Anthropogenic impacts upon human arrival in the azores archipelago identified using stable isotope and geochemical methods.

  • State
    CONCLUDED
  • Nome
    Catarina Johanna Fernandes Rodrigues Ritter
  • Home Institution
    CIBIO-Açores
  • Host Institution
    University of Pittsburgh
  • Field of Study
    Palaeontology

Objectives

  • Identification of human activity preserved in the sedimentary record in order to determine the date when humans settled in the Azores Archipelago.
  • Understanding the role of anthropogenic and climatic impacts by quantifying environmental changes through geochemical methods.
  • Reconstruct local/regional precipitation changes during the late Holocene. Provide additional data for climate reconstructions and modelling at the time of human arrival in the Azores Archipelago.