Terrestrial pollen and charcoal datasets for Emerald Swamp and laymuna paywuta, Bass Strait, Tasmania from 60,000 - 20,000 years
Published: 7 October 2024| Version 1 | DOI: 10.17632/k4c6kd3n5n.1
Contributors:
Matthew Adeleye, , Description
These datasets are used in the publication 'Landscape burning facilitated Aboriginal migration into Lutruwita/Tasmania 41,600 years ago'. The include raw counts of pollen and charcoal, as well as sample depths and dates. Dates are based on Bacon age-depth model, using the latest Southern Hemisphere calibration curve (ShCal20). Pollen records only include terrestrial taxa used in the study and not inclusive of spores and aquatics.
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See main paper in Science Advances titled 'Landscape burning facilitated Aboriginal migration into Lutruwita/Tasmania 41,600 years ago'.
Institutions
Australian National University, University of Cambridge
Categories
Paleoclimate, Pollen, Charcoal, Paleoecology, Quaternary Environment
Funding
Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage
CE170100015