Posted on May 31, 2018
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Palynologische Kring meeting Date: 31/05/2018 Location: Institute for Biodiversity & Ecosystem Dynamics, University of Amsterdam Organizer: Carina Hoorn Program
Category: Carina Hoorn, News, William GoslingTags: Azores, charcoal, Columbus, Fire, Hispaniola, molars, North Sea, palaeoecology, Palynologische Kring, Phytoliths, pre-Columbian, University of Amsterdam, UvA, vegetation change
Posted on May 30, 2018
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Open access for 50 days with this link: https://authors.elsevier.com/c/1X6ja7tFrJFBkG Castilla-Beltrán, A., Hooghiemstra, H., Hoogland, M.L.P., Pagán-Jiménez, J., van Geel, B., Field, M.H., Prins, M., Donders, T., Malatesta, E.H., Hung, J.U., McMichael, C.H., Gosling, W.D. & Hofman, C.L. Columbus’ footprint in Hispaniola: a paleoenvironmental record of…
Category: Crystal McMichael, Journal articles, Publications, William GoslingTags: AD 1492, Anthropocene, archaeology, charcoal, Columbus, Dominican Republic, Hispaniola, Laguna Biajaca, landscape change, loss-on-ignition, macro-fossils, multi-proxy, palaeoecology, particle size, Phytoliths, plant, pollen, pre-Columbian, Russian corer
Posted on April 23, 2018
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Hi All! My name is Veerle, and I am in my first year of the Master in Biological Sciences, Ecology & Evolution track, at the University of Amsterdam. I also completed my BSc Biology at the University of Amsterdam, specializing in Ecology and Global…
Category: NewsTags: Colombia, cores, Ecology and evolution, MSc Biological Sciences, MSc research project, Netherlands, Panama, Phytoliths, research project, soil, University of Amsterdam, UvA
Posted on April 6, 2018
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My name is Nina Witteveen and I’m doing a research project for my master (Biological Science) with Crystal McMichael and William Gosling. I’m analyzing phytoliths to reconstruct the vegetation changes of Campo Libre (Napo, Ecuador) of the past 30,000 years. It is so exciting…
Posted on March 2, 2018
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Hi all! My name is Britte Heijink and I’m doing my MSc Biological Science thesis research project with Crystal McMichael and William Gosling. I travelled with Veerle Vink and Crystal to the Colombian part of Amazonia to collect samples for my project. At Amacayacu…
Category: NewsTags: Amacayacu National Park, Amazonia, Beta gamma, BSc, BSc Bèta-Gamma, charcoal, Colombia, fire history, Liberal Arts and Sciences, microscope, MSc, MSc Biological Sciences, Oerknal, palaeoecology, Panama, Phytoliths, plots, project, rainforest, research, soil, Thesis, tropical, tropics, University of Amsterdam, vegetation, vegetation history
Posted on February 2, 2018
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By Seringe Huisman (MSc Biological Sciences, Institute for Biodiversity & Ecosystem Dynamics, University of Amsterdam) Hello all! You might have been wondering if I died in the middle of Amazonian nowhere, since I haven’t come back to writing a blog after we left for fieldwork in July….
Category: Field work, Reports, Seringe HuismanTags: Amazon, Amazonia, Amsterdam University Fund, Biological sciences, boring, Chimerella, Coring, Cormoran, Ecuador, fieldwork, IBED, Institute for Biodiversity & Ecosystem Dynamics, Lake, MSc, MSc research project, phytolith, Phytoliths, Radiocarbon, Radiocarbon dating, research project, Sangay National Park, Treubmaatschappij, University of Amsterdam, UvA
Posted on January 19, 2018
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Since being appointed as an Associate Editor of Vegetation History & Archaeobotany last year I have the pleasure of working on a number of exciting and interesting manuscripts from the tropics. I am particularly delighted that the first of these (Astudillo, 2018) has now…
Category: Reading, William GoslingTags: archaeology, biodiversity, charcoal, colonizer, Ecuador, Galapagos, Hacienda El Progreso, historical, macrofossils, Phytoliths, sugar
