Vegetation changes from the late Pleistocene through the Holocene from three areas of archaeological significance in Thailand

Reconstruction of the environmental history of mainland Southeast Asia from the late Pleistocene is a relatively recent endeavor. Beginning in the mid-1990s, lacustrine sediments in Thailand with deposits dating from the late Pleistocene have been cored and analyzed for palaeoenvironmental indicator...

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Published in:Quaternary international 2004, Vol.113 (1), p.111-132
Main Authors: White, Joyce C., Penny, Daniel, Kealhofer, Lisa, Maloney, Bernard
Format: Article
Language:English
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Summary:Reconstruction of the environmental history of mainland Southeast Asia from the late Pleistocene is a relatively recent endeavor. Beginning in the mid-1990s, lacustrine sediments in Thailand with deposits dating from the late Pleistocene have been cored and analyzed for palaeoenvironmental indicators. The three cores reported here were extracted by the Thailand Palaeoenvironment Project, whose objective was to retrieve empirical data on vegetation and sedimentary sequences that can in turn be related to the growing archaeological record from this part of monsoonal Asia. This evidence, along with data from other recently analyzed cores, is beginning to develop a picture of regionally diverse environmental/cultural trajectories. Possible relationships between the environmental changes and cultural and/or climatic impacts are discussed.
ISSN:1040-6182
1873-4553
DOI:10.1016/j.quaint.2003.09.001