaceable role in population migrations and cultural exchanges in East Asia during the Paleolithic. This paper collected 182 archaeological sites to analyse the characteristics of spatial-temporal variations of Paleolithic human activities in Northeast China, and explored the driving mechanisms behind these variations in combination with the paleoenvironmental and archaeological
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Late Quaternary transgressions and regressions in the Trieste Gulf (north-eastern Adriatic Sea) Quat. Int. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2024-03-08 Massimo Zecchin, Mauro Caffau, Martina Busetti, Carlo Alberto Masoli, Luca Baradello, Dario Civile, Michela Dal Cin, Lorenzo Petronio, Roberto Romeo, Luigi Sante Zampa, Davide Lenaz, Renata Giulia Lucchi, Andrea Caburlotto
The integration of high-resolution seismic profiles, core data and radiocarbon plus U-Th datings, allows to document the late Quaternary succession of the Trieste Gulf, which represents the easternmost part of the northern Adriatic Sea. This succession consists of an alternation of shallow-marine and continental deposits organized to compose four transgressive-regressive sequences down to ca. 90 m
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Quaternary stratigraphical information from Central and Eastern Europe (INQUA-SEQS, 2021 Meeting, Poland) as a prerequisite to understand developments of our ecosystem Quat. Int. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2024-03-05 Guzel Danukalova, Markus Fiebig, Pierluigi Pieruccini, Krzysztof Stefaniak
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Paleoclimatic reconstruction of the Karewa deposits of Kashmir Valley, northwest Himalaya: A review Quat. Int. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2024-03-04 Rayees Ahmad Shah, Reyaz Ahmad Dar, Shakil Ahmad Romshoo
Plio-Pleistocene sedimentary successions, comprised of fluvio-glacial-lacustrine sediments capped by loess, are widespread in the Kashmir Valley, NW Himalaya, India. These sediments act as a repository of climate records for the past 4.4 Ma suggesting the dominance of southwestern monsoon up to 1.95 Ma and thereafter the dominance of mid-latitude western disturbances in the region. However, the younger
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Late Pleistocene correlations in glaciated Russia Quat. Int. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2024-03-02 V, ., , A, s, t, a, k, h, o, v
This is a critical review of disputable chronostratigraphic results in the Upper Pleistocene of glaciated Russia including the West Siberian and Russian Plains. The main goal is to assess the validity of stratigraphic tools used for long-distance correlation of young sedimentary formations. The test is performed by comparison of i) Russian stratigraphic schemes of two last glacial cycles against the
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Late Holocene paleoclimate reconstruction of northern Taiwan using a multiproxy approach in the Dream Lake sediment core Quat. Int. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2024-03-01 Abdur Rahman, Wei-Cheng Chang, Kaoru Kashima, Yu Fukumoto, Jyh-Jaan Steven Huang, Ludvig Löwemark, Liang-Chi Wang, Yuan-Pin Chang
To understand the role of the East Asian summer monsoon (EASM) and the East Asian winter monsoon (EAWM) on the hydroclimate in northern Taiwan, a multiproxy study has been conducted. This study aims to achieve its goal by using micro-XRF data of Ti and sulfur (S), carbon isotopic compositions (δC) along with elemental concentrations of carbon (C), nitrogen (N) and S, and diatom analyses in the sediment
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Multi-proxy environmental reconstruction of the Eemian and Early Vistulian – Before, during and after the life of the forest rhino Stephanorhinus kirchbergensis (Jäger, 1839) from Gorzów Wielkopolski (NW Poland) Quat. Int. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2024-03-01 Anna Hrynowiecka, Renata Stachowicz-Rybka, Magdalena Moskal-del Hoyo, Monika Niska, Bartosz Kotrys, Monika Karpińska-Kołaczek, Joanna Lenarczyk, Jolanta Piątek, Piotr Kołaczek, Ryszard Krzysztof Borówka, Małgorzata Bąk, Dariusz Tarnawski, Marcin Kadej, Artur Sobczyk, Karolina Łabęcka, Krzysztof Stachowicz, Krzysztof Stefaniak
