Peter R. Schmidt, Jonathan R. Walz, Jackline N. Besigye, Julius B Lejju
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Recent archaeological and paleoenvironmental research in the Ndali Crater Lakes Region (NCLR) of western Uganda provide important new insights into anthropogenic impacts on moist forests to the East of the Rwenzori Mountains. This research significantly changes previous interpretations of paleoenvironmental records in western Uganda and helps to distinguish climate change from human impacts. By drawing on multiple sources such as historical linguistics, archaeological evidence, and environmental proxies for change, a new picture emerges for a region that was a cultural crossroads for early Bantu-speakers and Central Sudanic-speakers between 400 BCE and 1000 CE. Detailed archaeological data and well-dated sites provide fine-grained evidence that closely fits episodes of significant environmental change, including a later and separate phase of forest clearance, soil degradation, and lake pollution caused by the saturation of the landscape by Bigo-related populations between 1300 and 1650 CE.
Fresque de changements environnementaux induits par l’homme et le climat dans l’ouest de l’Ouganda : la région des lacs du cratère de Ndali
最近在乌干达西部恩达利火山口湖区（Ndali Crater Lakes Region，NCLR）进行的考古和古环境研究，为人类活动对鲁文佐里山脉以东湿润森林的影响提供了重要的新见解。这项研究极大地改变了以往对乌干达西部古环境记录的解释，有助于区分气候变化和人类影响。通过利用历史语言学、考古证据和环境变化代用指标等多种资料，我们对这一地区有了新的认识，在公元前 400 年至公元前 1000 年期间，该地区曾是早期班图语人和中苏丹语人的文化交汇点。详细的考古数据和年代明确的遗址提供了精细的证据，这些证据与重大的环境变化事件密切相关，其中包括在公元 1300 年至 1650 年期间，由于比戈族相关人口对地貌的饱和而造成的森林砍伐、土壤退化和湖泊污染的后期独立阶段。Fresque de changements environnementaux induits par l'homme et le climat dans l'ouest de l'Ouganda : la région des lacs du cratère de Ndali
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