Stable carbon isotope ratios in lake and swamp sediments as a proxy for prehistoric forest clearance and crop cultivation in the Neotropics |
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| Authors: | Chad S Lane Sally P Horn Claudia I Mora |
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| Institution: | (1) Department of Geography, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA |
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| Abstract: | Close correspondence between stable carbon isotope ratios ( 13 C), pollen, and charcoal profiles in sediment cores from Laguna Zoncho and Machita swamp, Costa Rica, shows that prehistoric forest clearance and crop cultivation can be detected in the stable carbon isotope ratios of total organic carbon ( 13C
TOC
). Analyses of δ 13C
TOC
complement evidence from pollen, charcoal, and phytoliths and provide a proxy that is sensitive to the intensity and/or proximity to core sites of prehistoric forest clearance and agriculture in watersheds. Stable carbon isotope analyses are particularly useful in situations in which other evidence of forest clearance and agriculture is limited. |
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| Keywords: | C3– C4 Forest clearance Lake sediments Prehistoric agriculture Stable carbon isotopes Zea mays subsp mays |
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