Stable isotope analysis of vegetation history and land use change at Laguna Santa Elena in southern Pacific Costa Rica
Stable isotope analysis of vegetation history and land use change at Laguna Santa Elena in southern Pacific Costa Rica
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南太平洋哥斯达黎加圣埃琳娜湖植被历史和土地利用变化的稳定同位素分析
DOI:
10.1007/s00334-019-00755-0
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发表时间:
2019
影响因子:
2.5
通讯作者:
Lane, Chad S.
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作者:
Kerr, Matthew T.;Horn, Sally P.;Lane, Chad S.
Laguna Santa Elena (8.9290° N, 82.9257° W, 1055 m a.s.l.) is a small lake in the Diquís archaeological sub-region of southern Pacific Costa Rica. Previous analyses of pollen and charcoal in a sediment core from Santa Elena revealed a nearly 2,000 year history of vegetation change, maize cultivation and site occupation that is consistent with the archaeological record from the lake basin and surrounding area. Here we present the results of new loss-on-ignition, geochemical and bulk stable carbon (δ13C) and nitrogen (δ15N) isotope analyses of the Santa Elena sediments that supplement and refine the previous reconstruction. Like many lakes in Central America and the Caribbean, Laguna Santa Elena was a magnet for humans throughout its history. As a result, the lake experienced vegetation modification by humans and maize cultivation at varying intensities over a long duration. The Santa Elena sediments provide a record of palaeoenvironmental change during times of major culture change and increasing cultural complexity in the Diquís region, which occurred during intervals of broader changes driven by external forcing mechanisms, including the Terminal Classic Drought (TCD), the Little Ice Age (LIA) and the Spanish Conquest. Our high resolution lake sediment study from Santa Elena reveals details of these events at the local scale that are unobtainable by other means, including the timing of the initial intensification of maize cultivation at ca. 1,570 calbp(ad380) and two intervals of population decline coinciding with the TCD at ca. 1,085 calbp(ad865) and near the start of the LIA at ca. 683 calbp(ad1267).
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影响因子:
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作者:
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通讯作者:
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影响因子:
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DOI:
10.7208/chicago/9780226121642.003.0019
发表时间:
2016
期刊:
Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology
影响因子:
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作者:
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通讯作者:
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10.1016/0031-0182(96)00004-1
发表时间:
1996
期刊:
Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology
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作者:
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通讯作者:
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