Landscape Transformation During Ceramic Age and Colonial Occupations of Barbuda, West Indies

Bain, Allison; Faucher, Anne‐Marie; Kennedy, Lisa M.; LeBlanc, Allison R.; Burn, Michael J.; Boger, Rebecca; Perdikaris, Sophia

doi:10.1080/14614103.2017.1345115

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“…For the time being, however, we would suggest that the Philippine record should temper assumptions of the sweeping effects of the ‘Neolithic’, the arrival of metal, and even colonialism and the ‘Columbian Exchange’ on tropical landscapes that have been hypothesised, and in some cases shown, elsewhere (i.e. Bain et al, 2018; Castilla-Beltrán et al, 2018; Scarborough et al, 2019).…”

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Archaeological and historical insights into the ecological impacts of pre-colonial and colonial introductions into the Philippine Archipelago

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The tropical forests of the Philippine Archipelago are some of the most threatened in the 21st century. Among the most prominent threats are the introduction of new plant and animal species, as well as new forms of land management (e.g. plantations), that have accompanied industrial expansion. Such threats have a potentially long-term history and prehistory in the Philippines, not just as a consequence of Spanish colonial administration and land-use changes from the 16th century, but also in the context of pre-colonial introductions of rice agriculture and domesticated animals. However, the impacts of such arrivals on local Philippine societies and ecologies have remained relatively unexplored, especially in comparison to contemporary exchanges between Europe and the Neotropics. Here, we evaluate archaeological and historical evidence for the integration of novel plants, animals and economic strategies into local Philippine cultures and economies from 4000 years ago to the 19th century AD. This includes material culture, archaeozoological and archaeobotanical analysis, as well as archival references to pre- and post-colonial urban settlements, the evolution of land management and rural settlements across the Archipelago. We argue that prehistoric land-use changes, as well as the colonial introduction of crops and domesticated animals, represent a potentially interesting contrast to other tropical regions that came under Spanish imperial control between the 15th and 19th centuries. Nevertheless, to determine the full extent of their impacts on social organisation and Philippine landscapes more detailed, long-term multidisciplinary investigation is required.

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Archaeological and historical insights into the ecological impacts of pre-colonial and colonial introductions into the Philippine Archipelago

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“…The chosen maps were selected according to their date of publication. We choose the oldest known 170 map (1750-1785CE, Tweedy, 1981, the first accurate and detailed known map (1813 CE, Bain et al, 2018), and then two other maps illustrating the morphology of the island at the end of the 19th (Fullarton et al, 1872) and 20th (Wigley, 1973) centuries. Although other maps of the island exist, they do not show significant morphological changes of the Codrington Lagoon and its western sandy barrier compared to the selected maps.…”

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Hurricane Irma: an unprecedented event over the last 3700 years? Geomorphological changes and sedimentological record in Codrington Lagoon, Barbuda

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Abstract. Low-lying coasts and small islands, such as in the Lesser Antilles, are particularly vulnerable to hurricane-induced marine floods. In September 2017, Category 5 Hurricane Irma, with winds up to 360 km/h, hit the northern Caribbean islands and caused the destruction of 95 % of the structures on Barbuda Island. We investigated the geomorphological impacts and the sedimentological record of this hurricane in Barbuda’s Codrington Lagoon. Following Hurricane Irma, two wide inlets developed across the Codrington sandy barrier. One of these inlets enlarged and was still opened four years later. From available data, it seems that this barrier remained continuous for the last 250 years before Hurricane Irma. At a longer time scale, very high-resolution seismic exploration combined with sediment cores sampled in Codrington Lagoon were used to investigate Irma deposit and environmental changes for the last 3700 years. The evolution from a low-energy small and shallow lagoon to the modern wide and high-energy lagoon recorded by the lagoon sediment-fill was related to both long-term sea-level rise and subsidence. The top of the lagoon fill consists of a thick and extensive sand sheet recording an abrupt increase in energy. Given its location at the top of the cores, its very recent age supported by short-lived radionuclides data, together with large inlets opening and barrier erosion after Irma implying a large sand supply to the lagoon, this sand sheet was attributed to Hurricane Irma. From our cores, it appears that this deposit is unique over more than 3700 years. Both the opening of a new inlet and the thick upper sand sheet support the exceptional character of Irma at the scale of centuries to millennia. Our study reinforces the idea that Hurricane Irma was exceptional in terms of intensity and may be associated with global warming.

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“…Samples and sediment cores were collected in Barbuda in 2010 (Bain et al, 2010;Bain et al, 2016;Burn et al, 2017). From the core analysis, the authors do not mention the possible occurrence of a tsunami (Burn et al, 2016).…”

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A Megathrust earthquake as source of a Pre-Colombian tsunami in Lesser Antilles: Insight from sediment deposits and tsunami modeling

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Feuillet

Gailler

et al. 2022

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Landscape Transformation During Ceramic Age and Colonial Occupations of Barbuda, West Indies

Cited by 20 publications

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Archaeological and historical insights into the ecological impacts of pre-colonial and colonial introductions into the Philippine Archipelago

Archaeological and historical insights into the ecological impacts of pre-colonial and colonial introductions into the Philippine Archipelago

Hurricane Irma: an unprecedented event over the last 3700 years? Geomorphological changes and sedimentological record in Codrington Lagoon, Barbuda

A Megathrust earthquake as source of a Pre-Colombian tsunami in Lesser Antilles: Insight from sediment deposits and tsunami modeling

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