ISSN:
1617-6278
Keywords:
Late Quaternary
;
Amazon rain forest
;
Podocarpus
;
Early Amerindians
;
sea-level change
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Archaeology
,
Biology
Notes:
Abstract Palynological studies on late Quaternary lake sediments from the region of the Amazon estuary, 100 km north-east of Belém, Pará State, Brazil, enable reconstruction of lowland Amazonian rain forest during the Late-glacial and Holocene periods. Late-glacial forests included populations of Podocarpus which suggests a distinct climatic cooling. Ilex was abundant in the early Holocene. Records of the mangrove taxon, Rhizophora, indicate rapid Atlantic sea-level rise in the beginning of the Holocene. High charcoal representation may reflect the first arrival of Amerindians in the Amazon coastal area, probably about 10 800 B.P.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00217501