The natural environment of the Eemian Interglacial (MIS 5e) and Early Vistulian (MIS 5 d-a) in many areas in Central Europe is still insufficiently and fragmentarily known. Therefore, after the discovery of an almost complete skeleton of the Eemian (Jäger, 1839) in outcrop of palaeolake sediments near Gorzów Wielkopolski (GW site, GS3 profile), a multi-proxy analysis was conducted for a precise recognition
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Reply to the comment on “Assessing the extent of bone bioerosion in short timescales – A novel approach for quantifying microstructural loss [Quat. Int., in press, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2023.01.011]” Quat. Int. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2024-02-25 Caley Mein, Anna Williams
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Millennial-scale climate change recorded by clay minerals during the last deglaciation on the Eastern Tibetan plateau Quat. Int. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2024-02-24 Wei Shi, Hongyan Xu, Hanchao Jiang, Jiawei Fan, Ning Zhong, Siqi Zhang
To explore the main controlling mechanism of hydroclimatic conditions during the last deglaciation on eastern Tibetan Plateau (TP), clay mineral records in Xinmocun lacustrine sediments were analyzed. The results indicate that high illite + chlorite contents (>92%) in the section represent the primary product of strong physical weathering in a tectonically active area. The chemical weathering index
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Updated Peru archaeological radiocarbon database, 20,000–7000 14C BP Quat. Int. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2024-02-24 Kurt Rademaker
In 2013 archaeological radiocarbon databases covering 13,000–7000 C BP for nine countries in South America, including Peru, were published in a special issue of . The past decade has seen new field research and radiocarbon ages contributed to the Peruvian archaeological record, two updates to the southern hemisphere calibration curve, and research papers drawing from South American radiocarbon databases
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Pre-Columbian vegetational and fire history in western Amazonia: Terrestrial soil phytolith and charcoal evidence from three regions Quat. Int. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2024-02-21 Dolores R. Piperno, Crystal N.H. McMichael, Nigel C.A. Pitman, Marcos Ríos Paredes, Luis A. Torres-Montenegro, Mark B. Bush
The extent to which pre-Columbian human societies occupied and significantly impacted Amazonian environments have been long-standing questions and are currently under active discussion. Data are particularly limited from forests, formations away from watercourses that occupy over 90 % of the Amazon Basin. This paper investigates pre-Columbian influences on fire and vegetation in three regions of the
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Let me be fodder: Unravelling human and animal derived plant remains recovered from Roman Mursa, Croatia Quat. Int. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2024-02-19 Kelly Reed
Although evidence is sporadic it is becoming clear that haymaking and hay meadow management were likely indispensable elements of practices related to animal husbandry during the Roman period. As large towns begin to emerge, success in breeding large livestock such as cattle and horses would have required good quality fodder. Yet, how we distinguish fodder or other animal associated plant remains in
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Tree-ring stable isotopes in cellulose and lignin methoxy groups reveal different age-related behaviour Quat. Int. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2024-02-19 Anna Wieland, Philipp Römer, Max Torbenson, Markus Greule, Otmar Urban, Josef Čáslavský, Natálie Pernicová, Miroslav Trnka, Ulf Büntgen, Jan Esper, Frank Keppler
Tree-ring stable isotopes (TRSI) have the unique ability to capture inter-annual to multi-millennial climate trends and extremes if the appropriate data and methods are combined. However, there is still an ongoing debate about age-related biases in TRSI measurements that potentially affect the fidelity of their chronologies and subsequent climate reconstructions.
