noaa-pollen-32972 eng; USA utf8 dataset NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information ncei.info@noaa.gov https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact NCEI Contact Information Information for contacts at NCEI. information pointOfContact NOAA World Data Service for Paleoclimatology Data Center Contact 828-271-4800 303-497-6513 325 Broadway, E/NE31 Boulder CO 80305-3328 USA paleo@noaa.gov pointOfContact 2023-09-01 ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata - Part 2: Extensions for Imagery and Gridded Data ISO 19115-2:2009(E) NOAA/WDS Paleoclimatology - Blackwood Sinkhole, Bahamas 3,000 Year Pollen and Charcoal Data 2021-03-09 publication doi:10.25921/8e9z-sf91 noaa-pollen-32972 NCEI DSI 1200_02 NCEI DSI 1200_01 Fall, P.L. originator Fall, P.L. author van Hengstum, P.J. originator van Hengstum, P.J. author Lavold-Foote, L. originator Lavold-Foote, L. author Donnelly, J.P. originator Donnelly, J.P. author Albury, N.A. originator Albury, N.A. author Tamalavage, A.E. originator Tamalavage, A.E. author NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information publisher tableDigital This archived Paleoclimatology Study is available from the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), under the World Data Service (WDS) for Paleoclimatology. The associated NCEI study type is Pollen. The data include parameters of fire history|paleolimnology with a geographic location of Bahamas, Caribbean Sea. The time period coverage is from 2945 to -60 in calendar years before present (BP). See metadata information for parameter and study location details. Please cite this study when using the data. Records of past vegetation and climate derived from pollen found in lake and ocean sediments. Parameter keywords describe what was measured in this data set. Additional summary information can be found in the abstracts of papers listed in the data set citations. Many data sets come from different collaborative databases, described on the Fossil and Surface Pollen Page (at http://www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/paleoclimatology/pollen). completed NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information ncei.info@noaa.gov https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact NCEI Contact Information Information for contacts at NCEI. information pointOfContact NOAA World Data Service for Paleoclimatology Data Center Contact 828-271-4800 303-497-6513 325 Broadway, E/NE31 Boulder CO 80305-3328 USA paleo@noaa.gov pointOfContact https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/webimages/pc-default-pollen.png Paleoclimatology - Pollen PNG Earth Science > Climate Indicators > Paleoclimate Indicators > Biological Records > Pollen theme Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords 2025 revision 22 Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords GCMD Keyword Forum Page Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2025. 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URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords information custodian What: age; Material: null What: charcoal; Material: sediment What: depth; Material: null theme Paleoenvironmental Standard Terms (PaST) Thesaurus NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/paleoclimatology/paleoenvironmental-standard-terms-thesaurus PaST Thesaurus information publisher Ocean > Atlantic Ocean > North Atlantic Ocean > Caribbean Sea > Bahamas > Blackwood Sinkhole > LATITUDE 26.79 > LONGITUDE -77.42 place DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI > National Centers for Environmental Information, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce dataCentre Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Data Center Keywords 2025 revision 22 Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords GCMD Keyword Forum Page Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2025. GCMD Keywords, Version 22. Greenbelt, MD: Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords information custodian otherRestrictions Cite as: Fall, P.L.; van Hengstum, P.J.; Lavold-Foote, L.; Donnelly, J.P.; Albury, N.A.; Tamalavage, A.E. (2021-03-09): NOAA/WDS Paleoclimatology - Blackwood Sinkhole, Bahamas 3,000 Year Pollen and Charcoal Data. [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. https://doi.org/10.25921/8e9z-sf91. Accessed [date]. otherRestrictions Distribution liability: NOAA and NCEI make no warranty, expressed or implied, regarding these data, nor does the fact of distribution constitute such a warranty. NOAA and NCEI cannot assume liability for any damages caused by any errors or omissions in these data. 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Tamalavage, 2021: Human arrival and landscape dynamics in the northern Bahamas. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 118, , 10.1073/pnas.2015764118 information crossReference sciencePaper eng; USA geoscientificInformation Date Range: 2945 cal yr BP to -60 cal yr BP; -77.42 -77.42 26.79 26.79 Study Coordinates 26.79 -77.42 -995 2010 STUDY NOTES: Pollen and charcoal data from Blackwood Sinkhole, Abaco Island, Northern Bahamas, for the past 3,000 years. Pollen percentages file added 2021-04-21. ABSTRACT SUPPLIED BY ORIGINATOR: The first Caribbean settlers were Amerindians from South America. Great Abaco and Grand Bahama, the final islands colonized in the northernmost Bahamas, were inhabited by the Lucayans when Europeans arrived. The timing of Lucayan arrival in the northern Bahamas has been uncertain because direct archaeological evidence is limited. We document Lucayan arrival on Great Abaco Island through a detailed record of vegetation, fire, and landscape dynamics based on proxy data from Blackwood Sinkhole. From about 3,000 to 1,000 y ago, forests dominated by hardwoods and palms were resilient to the effects of hurricanes and cooling sea surface temperatures. The arrival of Lucayans by about 830 CE (2S range: 720 to 920 CE) is demarcated by increased burning and followed by landscape disturbance and a time-transgressive shift from hardwoods and palms to the modern pine forest. Considering that Lucayan settlements in the southern Bahamian archipelago are dated to about 750 CE (2S range: 600 to 900 CE), these results demonstrate that Lucayans spread rapidly through the archipelago in less than 100 y. Although precontact landscapes would have been influenced by storms and climatic trends, the most pronounced changes follow more directly from landscape burning and ecosystem shifts after Lucayan arrival. The pine forests of Abaco declined substantially between 1500 and 1670 CE, a period of increased regional hurricane activity, coupled with fires on an already human-impacted landscape. Any future intensification of hurricane activity in the tropical North Atlantic Ocean threatens the sustainability of modern pine forests in the northern Bahamas. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information ncei.info@noaa.gov https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact NCEI Contact Information Information for contacts at NCEI. information distributor In most cases, electronic downloads of the data are free. However, fees may apply for custom orders, data certifications, copies of analog materials, and data distribution on physical media. Contact NCEI for other distribution options and instructions. 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