European Settlement at Black Pond
Item Information
- Title:
- European Settlement at Black Pond
- Description:
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Despite the archaeological history of intensive occupation, the pollen diagram from Black Pond in Aquinnah indicates widespread forest with low levels of charcoal, grass, and weeds during prehistory. Following European settlement, oak and forest cover decline abruptly, and open-land grasses and herbs increase with land clearance and farming. Charcoal displays peaks corresponding to seventeenth-century forest clearance and late nineteenth-century farm abandonment. In recent times trees have increased, and ragweed, grass, and charcoal have declined.
- Name on Item:
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Brian R. Hall [Compiler]
- Date:
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February 26, 2016
- Format:
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Objects/Artifacts
- Genre:
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Book illustrations
- Location:
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Harvard University
Harvard Forest Archives - Collection (local):
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Harvard Forest Martha's Vineyard Collection
- Subjects:
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Coastal
Regional Studies
Historic and Retrospective Studies
Paleoecology
- Places:
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Dukes (county)Martha's Vineyard (island)Aquinnah
- Permalink:
- https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/vh53xt17m
- Terms of Use:
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Copyright (c) Brian R. Hall
This work is licensed for use under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives License (CC BY-NC-ND).
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