Produção Nacional
Revisado por pares
Climate change facilitated the early colonization of the Azores Archipelago during medieval times
2021; National Academy of Sciences; Volume: 118; Issue: 41 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1073/pnas.2108236118
ISSN1091-6490
AutoresPedro M. Raposeiro, Armand Hernández, Sergi Pla‐Rabès, Vítor Gonçalves, Roberto Bao, Alberto Sáez, Timothy M. Shanahan, Mario Benavente, Erik J. de Boer, Nora Richter, Verónica Gordon, Helena Marques, Pedro M. Sousa, M. Souto, Miguel G. Matias, Nicole Aguiar, Cátia Lúcio Pereira, Catarina Ritter, María Jesús Rubio, Marina Salcedo, David Vázquez‐Loureiro, Olga Margalef, Linda Amaral‐Zettler, Ana C. Costa, Yongsong Huang, Jacqueline F. N. van Leeuwen, Pere Masqué, Ricardo Prego, Ana Carolina Ruíz-Fernández, Joan-Albert Sánchez-Cabeza, Ricardo M. Trigo, Santiago Giralt,
Tópico(s)Archaeology and ancient environmental studies
ResumoSignificance We use a diverse set of lake and landscape proxy indicators to characterize initial human occupation and its impacts on the Azores Archipelago. The occupation of these islands began between 700 and 850 CE, 700 years earlier than suggested by documentary sources. These early occupations caused widespread ecological and landscape disturbance and raise doubts about the islands' presumed pristine nature during Portuguese arrival. The earliest explorers arrived at the end of the early Middle Ages, when temperatures were higher than average, and the westerly winds were weaker, facilitating arrivals to the archipelago from northeastern Europe and inhibiting exploration from southern Europe. This is consistent with archaeological and genetic research suggesting the Norse were the first to colonize the Azores Archipelago.
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