학술논문
Swiddening Practices in the Micronesian Past: Macrocharcoal Quantification From a Gardening Site in Pohnpei.
Document Type
Article
Source
Subject
*CHARCOAL analysis (Archaeology)
*PALEOENVIRONMENTAL studies
*GARDENING
*FLOTATION
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Language
ISSN
1556-4894
Abstract
A recent publication (Levin and Ayres 2015) presented evidence for cyclical swiddening over a 700-year sequence at an old gardening site on Temwen Island, Pohnpei, Micronesia, using phytolith and microcharcoal evidence. Here, we corroborate this evidence by quantifying macroscopic charcoal from flotation occurring at the same site. Notably, the macrocharcoal provides evidence for burning in the immediate local area rather than the regional evidence that microcharcoal can provide. This method allows for a more robust interpretation of gardening microenvironments. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]