The influence of man at a quarry site, Nairn river valley, Chatham Island, New Zealand
- 1 December 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Vol. 8 (4) , 377-384
- https://doi.org/10.1080/03036758.1978.10423319
Abstract
A stratigraphic and pollen-analytical analysis was carried out on a section near a chert quarry in the Nairn River catchment on Chatham Island in an attempt to reconstruct past vegetation changes resulting from man's influence. The stratigraphy showed that a slope deposit containing rock fragments, burnt peat and charcoal formed below the chert outcrop. A radiocarbon date indicates that the deposit has grown since 220 ± 140 B.P. The pollen record suggests a local change from Dracophyllum arboreum forest to Myrsine forest and thence to a bracken-grassland formation. This is interpreted as being at least partly due to the use of fire by the Moriori people.This publication has 3 references indexed in Scilit:
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