Environmental context for late holocene human occupation of the South Wellesley Archipelago, Gulf of Carpentaria, northern Australia

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dc.contributor.authorMoss, PTen_AU
dc.contributor.authorMackenzie, LLen_AU
dc.contributor.authorUlm, Sen_AU
dc.contributor.authorSloss, CRen_AU
dc.contributor.authorRosendahl, Den_AU
dc.contributor.authorPetherick, LMen_AU
dc.contributor.authorSteinberger, Len_AU
dc.contributor.authorWallis, LAen_AU
dc.contributor.authorHeijnis, Hen_AU
dc.contributor.authorPetchey, Fen_AU
dc.contributor.authorJacobsen, GEen_AU
dc.date.accessioned2020-03-23T02:18:32Zen_AU
dc.date.available2020-03-23T02:18:32Zen_AU
dc.date.issued2015-10-22en_AU
dc.description.abstractA 2400 year record of environmental change is reported from a wetland on Bentinck Island in the southern Gulf of Carpentaria, northern Australia. Three phases of wetland development are identified, with a protected coastal setting from ca. 2400 to 500 years ago, transitioning into an estuarine mangrove forest from ca. 500 years ago to the 1940s, and finally to a freshwater swamp over the past +60 years. This sequence reflects the influence of falling sea-levels, development of a coastal dune barrier system, prograding shorelines, and an extreme storm (cyclone) event. In addition, there is clear evidence of the impacts that human abandonment and resettlement have on the island's fire regimes and vegetation. A dramatic increase in burning and vegetation thickening was observed after the cessation of traditional Indigenous Kaiadilt fire management practices in the 1940s, and was then reversed when people returned to the island in the 1980s. In terms of the longer context for human occupation of the South Wellesley Archipelago, it is apparent that the mangrove phase provided a stable and productive environment that was conducive for human settlement of this region over the past 1000 years. © 2015 Published by Elsevier Ltd.en_AU
dc.identifier.citationMoss, P., Mackenzie, L., Ulm, S., Sloss, C., Rosendahl, D., Petherick, L., Steinberger, L., Wallis, L. A., Heijnis, H., Petchey, F., & Jacobsen, G. (2015). Environmental context for late Holocene human occupation of the South Wellesley Archipelago, Gulf of Carpentaria, northern Australia. Quaternary International, 385, 136-144. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2015.02.051en_AU
dc.identifier.govdoc8496en_AU
dc.identifier.issn1040-6182en_AU
dc.identifier.journaltitleQuaternary Internationalen_AU
dc.identifier.pagination136-144en_AU
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2015.02.051en_AU
dc.identifier.urihttp://apo.ansto.gov.au/dspace/handle/10238/9186en_AU
dc.identifier.volume385en_AU
dc.language.isoenen_AU
dc.publisherElsevieren_AU
dc.subjectPalynologyen_AU
dc.subjectAustraliaen_AU
dc.subjectIndigenous peoplesen_AU
dc.subjectWetlandsen_AU
dc.subjectIslandsen_AU
dc.subjectSwampsen_AU
dc.subjectMangrovesen_AU
dc.subjectCoastal regionsen_AU
dc.subjectShoresen_AU
dc.subjectFiresen_AU
dc.subjectCyclonesen_AU
dc.titleEnvironmental context for late holocene human occupation of the South Wellesley Archipelago, Gulf of Carpentaria, northern Australiaen_AU
dc.typeJournal Articleen_AU
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