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Shepherds and animal husbandry, origins, and development: New theoretical and methodological approaches Quat. Int. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2024-02-19 Mónica Alonso-Eguiluz, Rosa María Albert, Josep María Vergès, Seiji Kadowaki
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Mid to late holocene alluvial fans activity at the southern sector of sierra de gredos in central Spain: Climate literature review, OSL and topographical analysis Quat. Int. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2024-02-16 Esperanza Muñoz-Salinas, Miguel Castillo, Nuria De Pablo, David Palacios, David Sanderson, Alan Cresswell
Alluvial fans are rapidly evolving landforms sensitive to changes in tectonic and climatic conditions. Their study provides useful information to unravel the landscape evolution of lowlands and mountainous regions where sediment transported by rivers originates. The chronology of alluvial fan deposits is crucial for the flood risk assessment of those populations settled on this type of dynamic landform
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Transport and distribution of fluvial pollen in the northern portion of Guanabara Bay, southeastern Brazil: A paleoenvironmental tool Quat. Int. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2024-02-13 Cintia Ferreira Barreto, Renan Martins Amorim, Alex da Silva de Freitas, José Antônio Baptista Neto, Antonio Tadeu dos Reis, Cleverson Guizan Silva
Paleovegetation studies require understanding the relationship between vegetation dynamics and the processes controlling pollen deposition. This article investigates the mechanisms of pollen deposition and the associated vegetation patterns within the hydrographic basin of Guanabara Bay, a region of considerable ecological diversity and complexity situated in southeastern Brazil. Fifty-six surface
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High-resolution, multi-proxy reconstruction of central Zagros paleoclimate and paleoenvironment from the Late Pleistocene to the Holocene Quat. Int. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2024-02-11 Homa Rostami, Tobias Richter, Anthony Henry Ruter, Ghasem Azizi, Hojjat Darabi, Sahar Maleki
Proxy-based paleoclimate reconstructions in the central Zagros region suggest the occurrence of several climatic events during the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) to Holocene. The central Zagros region is situated in a unique transition zone between mid-latitude temperate climate in the north and sub-tropical arid climate in the south and was affected in different climatic periods by the strengthening and
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Vegetational succession and climatic variability in the monsoonal margin over the past three millennia as indicated by pollen influx data from Daihai Lake, Inner Mongolia Quat. Int. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2024-02-09 Jiaqi Xue, Ruilin Wen, Jule Xiao, Shengrui Zhang, Qinghai Xu
In recent years, the impact of global warming has received increasing attention, and changes in climatic factors such as temperature and precipitation are certain to affect vegetation succession. To assess the impact of climate change on future vegetation succession more effectively, we need to obtain information from the history of vegetation succession. Here, we present a detailed record of the vegetation
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A study on the AMS 14C chronology of late pleistocene lacustrine sediments and related proxies of organic carbon in northwest China Quat. Int. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2024-02-09 Yuxin Zhang, Yu Li, Dawei Chen, Lu Hao, Zhuowen Feng, Haiye Li, Xueru Zhou
Lake sediment is an effective archive containing information about past climate change, and accurately determining the deposition age of lake sediment is crucial to investigating past environmental variation. To elucidate the historical climate change modes in the northeastern Qinghai-Tibet Plateau (QTP), the sedimentary profile of a paleolake deposit on the western Qilian Mountains was examined. However
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Inhabiting the central Asian mountains: Study of modern campsites from the Nuratau range, Uzbekistan Quat. Int. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2024-02-06 Elise Luneau, Nona A. Avanesova, Odil Ergashev, Jessica Giraud, Romuald Housse, Azbiddin Kholmatov, Lynne M. Rouse, Finn Schreiber
