Preserved lipid signatures in palaeosols help to distinguish the impacts of palaeoclimate and indigenous peoples on palaeovegetation in northwest Siberia
International audience Arctic reindeer herders demonstrate resilience to climate fluctuations by adjusting their pastoral practices to changing environments. The multiple phases of occupation at one of the oldest identified reindeer-herding sites, I ͡ Arte 6 on the I ͡ Amal peninsula, northwest Sibe...
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ftccsdartic:oai:HAL:hal-03782864v1 2024-02-27T08:38:25+00:00 Preserved lipid signatures in palaeosols help to distinguish the impacts of palaeoclimate and indigenous peoples on palaeovegetation in northwest Siberia Harrault, Loïc Milek, Karen Huguet, Arnaud Anquetil, Christelle Anderson, David Department of Archaeology Durham University Milieux Environnementaux, Transferts et Interactions dans les hydrosystèmes et les Sols (METIS) École Pratique des Hautes Études (EPHE) Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) University of Aberdeen 2022 https://hal.science/hal-03782864 https://hal.science/hal-03782864/document https://hal.science/hal-03782864/file/Harraultetal2022.pdf https://doi.org/10.1016/j.orggeochem.2022.104407 en eng HAL CCSD Elsevier info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1016/j.orggeochem.2022.104407 hal-03782864 https://hal.science/hal-03782864 https://hal.science/hal-03782864/document https://hal.science/hal-03782864/file/Harraultetal2022.pdf doi:10.1016/j.orggeochem.2022.104407 info:eu-repo/semantics/OpenAccess ISSN: 0146-6380 Organic Geochemistry https://hal.science/hal-03782864 Organic Geochemistry, 2022, 167, pp.104407. ⟨10.1016/j.orggeochem.2022.104407⟩ Geoarchaeology Human-environment interactions Palaeoenvironmental reconstruction Tundra vegetation Lipid biomarkers [SDE.MCG]Environmental Sciences/Global Changes [SDU.STU.GC]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Geochemistry [SHS.ARCHEO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Archaeology and Prehistory info:eu-repo/semantics/article Journal articles 2022 ftccsdartic https://doi.org/10.1016/j.orggeochem.2022.104407 2024-01-28T01:11:35Z International audience Arctic reindeer herders demonstrate resilience to climate fluctuations by adjusting their pastoral practices to changing environments. The multiple phases of occupation at one of the oldest identified reindeer-herding sites, I ͡ Arte 6 on the I ͡ Amal peninsula, northwest Siberia, are thought to be linked to its local vegetation cover. Here we provide information on local palaeovegetation and climate shifts which occurred between the 7 th and the 11 th century CE based on lipid biomarkers. Aliphatic compounds, pentacyclic triterpenoids, branched glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraethers (brGDGTs) and other lipids were analysed in four separate palaeosols from two loess-palaeosol sequences at the site. Based on different indices, the impact of human-or root-derived lipids and post-depositional microbial degradation on the signature of the studied pedosequences seem limited, which indicates that palaeobiomarkers are well preserved and representative of the analysed compounds. n-Alkanes, n-carboxylic acids, n-aldehydes and pentacyclic triterpenoids point to the progressive colonization of grasses, sedges and herbs at the site, which can be attributed to the regional decrease in temperature suggested by bacterial-derived brGDGTs. During the last phase of occupation, however, when proxies point to increasing temperatures, and shrubs would normally be expected to return, the shrub cover continued to decrease, probably due to the impact of camping and holding reindeer at the site. The decoupling trends observed for particular pentacyclic triterpenoids as potential dwarf birch biomarkers could suggest a preferential shift of species within shrubs, probably influenced by human activities. Multifamily lipid biomarker analysis therefore made it possible to distinguish anthropogenic impacts on the local vegetation cover from regional climatic changes, and show how significant the impacts of humans on local vegetation can be, even in extreme environments where such activities are limited. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Dwarf birch Tundra Siberia Archive ouverte HAL (Hyper Article en Ligne, CCSD - Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe) Arctic Organic Geochemistry 167 104407 |
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Geoarchaeology Human-environment interactions Palaeoenvironmental reconstruction Tundra vegetation Lipid biomarkers [SDE.MCG]Environmental Sciences/Global Changes [SDU.STU.GC]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Geochemistry [SHS.ARCHEO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Archaeology and Prehistory Harrault, Loïc Milek, Karen Huguet, Arnaud Anquetil, Christelle Anderson, David Preserved lipid signatures in palaeosols help to distinguish the impacts of palaeoclimate and indigenous peoples on palaeovegetation in northwest Siberia |
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International audience Arctic reindeer herders demonstrate resilience to climate fluctuations by adjusting their pastoral practices to changing environments. The multiple phases of occupation at one of the oldest identified reindeer-herding sites, I ͡ Arte 6 on the I ͡ Amal peninsula, northwest Siberia, are thought to be linked to its local vegetation cover. Here we provide information on local palaeovegetation and climate shifts which occurred between the 7 th and the 11 th century CE based on lipid biomarkers. Aliphatic compounds, pentacyclic triterpenoids, branched glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraethers (brGDGTs) and other lipids were analysed in four separate palaeosols from two loess-palaeosol sequences at the site. Based on different indices, the impact of human-or root-derived lipids and post-depositional microbial degradation on the signature of the studied pedosequences seem limited, which indicates that palaeobiomarkers are well preserved and representative of the analysed compounds. n-Alkanes, n-carboxylic acids, n-aldehydes and pentacyclic triterpenoids point to the progressive colonization of grasses, sedges and herbs at the site, which can be attributed to the regional decrease in temperature suggested by bacterial-derived brGDGTs. During the last phase of occupation, however, when proxies point to increasing temperatures, and shrubs would normally be expected to return, the shrub cover continued to decrease, probably due to the impact of camping and holding reindeer at the site. The decoupling trends observed for particular pentacyclic triterpenoids as potential dwarf birch biomarkers could suggest a preferential shift of species within shrubs, probably influenced by human activities. Multifamily lipid biomarker analysis therefore made it possible to distinguish anthropogenic impacts on the local vegetation cover from regional climatic changes, and show how significant the impacts of humans on local vegetation can be, even in extreme environments where such activities are limited. |
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Department of Archaeology Durham University Milieux Environnementaux, Transferts et Interactions dans les hydrosystèmes et les Sols (METIS) École Pratique des Hautes Études (EPHE) Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) University of Aberdeen |
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Preserved lipid signatures in palaeosols help to distinguish the impacts of palaeoclimate and indigenous peoples on palaeovegetation in northwest Siberia |
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Preserved lipid signatures in palaeosols help to distinguish the impacts of palaeoclimate and indigenous peoples on palaeovegetation in northwest Siberia |
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Preserved lipid signatures in palaeosols help to distinguish the impacts of palaeoclimate and indigenous peoples on palaeovegetation in northwest Siberia |
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Preserved lipid signatures in palaeosols help to distinguish the impacts of palaeoclimate and indigenous peoples on palaeovegetation in northwest Siberia |
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Preserved lipid signatures in palaeosols help to distinguish the impacts of palaeoclimate and indigenous peoples on palaeovegetation in northwest Siberia |
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preserved lipid signatures in palaeosols help to distinguish the impacts of palaeoclimate and indigenous peoples on palaeovegetation in northwest siberia |
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ISSN: 0146-6380 Organic Geochemistry https://hal.science/hal-03782864 Organic Geochemistry, 2022, 167, pp.104407. ⟨10.1016/j.orggeochem.2022.104407⟩ |
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