Search publications of the members of the Royal Belgian institute of natural Sciences
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Neolithic woodland management and land-use in south-eastern Europe: The anthracological evidence from Northern Greece and Bulgaria
- Wood charcoal (anthracological) remains accumulated in archaeological deposits provide a valuable tool for reconstruction of past local vegetation and its use. They can offer evidence complementary to pollen analysis or be the main source on past vegetation change in areas where no pollen preservation is available. The current study assembles the anthracological evidence from 18 Neolithic sites situated in the zone spanning between the Lower Danube plain and the Aegean coast. This evidence is presented within the broader archaeological and paleoecological context of the region and in cal. years BC and/or BP. The data is interpreted in terms of land-use related to woodland management and exploitation of woodland resources during three chronological phases which could be distinguished within the Neolithic of south-eastern Europe: a) 6500-5800 cal. BC, b) 5800-5500 cal. BC, and c) 5500-4900 cal BC). The main vegetation type targeted by the Neolithic population were the thermophilous, mixed deciduous oak communities, which contained a rich and diverse undergrowth of light-demanding and fruit/nut bearing trees, shrubs and herbs. Those plant communities were the major source of fuel wood, forest pasture, fodder, gathered fruits, etc. The analyses indicate stability and sustainability of the firewood procurement and woodland management practices for the whole considered period and further suggest that the Neolithic land-use strategies favoured the rich and often fruit-bearing undergrowth of the oak forests and woodland.
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Histoire de la restauration de la zone humide de Chevetogne
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Mt. Fuji Holocene eruption history reconstructed from proximal lake sediments and high-density radiocarbon dating
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A 7-8 ka long record of extreme wave events in coastal Lake Hamama, Japan
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A 7-8 kyr long record of extreme wave events in coastal Lake Hamama, Japan
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Deposits from the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami in three coastal ponds in Khao Lak, Thailand
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Historical Nankai-Suruga megathrust earthquakes recorded by tsunami and landslide deposits on the Shirasuka coastal lowlands, Shizuoka Prefecture
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Natural hazards recorded in the Fuji Five Lakes: earthquake shaking, typhoon induced flooding and volcanic eruptions
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Geological evidence for extreme wave events on the Sagara coastal lowland facing the Tōkai segment of the Nankai-Suruga Trough.
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Sedimentary evolution of the Sagara coastal area in Japan and its potential to preserve extreme wave deposits
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Sedimentary evolution of the Sagara coastal area in Japan and its potential to preserve extreme wave deposits
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A 6000-year sedimentary record of earthquakes from the Fuji Five Lakes, Japan.
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Paleoearthquakes recorded in the Fuji Five Lakes during the last ca. 6000 years (Fuji Five Lakes, Japan)
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Congodictya taymansi gen. et sp.nov. a new genus and species of Afrotropical lanternfly related to Coelodictya Jacobi, 1910 (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha Fulgoridae)
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Un premier cas de gynandromorphisme dans la famille des Trictinotomidae Blanchard, 1845 (Insecta Coleoptera)
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The COPE project: Conservation management of polar ecosystems using genomic approaches to study connectivity across spatial and functional scales
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Metagenomics of tsunami deposits: developments, challenges and recommendations from a case study on the Shetland Islands (UK)
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Metagenomics of tsunami deposits: developments, challenges and recommendations from a case study on the Shetland Islands (UK)
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In depth exploration of the biodiversity of asterozoan fauna in Admiralty Bay and Bransfield Strait, Antarctic Peninsula
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How the Genus Eusirus amphipods evolved and speciated in the Antarctic
