The initial peopling of the remote Pacific islands was one of the greatest migrations in
human history, beginning three millennia ago by Lapita cultural groups. The spread of …

Abstract The Southern Hemisphere westerly winds (SWW), a belt of strong zonal winds in
the mid-latitudes, play a key role in Southern Hemisphere climate variability. Recent …

To ensure unbiased tree-ring radiocarbon (14 C) results, traditional pretreatments carefully
isolate wood cellulose from extractives using organic solvents, among other chemicals. The …

Bushfires have played a crucial role in shaping the landscape and biodiversity for millennia.
As fire regimes continue to alter with climate change, greater understanding becomes critical …

Cryptotephra deposits (microscopic volcanic ash) are important geochronological tools that
can be used to synchronize records of past environmental change. Here we report a distal …

We present a continuous∼ 7000-year sedimentary record from Lashmars Lagoon,
Kangaroo Island (Karti/Karta), southern Australia, a region heavily impacted by drought and …

The drivers of fire regimes prior to the European occupation of Australia are still contentious,
with some advocating regimes dominated by anthropogenic ignitions and others advocating …

Prehistoric Polynesian voyaging into high latitudes with landfall in Antarctica remains a
widely credited proposition. We examine it through archaeological and environmental …

Wetland sediments are valuable archives of environmental change but can be challenging
to date. Terrestrial macrofossils are often sparse, resulting in radiocarbon (14C) dating of …

This study examined the effects of commonly used oxidants in sedimentary macroscopic
charcoal analysis on two sediment cores from Thirlmere Lakes National Park, Southeast …