Culturally modified trees and forest structure at a Kawésqar ancient settlement at Río Batchelor, western Patagonia
Östlund, Lars (Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences)
Zegers, Gabriel (Asociación de Investigadores del Museo de Historia Natural Río Seco)
Cáceres Murrie, Benjamin (Asociación de Investigadores del Museo de Historia Natural Río Seco)
Fernández, Macarena (Centro Regional de Estudios del Cuaternario de Fuego - Patagonia y Antártica Fundación CEQUA)
Carracedo Recasens, Robert (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Prehistòria)
Josefsson, Torbjörn (Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences)
Prieto, Alfredo (Universidad de Magallanes)
Roturier, Samuel (ComUE Paris-Saclay)

Data:	2020
Descripció:	13 pàg.
Resum:	Indigenous land use occurring on temporal scales over centuries or millennia shapes forests in specific ways and influences the dynamics of forest ecosystems. It is challenging to study such land use, but analysis of "culturally modified trees" (CMTs) can give precise spatial and temporal information on past land use by indigenous people. The aim of this study was to increase our knowledge of indigenous use of land and resources in Nothofagus forests by identifying CMTs and analyzing the forest structure dynamics in an ancient Kawésqar settlement site in western Patagonia. Our results show that there are CMTs at Río Batchelor and that the forest structure varies significantly within the site, indicating that Kawésqar people altered the forest by extracting various resources. We conclude that CMT studies have great potential in Nothofagus forests in southernmost America, but also face specific challenges due to environmental conditions and lack of corroborating historical information.
Nota:	Ajuts: This study was funded by Magnus Bergvalls Stiftelse, Sweden; Marie Skodowska-Curie Research and Innovation Staff Exchange (RISE) Program (SuFoRun #691149); Gifford Hickey, from Spring Creek Conservation; and Laboratoire ESE, Université Paris-Saclay.
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Llengua:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Matèria:	Archaeology Patagonia ; Bark peeling ; Culturally modified trees ; Forest history ; Indigenous land use ; Nothofagus
Publicat a:	Human ecology, Vol. 48 Núm. 5 (2020) , p. 585-597, ISSN 1572-9915

DOI: 10.1007/s10745-020-00200-1

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