Essays about: "Old World Drought Atlas"

Found 2 essays containing the words Old World Drought Atlas.

1. 1. Uncovering climate and human signals in near-millennium annual fire chronology for Norrbotten county, Northern Sweden

   University essay from SLU/Southern Swedish Forest Research Centre

   Author : Agnieszka Jabłońska; [2021]
   Keywords : Dendrochronology; forest fire history; climate; human impact; boreal forests;

   Abstract : Forest fire is one of the major factors driving the dynamics of the boreal forest. Climate has the most significant contribution in shaping the fire occurrence, its spatial extent and severity. Anthropogenic activities have contributed to variation in fire activity, although the timing and the scale of the human impact are still heavily debated. READ MORE

3. 2. Osteological Markers of Nutritional Stress on the Swedish Island of Öland: Physiological Effects of Environmental Fluctuations during the Scandinavian Iron Age

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Arkeologi

   Author : Claire Maeve Callahan; [2020]
   Keywords : Old World Drought Atlas; Dendroclimatology; Nutrition; Osteology; Multiple Correspondence Analysis; Skeletal Pathology; Dietary Isotopes; Environmental Reconstructions; Historic Climate; Iron Age; Sweden; Baltic Region; History and Archaeology;

   Abstract : The shift to agriculture as the main form of subsistence practice allowed past peoples the freedom and potential to exploit their natural and man-made environment for personal and societal gain. Decades of archaeological excavations conducted on the Swedish island of Öland have amassed a wealth of information regarding the subsistence and settlement patterns of Iron Age societies. READ MORE