21M.A.P. Renouf (ed.), The Cultural Landscapes of Port au Choix, Interdisciplinary Contributions to Archaeology, DOI 10.1007/978-1-4419-8324-4_2

This chapter provides a palaeoenvironmental context for prehistoric human settlement at Port au Choix. It describes the physical setting of the Port au Choix region and documents the changes in landscape, climate and vegetation that have occurred over the period of human occupation, that is, over th...

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Summary:This chapter provides a palaeoenvironmental context for prehistoric human settlement at Port au Choix. It describes the physical setting of the Port au Choix region and documents the changes in landscape, climate and vegetation that have occurred over the period of human occupation, that is, over the last 6,000 years. Using terres-