Anaïs Gorel
University of Liège
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The Holocene | 2016
Julie Morin-Rivat; Achille Biwole; Anaïs Gorel; Jason Vleminckx; Jean-François Gillet; Nils Bourland; Olivier J. Hardy; Alexandre Livingstone Smith; Kasso Daïnou; Laurent Dedry; Hans Beeckman; Jean-Louis Doucet
Palaeoecological and archaeological studies have demonstrated that human populations have long inhabited the moist forests of central Africa. However, spatial and temporal patterns of human activities have hardly been investigated with satisfactory accuracy. In this study, we propose to characterize past human activities at local scale by using a systematic quantitative and qualitative methodology based on soil charcoal and charred botanical remains. A total of 88 equidistant test-pits were excavated along six transects in two contrasting forest types in southern Cameroon. Charred botanical remains were collected by water-sieving and sorted by type (wood charcoals, oil palm endocarps and unidentified seeds). A total of 50 Accelerator Mass Spectrometry 14C dates were also obtained. Results showed that charred macroremains were found at multiple places in the forest, suggesting scattered human activities, which were distributed into two main periods (Phase A: 2300–1300 BP; Phase B: 580 BP to the present). Charred botanical remains indicated two types of land-use: (1) domestic, with oil palm endocarps most often associated with potsherds (villages) and (2) agricultural, with charcoal as probable remnant of slash-and-burn cultivation (fields). Oil palm endocarp abundance decreased with distance from the identified human settlements. Our methodology allowed documenting, at high resolution, the spatial and temporal patterns of human activities in central African moist forests and could be applied to other tropical contexts.
Journal of Ecology | 2017
Jason Vleminckx; Jean-Louis Doucet; Julie Morin-Rivat; Achille Biwole; David Bauman; Olivier J. Hardy; Adeline Fayolle; Jean-François Gillet; Kasso Daïnou; Anaïs Gorel; Thomas Drouet
Archive | 2017
Anaïs Gorel; Kathy Steppe; Hans Beeckman; Jean-Louis Doucet; Adeline Fayolle
Archive | 2016
Anaïs Gorel; Duminil; Jean-Louis Doucet; Adeline Fayolle
Archive | 2015
Anaïs Gorel
Archive | 2015
Julie Morin; Achille Biwole; Nils Bourland; Kasso Daïnou; Adeline Fayolle; Jean-François Gillet; Anaïs Gorel; Olivier J. Hardy; Jason Vleminckx; Jean-Louis Doucet; Hans Beeckman
Archive | 2015
Julie Morin; Achille Biwole; Nils Bourland; Laurent Bremond; Adeline Fayolle; Jean-François Gillet; Anaïs Gorel; Sylvie Gourlet-Fleury; Olivier J. Hardy; Alexandre Livingstone Smith; Richard Oslisly; Jason Vleminckx; Jean-Louis Doucet; Hans Beeckman
Archive | 2014
Julie Morin-Rivat; Achille Biwole; Nils Bourland; Kasso Daïnou; Joëlle De Weerdt; Adeline Fayolle; Jean-François Gillet; Anaïs Gorel; Wannes Hubau; John Tshibamba; Jean-Louis Doucet; Hans Beeckman
Archive | 2014
Julie Morin-Rivat; Achille Biwole; Nils Bourland; Laurent Bremond; Kasso Daïnou; Adeline Fayolle; Jean-François Gillet; Anaïs Gorel; Sylvie Gourlet-Fleury; Olivier J. Hardy; Alexandre Livingstone Smith; Richard Oslisly; Jason Vleminckx; Hans Beeckmans; Jean-Louis Doucet
Archive | 2014
Julie Morin; Achille Biwole; Nils Bourland; Kasso Daïnou; Adeline Fayolle; Jean-François Gillet; Anaïs Gorel; Olivier J. Hardy; Jason Vleminckx; Jean-Louis Doucet; Hans Beeckman