Quaternary, Volume 6, Issue 2
2023 June - 14 articles
Cover Story: The effectiveness of phytolith analysis for reconstructing pre-Columbian land-use beyond archaeological sites has received little critical attention. We use both new and previously published soil phytolith data from SW Amazonia to assess the robustness of this proxy for reconstructing land use. Our results support the hypothesis that pre-Columbian peoples enriched their forests with palms over several millennia, although phytoliths are limited in their ability to capture small-scale crop cultivation and deforestation. Despite these drawbacks, we conclude that off-site soil phytolith analysis can provide novel insights into pre-Columbian land use, provided it is effectively integrated with other land-use (e.g., charcoal) and archaeological data. View this paper
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