Settlements and dwellings related to pastoral communities in mountainous areas speak to the adaptation strategies of people to this specific environment. This paper describes unprecedented archaeological features found in the Nuratau Mountains of Uzbekistan, dated between the 18th-early 20th centuries AD, and interpreted as living places of pastoralist groups. Preliminary statistical and spatial analyses
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The applications of optically stimulated luminescence dating in active fault and paleo-earthquake studies: A review Quat. Int. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2024-02-04 Guiming Hu, Jing Liu-Zeng, Yanxiu Shao, Kexin Qin, Yunpeng Gao
Quantifying the activity and seismic recurrence behavior of active faults is essential for assessing seismic risk. A reliable chronology of faulting events is necessary, and optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) dating is a robust technique that offers advantages for situations where materials for radiocarbon dating are unavailable. However, OSL dating of young events (<5 kyr) can be challenging
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Evidence of forestry management and arboriculture practices in waterlogged wood remains from three wells at the Roman and late antiquity sites of Iesso and Vilauba (Catalonia, Spain) Quat. Int. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2024-02-03 Eva Maria López Castillo, Oriol López-Bultó, Anna Berrocal Barberà, Pere Castanyer Masoliver, Joaquim Pera Isern, Esther Rodrigo Requena, Raquel Piqué Huerta
The aim of this paper is to provide new data on forest management and arboricultural practices in the Roman and Late Antique periods in the north-eastern Iberian Peninsula. In this study, the waterlogged branches found in three wells at the sites of Iesso and Vilauba in the northeast of the Iberian Peninsula were analysed. To determine management practices the roundwood method, based on the correlation
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The mid- and late Holocene palsa palaeoecology and hydroclimatic changes in Yenisei Siberia revealed by a high-resolution peat archive Quat. Int. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2024-02-02 Elena Yu Novenko, Anatoly S. Prokushkin, Natalia G. Mazei, Elya P. Zazovskaya, Dmitry A. Kupriyanov, Anton E. Shatunov, Rodion A. Andreev, Ekaterina A. Makarova, Maria V. Kusilman, Sergey I. Serikov, Gu Xiuyuan, Kirill V. Babeshko, Andrey N. Tsyganov, Yuri A. Mazei
The paper presents a new high-resolution (up to decadal) palaeoecological evidence based on detailed AMS radiocarbon dating, plant macrofossils, testate amoebae, loss on ignition, peat humification, elemental and stable isotopic records, obtained from a palsa peatland located in vicinities of Igarka town. This gave us a unique possibility to examine the mid-to late Holocene environmental changes in
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Mainstream migration events of the Yellow River and anthropogenic responses during the Mid-Holocene Quat. Int. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2024-02-02 Tinglin Ru, Liwei Yang, Gesong Wei, Xinze Li, Zhanfang Hou, Yingying Chen, Shiyue Chen
The flooding and diversion of the Yellow River is a major concern for the Chinese. Since the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States periods, historical documents have recorded many events of the Yellow River's migration and diversion, but there are few records of earlier events. The ancient Daluze Lake, located in the transitional area between the North China Plain and the Taihang Mountains
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Revisiting the physical processes controlling the tropical atmospheric circulation changes during the Mid-Piacenzian Warm Period Quat. Int. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2024-01-30 Ke Zhang, Yong Sun, Zhongshi Zhang, Christian Stepanek, Ran Feng, Daniel Hill, Gerrit Lohmann, Aisling Dolan, Alan Haywood, Ayako Abe-Ouchi, Bette Otto-Bliesner, Camille Contoux, Deepak Chandan, Gilles Ramstein, Harry Dowsett, Julia Tindall, Michiel Baatsen, Ning Tan, William Richard Peltier, Qiang Li, Xu Zhang
The Mid-Piacenzian Warm Period (MPWP; 3.0–3.3 Ma), a warm geological period about three million years ago, has been deemed as a good past analog for understanding the current and future climate change. Based on 12 climate model outputs from Pliocene Model Intercomparison Project Phase 2 (PlioMIP2), we investigate tropical atmospheric circulation (TAC) changes under the warm MPWP and associated underlying
