Tracking kelp-type seaweed fuel in the archaeological record through Raman spectroscopy of charred particles: examples from the Atacama Desert coast

The Atacama Desert: A Biodiversity Hotspot and Not Just a Mineral-Rich Region

(2022) Benito Gómez-Silva et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Trace element ratios in tooth enamel as palaeodietary indicators of seaweed consumption and coastal grazing, and their broader applicability

(2022) Magdalena Blanz et al.   JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SCIENCE

Did a 3800-year-old M w ~9.5 earthquake trigger major social disruption in the Atacama Desert?

(2022) Diego Salazar et al.   Science Advances

Las plantas que alimentan el fogón: primeros resultados del registro fitolítico de estructuras de combustión de Cueva de los Catalanes (Araucanía, Chile)

(2022) Constanza Roa Solís et al.   Boletin de la Sociedad Argentina de Botanica

Life, Death and Teeth of Late Neolithic Sheep and Red Deer Excavated at Ness of Brodgar, Orkney Islands (UK)

(2022) Magdalena Blanz et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL ARCHAEOLOGY

La secuencia cronológica de Punta Patache y la ocupación de la costa arreica del desierto de Atacama (21ºS)

(2022) Cora Moragas Wachtendorff et al.   Estudios Atacamenos

Characterisation of charred organic matter in micromorphological thin sections by means of Raman spectroscopy

(2021) Glenn Lambrecht et al.   Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences

Ritual stone‐built architecture and shell midden foundation: A semisubterranean structure in hyperarid Atacama Desert coast, Northern Chile

(2021) Ximena Power et al.   GEOARCHAEOLOGY-AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL

A modern analogue matching approach to characterize fire temperatures and plant species from charcoal

(2021) S. Yoshi Maezumi et al.   PALAEOGEOGRAPHY PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY PALAEOECOLOGY

Colors and dyes of archaeological textiles from Tarapacá in the Atacama Desert (South Central Andes)

(2021) Marcela Sepúlveda et al.   Heritage Science

Relational bodies: affordances, substances and embodiment in Chinchorro funerary practices c. 7000–3250 BP

(2021) Indira Montt et al.   ANTIQUITY

Supergene Copper and the Ancient Mining Landscapes of the Atacama Desert: Refining the Protocol for the Study of Archaeological Copper Minerals through the Case Study of Pukara de Turi

(2021) Pía Sapiains et al.   Minerals

Unravelling Lessonia trabeculata management in coastal areas of the Atacama region of northern Chile through a DPSIR approach: Insights for sustainable plans

(2021) Leonardo Campos et al.   MARINE POLICY

Ecosystem-based management for kelp forest ecosystems

(2021) Sara L. Hamilton et al.   MARINE POLICY

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

(2020) Paula C. Ugalde et al.   VEGETATION HISTORY AND ARCHAEOBOTANY

Identifying seaweed consumption by sheep using isotope analysis of their bones and teeth: Modern reference δ13C and δ15N values and their archaeological implications

(2020) Magdalena Blanz et al.   JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SCIENCE

Revealing hidden plant diversity in arid environments

(2020) Gabriela Carrasco‐Puga et al.   ECOGRAPHY

Applications of Raman spectroscopy in art and archaeology

(2020) Martin A. Ziemann et al.   JOURNAL OF RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY

Seaweed-derived biochar with multiple active sites as a heterogeneous catalyst for converting macroalgae into acid-free biooil containing abundant ester and sugar substances

(2020) Bin Cao et al.   FUEL

Seaweed fertilisation impacts the chemical and isotopic composition of barley: Implications for analyses of archaeological skeletal remains

(2019) Magdalena Blanz et al.   JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SCIENCE

Accounting for the marine reservoir effect in radiocarbon calibration

(2019) Eduardo Q. Alves et al.   QUATERNARY SCIENCE REVIEWS

The taphonomic characterization of a charcoal production platform. Contribution of an innovative pair of methods: Raman analysis and micromorphology

(2019) Aurore Dupin et al.   JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SCIENCE

Raman spectroscopy as a tool to determine the thermal maturity of organic matter: Application to sedimentary, metamorphic and structural geology

(2019) Delano G. Henry et al.   EARTH-SCIENCE REVIEWS

Assessing low-maturity organic matter in shales using Raman spectroscopy: Effects of sample preparation and operating procedure

(2018) Delano G. Henry et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF COAL GEOLOGY

