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JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SCIENCE
卷 33, 期 12, 页码 1744-1748出版社
ACADEMIC PRESS LTD- ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2006.03.007
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Pacific Ocean El Nino/Southern Oscillation; mid-Holocene cultural and archaeological change; resource use; landscape management; fire; rainforest culture
In the Pacific region, the onset of modern El Nino/Southern Oscillation (ENSO) activity at approximately 5000 years ago may have played a significant role in the development of cultures in the Pacific basin. Within Australia, similar trends in population and resource use have been identified but largely ascribed to cultural changes. To test human responses to changing ENSO activity through the Holocene we analysed a comprehensive suite of 710 radiocarbon ages from archaeological sites in ENSO-sensitive Queensland. We observe a dramatic and sustained increase in landscape activity at inland sites from 4860 15 years ago, statistically indistinguishable from the timing of the onset of modem ENSO activity. Subsequent changes in long-term activity directly impacted on human populations indicating that once established, ENSO maintained a continuous influence on disparate cultures throughout the Pacific basin. (c) 2006 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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