11 000 years of fire history and climate in the mountain hemlock rain forests of southwestern British Columbia based on sedimentary charcoal
- D. Hallett, D. Lepofsky, R. Mathewes, K. Lertzman
- Environmental Science, Geography
- 1 February 2003
High-resolution analysis of macroscopic charcoal from lake sediment cores, along with 102 accelerator mass spectrometry ages on soil charcoal, was used to reconstruct the long-term fire history around two subalpine lakes in the southern Coast and North Cascade Mountains, suggesting that fire regimes are linked to climate via large-scale atmospheric circulation patterns.
Ancient Clam Gardens Increased Shellfish Production: Adaptive Strategies from the Past Can Inform Food Security Today
- Amy Groesbeck, Kirsten Rowell, D. Lepofsky, A. Salomon
- Environmental SciencePLoS ONE
- 11 March 2014
How ancient shellfish aquaculture practices may have supported food security strategies in the past is revealed and insight into tools for the conservation, management, and governance of intertidal seascapes today is provided.
Ancient Shellfish Mariculture on the Northwest Coast of North America
- D. Lepofsky, N. Smith, Kirsten Rowell
- Environmental ScienceAmerican Antiquity
- 1 April 2015
While there is increasing recognition among archaeologists of the extent to which non-agricultural societies have managed their terrestrial ecosystems, the traditional management of marine ecosystems…
Climate Change and Culture Change on the Southern Coast of British Columbia 2400-1200 Cal. B.P.: An Hypothesis
- D. Lepofsky, Ken Lertzman, D. Hallett, R. Mathewes
- Environmental ScienceAmerican Antiquity
- 1 April 2005
The Marpole phase of the Gulf of Georgia, SW British Columbia (2400–1200 cal B.P.) is recognized by many archaeologists as a significant period of culture change. Concurrent with this cultural phase…
Prehistoric agricultural intensification in the Society Islands, French Polynesia
- D. Lepofsky
- Economics
- 1994
Observations of climate change among subsistence-oriented communities around the world
- V. Savo, D. Lepofsky, J. Benner, K. Kohfeld, Joseph Bailey, K. Lertzman
- Environmental Science
- 1 May 2016
A review of climatic changes reported by subsistence-oriented communities around the world highlights the contribution that such local observations can make to our understanding of the impact of…
Indigenous marine resource management on the Northwest Coast of North America
- D. Lepofsky, Megan Caldwell
- SociologyEcological Processes
- 24 May 2013
There is increasing recognition among anthropologists that indigenous peoples of the Northwest Coast actively managed their terrestrial and marine resources and ecosystems. Such management practices…
Documenting ancient plant management in the northwest of North America 1
- D. Lepofsky, K. Lertzman
- Environmental Science
- 2008
This review demonstrates that while finding evidence of ancient plant management can be difficult, such evidence can be found when innovative re- search methods are applied and reconstructions of past plant-management strategies are strengthened considerably.
Long-Term Fire Regime Estimated from Soil Charcoal in Coastal Temperate Rainforests
- K. Lertzman, D. Gavin, D. Hallett, L. Brubaker, D. Lepofsky, R. Mathewes
- Environmental Science
- 9 September 2002
The long-term fire regime in two forests on the south coast of British Columbia is described by means of 244 AMS radiocarbon dates of charcoal buried in forest soils to support a model of forest dynamics where fires are of minor ecological importance.
“Everything revolves around the herring”: the Heiltsuk–herring relationship through time
- Alisha M. Gauvreau, D. Lepofsky, Murray Rutherford, M. Reid
- Environmental Science
- 26 April 2017
Pacific herring (Clupea pallasii) is foundational to many social-ecological systems of the North American coast. The indigenous people of Heiltsuk First Nation on the central coast of British…
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