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Age and sedimentology of a Late Pleistocene dammed paleolake in the middle Yarlung Tsangpo River, southern Tibetan Plateau Quat. Int. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2024-02-01 Huiying Wang, Ping Wang, Gang Hu, Bo Xu, Renmao Yuan, Lingfan Shi, Ziyue Ding
The Yarlung Tsangpo River on the southern Tibetan Plateau flows between alternating broad shallow valley and deep gorge sections. Many damming events caused by glaciers or glacial moraines have occurred in the gorges during the last glacial period, which play an important role in shaping river landscapes. In this study, we used geomorphological, sedimentological and chronological techniques to analyze
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Molecular technology in paleontology and paleobiology: Applications and limitations Quat. Int. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2024-01-25 Ahmed Awad Abdelhady, Barbara Seuss, Sreepat Jain, Douaa Fathy, Mabrouk Sami, Ahmed Ali, Ahmed Elsheikh, Mohamed S. Ahmed, Ashraf M.T. Elewa, Ali M. Hussain
In the last 5 decades, paleontological research has exploded where fossils have enabled robust dating of rocks, improved understanding of origination/extinction rates or mass extinction events, biogeography, adaptive strategies, and many more. New molecular technologies have enabled intensive analyses of vertebrates and invertebrates, plant fossils, fossilized microbes, trace fossils, and fossil molecules
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Revisiting the handaxes of Kent's Cavern Quat. Int. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2024-01-20 Callum Wilson, Matt Pope, Ceri Shipton
The Acheulean in Britain is represented by a substantial corpus of sites in southern England informing our understanding of human occupation in northwest Europe during the Middle Pleistocene. Improvements to the resolution of the terrestrial chronology of this period have led to a revival of interest in the question of the shape of the iconic Acheulean handaxe. The recognition of morphological patterns
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Regional phytoliths from the Coastal Cordillera of the Atacama Desert, Chile, and their potential for paleoecological reconstructions Quat. Int. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2024-01-18 Bárbara D. Vargas-Machuca, Dolores R. Piperno, Tim Böhnert, Alexandra Stoll, Antonio Maldonado, Gina Arancio, Volker Wennrich, Martin Melles
Siliceous phytoliths are frequently used in archaeology and Quaternary paleoecology. In order to validate the potential of phytoliths to reconstruct the vegetation history in the Atacama Desert, Chile, we analyzed the occurrence and morphotypes of phytoliths in different organs of 97 plant species from 36 families living in the Coastal Cordillera of the Atacama Desert. Phytolith extraction was conducted
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Retraction notice to “A modern field investigation of the mythical “gold sands” of the ancient Colchis Kingdom and “Golden Fleece” phenomena” [Quat. Int. 409 (2016) 61–69] Quat. Int. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2024-01-18 A. Okrostsvaridze, N. Gagnidze, K. Akimidze
This article has been retracted: please see Elsevier Policy on Article Withdrawal (https://www.elsevier.com/about/policies/article-withdrawal). This article has been retracted at the request of the Editor-in-Chief of Quaternary International. The article is a duplicate of a paper that has already been published in Episodes 37 (2014) 122–128. Redundant publications overweigh the relative importance
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Development process and environmental response of the first terrace in the Maqu reach of the Yellow River in the western margin of the Zoige Basin, eastern Tibetan Plateau, China Quat. Int. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2024-01-16 Xiaochun Zha, Chunchang Huang, Yixin Han, Yali Zhou, Jiangli Pang, Yuzhu Zhang, Jianan Chai, Na Wang, Xin Bai
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Human-induced fires and land use driven changes in tree biodiversity on the northern Tyrrhenian coast Quat. Int. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2024-01-12 Elisa Furia, Eleonora Clò, Assunta Florenzano, Anna Maria Mercuri
The history of fires in southwestern Tuscany (Italy), from the Colline Metallifere to the coast of northern Maremma, is presented with an observational perspective at local and regional scale. The area was studied as part of the nEU-Med project, which investigates resources management, agricultural practices and political strategies in two coastal plains, the Cornia and Pecora valleys, between the
