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During the Late Archaic period in the Midsouth United States people appear to have practiced seasonal landuse patterns. Warm weather aggregation sites were located along major rivers in the region, while upland site locations reflect occupations of dispersed populations during colder periods. To understand how people organized biface technology within such a seasonal mobility pattern, we analyzed the relative curation rate of hafted bifaces from multiple sites. Magnolia Valley (40RD314)...
Records of Holocene Biomass Burning, Environmental Change, and Human Occupation in the Southern Maya Lowlands (2015)
Fire was arguably the primary tool used by the Maya to alter the landscape and extract resources. Opening of forest for agriculture, building, and extraction/production of construction material necessitated burning. While we understand the fundamental role of fire in Maya land use, there are very few records of prehispanic biomass burning from the Maya lowlands. Consequently, a limited understanding exists of natural fire regimes and patterns of anthropogenic burning in the tropical seasonally...