Columbus' footprint: Land-use change before and after European incursion in Hispaniola

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Publication date 04-2020
Journal PAGES Magazine
Volume | Issue number 28 | 1
Pages (from-to) 24-25
Number of pages 2
Organisations
  • Faculty of Science (FNWI) - Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics (IBED)
Abstract Shortly after Columbus' landing in the New World in 1492 CE, indigenous land use diminished and cattle grazing was introduced. Large-scale agriculture in the Cibao Valley, northern Dominican Republic, did not develop before the 17th century. Here, we read the environmental history of the Cibao Valley from two sediment cores.
Document type Article
Language English
Published at https://doi.org/10.22498/pages.28.1.24
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