p3k14c, a synthetic global database of archaeological radiocarbon dates

D Bird, L Miranda, M Vander Linden, E Robinson… - Scientific Data, 2022 - nature.com
Archaeologists increasingly use large radiocarbon databases to model prehistoric human
demography (also termed paleo-demography). Numerous independent projects, funded …

[HTML][HTML] Human-environmental interactions in Mediterranean climate regions from the Pleistocene to the Anthropocene

T Rick, MÁC Ontiveros, A Jerardino, A Mariotti… - Anthropocene, 2020 - Elsevier
From mobile hunter-gatherers to a series of state societies, Mediterranean climate regions
(MED) around the world have been critical areas for human and biological evolution for …

Positive feedbacks in deep-time transitions of human populations

M Lima, EM Gayo, SA Estay… - … of the Royal …, 2024 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Abrupt and rapid changes in human societies are among the most exciting population
phenomena. Human populations tend to show rapid expansions from low to high population …

[HTML][HTML] Impact of mining on the metal content of dust in indigenous villages of northern Chile

NC Zanetta-Colombo, ZL Fleming, EM Gayo… - Environment …, 2022 - Elsevier
Indigenous communities from northern Chile have historically been exposed to the impacts
of massive copper industrial activities conducted in the region. Some of the communities …

Landscape evolution and the environmental context of human occupation of the southern pampa del tamarugal, Atacama Desert, Chile

TR Workman, JA Rech, EM Gayó, CM Santoro… - Quaternary Science …, 2020 - Elsevier
As with most living organisms, human populations respond to climatic, environmental, and
population pressures by transforming their range and subsistence strategies over space and …

Towards understanding human–environment feedback loops: the Atacama Desert case

EM Gayo, M Lima, A Gurruchaga… - … of the Royal …, 2024 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The overall trajectory for the human–environment interaction has been punctuated by
demographic boom-and-bust cycles, phases of growth/overshooting as well as of …

Environmental protection measures mitigate Pb but not Cd accumulation in soils: Evidence from a 49-year soil chronosequence in an industrial and mining city in …

Z Long, Y Wu, H Zhu, H Bing, Y Huang - Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2024 - Elsevier
To address severe soil Pb and Cd contamination from anthropogenic activities, governments
have implemented various environmental management measures. However, the extent to …

Multi-isotopic and morphometric evidence for the migration of farmers leading up to the Inka conquest of the southern Andes

R Barberena, L Menéndez, PJ Le Roux, EJ Marsh… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
We present isotopic and morphometric evidence suggesting the migration of farmers in the
southern Andes in the period AD 1270–1420, leading up to the Inka conquest occurring~ AD …

Ecology of the collapse of Rapa Nui society

M Lima, EM Gayo, C Latorre… - … of the Royal …, 2020 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Collapses of food producer societies are recurrent events in prehistory and have triggered a
growing concern for identifying the underlying causes of convergences/divergences across …

13,000 years of sociocultural plant use in the Atacama Desert of northern Chile

PC Ugalde, V McRostie, EM Gayo, M García… - Vegetation History and …, 2021 - Springer
Throughout Earth's most extreme environments, such as the Kalahari Desert or the Arctic,
hunter–gatherers found ingenious ways to obtain proteins and sugars provided by plants for …