Aboriginal uses of seaweeds in temperate Australia: an archival assessment

(2018) Ruth H. Thurstan et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYCOLOGY

The Worldwide Marine Radiocarbon Reservoir Effect: Definitions, Mechanisms, and Prospects

(2018) Eduardo Q. Alves et al.   REVIEWS OF GEOPHYSICS

Using Raman spectroscopy to estimate the dates of carbon-based inks from Ancient Egypt

(2018) Sarah Goler et al.   JOURNAL OF CULTURAL HERITAGE

Effective Raman spectra identification with tree-based methods

(2018) Vasileios Sevetlidis et al.   JOURNAL OF CULTURAL HERITAGE

Marine radiocarbon reservoir age along the chilean continental margin

(2018) Víctor Merino-Campos et al.   RADIOCARBON

Charred Fucus-Type Seaweed in the North Atlantic: A Survey of Finds and Potential Uses

(2018) Dawn Elise Mooney   ENVIRONMENTAL ARCHAEOLOGY

Late Quaternary environmental dynamics in the Atacama Desert reconstructed from rodent midden pollen records

(2017) M. E. de Porras et al.   JOURNAL OF QUATERNARY SCIENCE

ranger: A Fast Implementation of Random Forests for High Dimensional Data in C++ and R

(2017) Marvin N. Wright et al.   Journal of Statistical Software

The pre-Columbian introduction and dispersal of Algarrobo (Prosopis, Section Algarobia) in the Atacama Desert of northern Chile

(2017) Virginia B. McRostie et al.   PLoS One

Using archaeological shell middens as a proxy for past local coastal upwelling in northern Chile

(2017) Claudio Latorre et al.   QUATERNARY INTERNATIONAL

Fuel exploitation among Neanderthals based on the anthracological record from Abric Romaní (Capellades, NE Spain)

(2017) Ethel Allué et al.   QUATERNARY INTERNATIONAL

Raman spectral characteristics of magmatic-contact metamorphic coals from Huainan Coalfield, China

(2017) Shancheng Chen et al.   SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA PART A-MOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY

An Ethnoarchaeological Study on Anthropic Markers from a Shell-midden in Tierra del Fuego (Southern Argentina): Lanashuaia II

(2017) Débora Zurro et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL ARCHAEOLOGY

A multi-isotope investigation of diet and subsistence amongst island and mainland populations from early medieval western Britain

(2016) Katie A. Hemer et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY

How heat alters underlying deposits and implications for archaeological fire features: A controlled experiment

(2016) Vera Aldeias et al.   JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SCIENCE

The variable routes of rafting: stranding dynamics of floating bull kelpDurvillaea antarctica(Fucales, Phaeophyceae) on beaches in the SE Pacific

(2016) Boris A. López et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYCOLOGY

Carbons at the heart of questions on energy and environment: A nanostructural approach

(2015) Jean-Noël Rouzaud et al.   COMPTES RENDUS GEOSCIENCE

Timing of occupation and regional settlement patterns revealed by time-series analyses of an archaeological radiocarbon database for the South-Central Andes (16°–25°S)

(2015) Eugenia M. Gayo et al.   QUATERNARY INTERNATIONAL

Re-evaluating the resource potential of lomas fog oasis environments for Preceramic hunter–gatherers under past ENSO modes on the south coast of Peru

(2015) David Beresford-Jones et al.   QUATERNARY SCIENCE REVIEWS

Thermal maturity evaluation from inertinites by Raman spectroscopy: The ‘RaMM’ technique

(2014) Ronald W.T. Wilkins et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF COAL GEOLOGY

Carbonisation of biomass-derived chars and the thermal reduction of a graphene oxide sample studied using Raman spectroscopy

(2013) John McDonald-Wharry et al.   CARBON

Economic valuation of kelp forests in northern Chile: values of goods and services of the ecosystem

(2013) Julio A. Vásquez et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYCOLOGY

Late Quaternary hydrological and ecological changes in the hyperarid core of the northern Atacama Desert (~21°S)

(2012) Eugenia M. Gayo et al.   EARTH-SCIENCE REVIEWS

Evolution of the Raman spectrum of carbonaceous material in low-grade metasediments of the Glarus Alps (Switzerland)

(2010) A. Lahfid et al.   TERRA NOVA

Stable isotope evidence for seasonal consumption of marine seaweed by modern and archaeological sheep in the Orkney archipelago (Scotland)

(2009) Marie Balasse et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL ARCHAEOLOGY