The Archaeology of Island Colonization: Global Approaches to Initial Human Settlement Edited by Matthew F. Napolitano, Jessica H. Stone, and Robert J. DiNapoli; foreword by Victor D. Thompson. University Press of Florida, Gainesville, FL. 2021. ISBN: 9780813066851. Pp. xv + 377. USD $95.00 (hardback)

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas S. Dye
Keyword(s):  
Human Settlement ◽  
Island Colonization

CORNUBIA INTEGRATED HUMAN SETTLEMENT PROJECT

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dianne De Wet ◽  
Karen Petersen
Keyword(s):  
Human Settlement

Changing Places: Rock Art and Holocene Landscapes in the Wadi al-Ajal, South-West Libya

2014 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 165-182 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tertia Barnett ◽  
Maria Guagnin
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Analysis ◽  
Surface Water ◽  
Rock Art ◽  
Human Settlement ◽  
Gis Model ◽  
South West ◽  
Settlement Location ◽  
Central Sahara ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Over Time

This article examines the relationship between rock art and landscape use by pastoral groups and early settled communities in the central Sahara from around 6000 BC to 1000 AD. During this period the region experienced significant climatic and environmental fluctuations. Using new results from a systematic survey in the Wadi al-Ajal, south-west Libya, our research combines data from over 2000 engraved rock art panels with local archaeological and palaeoenvironmental evidence within a GIS model. Spatial analysis of these data indicates a correspondence between the frequency of rock art sites and human settlement over time. However, while changes in settlement location were guided primarily by the constraints on accessibility imposed by surface water, the distribution of rock art relates to the availability of pasture and patterns of movement through the landscape. Although the reasons for these movements undoubtedly altered over time, natural routes that connected the Wadi al-Ajal and areas to the south continued to be a focus for carvings over several thousand years.

LINKS BETWEEN GEOMORPHIC PROCESSES, CLIMATE, AND HUMAN SETTLEMENT IN THE ISLANDS OF THE FOUR MOUNTAINS, ALASKA

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lyman P. Persico ◽  
◽  
Henry R. Lanman ◽  
Kirsten P. Nicolaysen ◽  
Dixie L. West ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Human Settlement ◽  
Geomorphic Processes

Slave Traders by Invitation

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Finn Fuglestad
Keyword(s):  
West Africa ◽  
Slave Trade ◽  
Human Settlement ◽  
Local Setting ◽  
Slave Traders ◽  
Atlantic Slave Trade

The small Slave Coast between the river Volta and Lagos, and especially its central part around Ouidah, was the epicentre of the slave trade in West Africa. But it was also an inhospitable, surf-ridden coastline, subject to crashing breakers and devoid of permanent human settlement. Nor was it easily accessible from the interior due to a lagoon which ran parallel to the coast. The local inhabitants were not only sheltered against incursions from the sea, but were also locked off from it. Yet, paradoxically, this small coastline witnessed a thriving long-term commercial relationship between Europeans and Africans, based on the trans-Atlantic slave trade. How did it come about? How was it all organized? Dahomey is usually cited as the Slave Coast's archetypical slave raiding and slave trading polity. An originally inland realm, it was a latecomer to the slave trade, and simply incorporated a pre-existing system by dint of military prowess, which ultimately was to prove radically counterproductive. Dahomey, which never controlled more than half of the region we call the Slave Coast, represented an anomaly in the local setting, an anomaly the author seeks to define and to explain.

Human settlement and landscape dynamics on the coastline south of the Gironde estuary (SW France): A multi-proxy approach

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-22
Author(s):  
Elías López-Romero ◽  
Florence Verdin ◽  
Frédérique Eynaud ◽  
Camille Culioli ◽  
Alizé Hoffmann ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Landscape Dynamics ◽  
Human Settlement ◽  
Gironde Estuary ◽  
Sw France

Unraveling unique island colonization events in Elachistocleis frogs: phylogeography, cryptic divergence, and taxonomical implications

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 189-206
Author(s):  
Michael J. Jowers ◽  
Siti N. Othman ◽  
Amaël Borzée ◽  
Gilson A. Rivas ◽  
Santiago Sánchez-Ramírez ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Island Colonization ◽  
Cryptic Divergence

Phylogeny of Meloini blister beetles (Coleoptera, Meloidae) and patterns of island colonization in the Western Palaearctic

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alberto Sánchez‐Vialas ◽  
Ernesto Recuero ◽  
Yolanda Jiménez‐Ruiz ◽  
José L. Ruiz ◽  
Neus Marí‐Mena ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Island Colonization ◽  
Western Palaearctic
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