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Chloridoideae grass phytoliths can distinguish two different rainfall zones: A case study from northern parts of Western Ghats, India Quat. Int. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2024-01-10 Manjuree Karmakar, Ranita Biswas, Biswajit Mukherjee, Oindrila Biswas, Madhab Naskar, Dipak Kumar Paruya, Althaf Ahamed Kabeer K, Ruby Ghosh, Subir Bera
Grass silica short cell phytoliths (GSSCPs), which are profusely produced within the grasses are often subfamily-specific and hence may act as one of the reliable plant proxies in deciphering eco-climatic conditions of an area. To assess how reliably grass phytolith morphs can capture the signal of rainfall variations of an area and to overcome the bias caused due to the redundancy and the multiplicity
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Late Quaternary human-environment relationship in the Ganga Plain, India Quat. Int. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2024-01-12 Deepak Kumar Jha, Hemant Kumar Vaishnav, Nigamasish Roy
Here, we present the first-ever attempt to combine palaeoenvironmental records (n = 17) from dated stratigraphic sequences with Geographic Information System (GIS) spatial modelling of archaeological sites (3 phases; n = 306 sites) in the Ganga Plain. The spatial modelling assesses the distribution of archaeological sites and phases on maps showing changing elevation, geology, geomorphology, biome
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Palynological records from glacial lakes, northern Priokhotye (western Beringia) Quat. Int. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2024-01-10 A.V. Lozhkin, P.M. Anderson, V.I. Tsygankova
Palynological analyzes of sediments from glacial lakes in Northern Priokhot'ye provide the first continuous records of regional vegetation responses to climate change at the end of the Pleistocene and during the Holocene. The pollen stratigraphy from these coastal sites is like that described for more northern regions of Western Beringia. Herb dominated tundra with Poaceae-forb meadows characterized
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A Bayesian luminescence chronology for the Bawa Yawan Rock Shelter at the Central Zagros Mountains (Western Iran) Quat. Int. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2024-01-10 Maryam Heydari, Guillaume Guérin, Saman Heydari-Guran
Bawa Yawan Rock Shelter is one of the critical Palaeolithic sites discovered recently in the Central Zagros in Western Iran. The site exhibits a rich assemblage from the Middle Palaeolithic (Zagros Mousterian) to the Epipalaeolithic, and it discloses one Neanderthal canine tooth. The site stands out as one of the handfuls of Palaeolithic sites in the Central Zagros that contain human remains. Therefore
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Feet on the ground: Marine archaeomalacology resources during the Mesolithic-Neolithic transition in the Iberian Peninsula Quat. Int. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2024-01-05 Amaia Aguirre-Uribesalgo, Esteban Álvarez-Fernández, Maria Saña
The Iberian Peninsula is the ideal setting for the study of the use of marine resources in the Mesolithic and Neolithic periods. Previous studies have focused on specific geographical areas and on a single chronological period. Instead, we offer here a synthesis of the peninsula covering a broad period of time, thus allowing a study of the role of marine resources in the Neolithisation process. Published
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Bow and arrow: Chronological and social context of the introduction of new technologies in Southern Patagonia Quat. Int. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2023-12-28 Rafael Goñi, Josefina Flores Coni, Gisela Cassiodoro, Agustín Agnolin, Juan Dellepiane
Research carried out in the western region of the Santa Cruz province (Patagonia, Argentina), indicates a widespread and simultaneous use of diverse weapons with different launching modes during the Late Holocene. Bow and arrow, spear and/or darts and boleadoras were used as part of adaptive strategies appropriate for a changing environmental context. We recently suggested a prevalence of bow and arrow
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Production of phytoliths in woody plants of the Atlantic Forest in islands of the Paraná River, Brazil Quat. Int. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2023-12-21 Luan Maler de Oliveira, Marcia Regina Calegari, Isabel Terezinha Leli, Mariza Barion Romagnolo
