Past climate reconstructions from palaeoecological records require an understanding of
relationships between modern vegetation and climate. Phytoliths are being used widely to …

The environmental history of the central Pantanal wetlands of western Brazil is inferred for
the last 19 kyrs based on a multi-indicator paleolimnological analysis of a sediment core …

Abstract The Quadrilátero Ferrífero is an important mineral province in Southeastern Brazil
and has one of the largest iron ore reserves in the world. Previous work in this region has …

Shell mounds, or middens, are artificial accumulations of food remains such as shells,
sediments, artefacts and remains from daily life and funerary rituals, which were deposited in …

This study aims to contribute toward a better understanding of the current biodiversity
patterns existing in the Atlantic Forest of the state of Rio de Janeiro from a paleo-ecological …

Archaeobotany is a well‐established field of archaeology that studies plant remains
recovered from archaeological sites. The vast majority of archaeobotanical studies so far …

RESUMO A Caatinga, quarto domínio fitogeográfico brasileiro em número de espécies de
angiospermas, é composta por um mosaico de florestas secas e vegetação arbustiva, com …

Cerrado vegetation is associated with the semi-humid climate of the Central Brazil
highlands. The presence of this vegetation in small and sparse areas in Paraná, Southern …

Climate change and mean sea level fluctuations were determining factors in the Quaternary
evolution of the Maricá coastal plain (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil). In this context, this study aims …

In addition to being an important reservoir of carbon and water, Histosols are used as
archives of palaeoenvironmental changes. This study aimed to reconstruct the evolutionary …