[HTML][HTML] Water isotopes, climate variability, and the hydrological cycle: recent advances and new frontiers

S Dee, A Bailey, JL Conroy, A Atwood… - Environmental …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
The hydrologic cycle is a fundamental component of the climate system with critical societal
and ecological relevance. Yet gaps persist in our understanding of water fluxes and their …

[图书][B] The Moundbuilders: Ancient Societies of Eastern North America (Second)

GR Milner - 2021 - books.google.com
Brought up to date with the latest research, The Moundbuilders is the definitive visual guide
to North America's eastern region and the societies that forever changed its landscape …

Using sediment accumulation rates in floodplain paleochannel lakes to reconstruct climate-flood relationships on the lower Ohio River

DK Gibson, BW Bird, HJ Pollard, CA Nealy… - Quaternary Science …, 2022 - Elsevier
Late Holocene flood frequencies on the lower Ohio River were investigated using 14 C-
based sedimentation rates from three floodplain lakes located in Illinois (Avery Lake) …

Population trends and the transition to agriculture: Global processes as seen from North America

GR Milner, JL Boldsen - Proceedings of the National …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
Agriculture—specifically an intensification of the production of readily stored food and its
distribution—has supported an increase in the global human population throughout the …

[HTML][HTML] Stable isotope compositions (δ2H, δ18O and δ17O) of rainfall and snowfall in the central United States

C Tian, L Wang, KF Kaseke, BW Bird - Scientific Reports, 2018 - nature.com
Stable isotopes of hydrogen and oxygen (δ 2 H, δ 18 O and δ 17 O) can be used as natural
tracers to improve our understanding of hydrological and meteorological processes. Studies …

The long-term expansion and recession of human populations

J Freeman, E Robinson, D Bird… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - National Acad Sciences
Over the last 12,000 y, human populations have expanded and transformed critical earth
systems. Yet, a key unresolved question in the environmental and social sciences remains …

Isotopic confirmation of the timing and intensity of maize consumption in greater Cahokia

TE Emerson, KM Hedman, ML Simon, MA Fort… - American …, 2020 - cambridge.org
The history of maize (Zea mays L.) in the eastern Woodlands remains an important study
topic. As currently understood, these histories appear to vary regionally and include …

[HTML][HTML] Severe Little Ice Age drought in the midcontinental United States during the Mississippian abandonment of Cahokia

DP Pompeani, BW Bird, JJ Wilson, WP Gilhooly III… - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
Drought has long been suspected as playing an important role in the abandonment of pre-
Columbian Native American settlements across the midcontinental United States between …

The beginning of the end: Abandonment micro-histories in the Mississippian vacant quarter

CR Cobb, AM Krus, A Deter-Wolf, KE Smith… - … Method and Theory, 2024 - Springer
In a poorly understood yet recurring phenomenon, communities occupying diverse settings
within a region may undertake large-scale migrations that cannot be easily attributed to …

Fecal stanols show simultaneous flooding and seasonal precipitation change correlate with Cahokia's population decline

AJ White, LR Stevens, V Lorenzi… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - National Acad Sciences
A number of competing hypotheses, including hydroclimatic variations, environmental
degradation and disturbance, and sociopolitical disintegration, have emerged to explain the …