The analysis of phytoliths is a recent addition to the geosciences and has found applications in various fields over the last few decades, including palaeoenvironmental studies in fluvial environments. As a developing field, it is essential to carry out studies aimed at creating a modern reference collection that fills an information gap on the production of phytoliths by plants in this environment
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Absolute Chronology revisited: Integrating precise Bayesian models from Machu Picchu with Inca ethnohistoric praise narratives Quat. Int. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2023-12-15 Kevin Lane, Erik J. Marsh
Recent articles provide a captivating set of radiocarbon dates from Machu Picchu and environs, with important ramifications for the site and the Inca Empire more broadly. Here, we present Bayesian models of these dates that incorporate life history details of each dated individual, including age at death, age of tissue formation for dated samples, family relationships, and associated grave goods. We
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Organic and inorganic carbon storage in riparian zones of Central European rivers – A comparison of methods for their determination Quat. Int. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2023-12-17 Ján Babej, Rostislav Červenka, Jan Kuta, Karel Brabec, Zdeněk Máčka
Increasing interest in carbon storage and fluxes in river systems opens space for comparison of methods for the determination of total organic carbon (TOC) and inorganic carbon (TIC) in soil/sediment samples. We analysed 150 soil (leptosols and fluvisols) and sediment samples from three rivers using methods mostly used in studies. Widely used dry combustion method (with CO2 detection) for determination
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The origin and dispersion of the bow in the Andes (16–37°S) based on a controlled database of projectile point metrics Quat. Int. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2023-12-12 Silvina Celeste Castro, Erik Marsh, Lucía Yebra, Valeria Cortegoso
We present a discriminant metric study of stone projectile points (n = 422) from 21 archaeological sites in the Andes of South America (16–37°S). We use comparative datasets critically, since darts may have been smaller than previously thought. We assess the use-life of each point and tie them to reliable chronological sequences, in order to increase the reliability of our data. Our results show that
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The vegetation history of Lake Mert and its surroundings for the last 6600 years (Kırklareli, NW Türkiye) Quat. Int. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2023-12-16 Rüya Yılmaz Dağdeviren, Nurgül Karlıoğlu Kılıç, Cerennaz Yakupoğlu, Nurettin Yakupoğlu, Kürşad Kadir Eriş
The primary aim of this study is to determine the Middle-Late Holocene vegetation history of the İğneada Longoz (Floodplain) Forests around Lake Mert, located in Kırklareli, using high-resolution palynological analysis conducted on the MRT-04 core. Pollen analyses was performed on sediment samples collected from 67 different levels within the core. Pollen counting and identification were performed
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The Goldilocks Zone for maize agriculture and the settlement and abandonment of the West Tavaputs Plateau Quat. Int. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2023-12-09 Peter M. Yaworsky, Kenneth B. Vernon, Weston C. McCool, Isaac A. Hart, Jerry Spangler, Brian F. Codding
Between 2100 and 500 BP, maize farming spread throughout the American Southwest, driving changes in land use patterns and relative increases in the number of archaeological sites, which is commonly interpreted as increases in population. In the context of the Southwest, with its variable topography and limited water sources, the locations suitable for productive maize agriculture are limited. Higher
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Holocene paleoearthquakes activity in the Nieru graben, southern Tibet Quat. Int. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2023-12-12 Feng Liu, Guanghao Ha, Zhonghai Wu, Zhikun Ren
The Yadong-Gulu Rift (YGR) is the longest and most prominent rift in southern Tibet. While 14 large historical earthquakes have occurred on the northern-central segment of the YGR, historical or paleoearthquake records along the southern segment remain poorly understood. The spatial discrepancy of large earthquakes has significant implications for assessing seismic hazards along the entire YGR. To
