Paleoclimate records from the tropical Pacific suggest the early to mid-Holocene was a
period of reduced El Niño/Southern Oscillation (ENSO) variability, with a transition to …

Southern South America is the only landmass intersecting the southern westerly wind belt
(SWW) that influences the large-scale oceanography and controls for example the …

Early researchers of radiocarbon levels in Southern Hemisphere tree rings identified a
variable North-South hemispheric offset, necessitating construction of a separate …

The Southern Hemisphere SHCal04 radiocarbon calibration curve has been updated with
the addition of new data sets extending measurements to 2145 cal BP and including the …

Age–depth models form the backbone of most palaeoenvironmental studies. However,
procedures for constructing chronologies vary between studies, they are usually not …

The IntCal04 and Marine04 radiocarbon calibration curves have been updated from 12 cal
kBP (cal kBP is here defined as thousands of calibrated years before AD 1950), and …

The 15 archipelagos of East Polynesia, including New Zealand, Hawaii, and Rapa Nui, were
the last habitable places on earth colonized by prehistoric humans. The timing and pattern of …

The prosecution of illegal logging crimes is hampered by a lack of available forensic timber
identification tools, both for screening of suspect material and definitive identification of …

This volume is a major revision and expansion of Taylor's seminal book Radiocarbon
Dating: An Archaeological Perspective. It covers the major advances and accomplishments …

Over 450 pre-Columbian (pre-AD 1492) geometric ditched enclosures (“geoglyphs”)
occupy∼ 13,000 km2 of Acre state, Brazil, representing a key discovery of Amazonian …