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10Be surface exposure dating of glacier fluctuations on the eastern slope of Mount Geladandong, central Tibetan Plateau Quat. Int. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2023-12-12 Jingdong Zhao, Jinkun Qiu, Jonathan M. Harbor, Wanqin Guo, Marc M. Caffee, Huihan Ji, Jingling Chen, Xiaobo He
Moraine complexes formed by multiple glaciations are well-preserved in the Mount Geladandong area, the largest center of current glaciation in the Tanggula Mountains in western China. Studies of these glacial landforms provide insights into past glacier changes and contribute to understanding palaeoclimate and palaeoenvironment in the central Tibetan Plateau (TP). Here we report on 10Be surface exposure
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Fluctuations of Qiangyong glacier in southern Tibetan Plateau over the past 500 years recorded by proglacial lacustrine sediments Quat. Int. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2023-12-12 Run Zhang, Qi Feng, Fei Zhang, Le Li, Yang Xu, Zhangdong Jin
The glaciers of the Tibetan Plateau have undergone profound changes due to rapid global warming, but the nature of their response to climate change at various settings remains unclear. This study focuses on the analysis (grain sizes, magnetic susceptibility, and element ratios) of a sedimentary core from a proglacial lake (Qiangyong (QY) Co) at the southern Tibetan Plateau, based upon the 210Pb and
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Late Neolithic to Bronze Age water management and upland rice cultivation in the mountainous areas of Southeastern China Coast Quat. Int. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2023-12-05 Guiping Wu, Xinxin Zuo, Wei Wu, Lin Ren, Chunming Wu, Yingjun Lin, Hui Xie, Yaoyao Pei, Guiyu Zhou
The southeast coast of China is a crucial area for the spread of agriculture from mainland Asia to Taiwan and the islands of Southeast Asia. However, whether prehistoric rice cultivation in this region was lowland or upland remains unclear. This study used a detailed phytolith analysis to evaluate temporal changes in structure at three coastal sites of varying altitudes in the Fujian Province of China
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The Last Hunter-Gatherers on the Iberian Peninsula: An Integrative Evolutionary and Multiscalar Approach from Cueva de la Cocina (Western Mediterranean) Quat. Int. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2023-11-27 Oreto García-Puchol, Sarah B. McClure, Joaquim Juan-Cabanilles
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The Quaternary Mammalian Record from Central and Eastern Europe: New Data and New Insights: The Contribution of Palaeontology to the INQUA-SEQS 2021 Virtual Meeting: “Quaternary Stratigraphy – Palaeoenvironment and Humans in Europe” (13.12.2021, Wrocław, Poland) Quat. Int. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2023-11-24 Krzysztof Stefaniak, Urszula Ratajczak-Skrzatek, Thijs van Kolfschoten, Dariusz Nowakowski, Adrian Marciszak
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Did archery technology precipitate complexity in the Titicaca Basin? A metric analysis of projectile points, 11–1 ka Quat. Int. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2023-11-23 Luis Flores-Blanco, Lucero Cuellar, Mark Aldenderfer, Charles Stanish, Randall Haas
The extent to which archery technology affected social organization in the Andes region of South America remains understudied. To identify the timing and consequences of archery technology in the Lake Titicaca Basin, this analysis examines metric data from 1179 projectile points from the region, 11–1.0 cal. ka. We find that the greatest decrease in projectile point size occurred across the Late/Terminal
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The Zacatín rock shelter (Granada, Spain): New data on the Mesolithic-Neolithic transition in the south-eastern Iberian coast Quat. Int. (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2023-11-23 Rafael M. Martínez Sánchez, Amaia Aguirre Uribesalgo, Teresa Aparicio Alonso, M. Dolores Bretones García, Yolanda Carrión Marco, Jesús Gámiz Caro, Ismael Gutiérrez Frías, Francisco Martínez-Sevilla, Arturo Morales Muñiz, Antonio Morgado Rodríguez, Guillem Pérez-Jordà, Eufrasia Roselló Izquierdo, Laura Vico Triguero, Esteban Álvarez Fernández
This study presents a holistic analysis of the occupation sequence at the rock shelter of Zacatín (Gualchos-Castell de Ferro, Granada, Spain), a site in the cliffs along Andalusia's Mediterranean coastline. Despite being disturbed by cave-ins and erosion, it offers valuable information on the transition between the Mesolithic hunter-gatherers and the first Neolithic farming communities in southern