Sander Van Der Kaar
Biographic Data
| ID | 4063624 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sander Van Der Kaar |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sander |
| FAMILY NAME | Van Der Kaar |
| SIGNATURE | VAN DER KAAR S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Monash University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2511-0439 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 13 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1995 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Palaeoecological studies at four archaeological sites in the New Guinea Highlands document local vegetation histories and plant use from c. 18,000 cal BP to the recent past
Plant microfossils at archaeological sites in the New Guinea Highlands have received little attention compared to lithic and faunal analyses. Here we analyse plant microfossils (pollen, charcoal particles, phytoliths, and starch) from three rockshelters (Yuku, Kiowa, and Manim) and one open site (Wañelek), dating from c. 18,000 cal BP. Pollen results show a diverse range of taxa, and record major as well as subtle changes in vegetation history, w…
Re‐evaluating the evidence for late‐surviving megafauna at Nombe rockshelter in the New Guinea highlands
The causes of the Late Pleistocene extinction of most larger‐bodied animals on the Australian continent have long been controversial. This is due, in no small part, to inadequate knowledge of exactly when these species were lost from different ecosystems. The Nombe rockshelter in the highlands of Papua New Guinea is one of very few sites on Sahul with as‐yet‐unrefuted evidence for the survival of megafaunal species until more recently than 40 tho…
Environmental change and the arrival of people in the Australian region
Continuous pollen and charcoal records, predominantly from well dated marine sediments, provide a good spatial coverage of patterns of change in vegetation, climate and biomass burning within the northern Australian - southern Indonesian region through the late Quaternary period. Northern hemisphere ice volume and monsoon forcing is conspicuous on orbital timescales with general expansion of wetter communities under higher precipitation during in…
Late Quaternary climates of the Australian arid zone
Vegetational response to Holocene climatic change
Pollen data from a radiocarbon-dated lake-sediment core from the Middle Atlas of Morocco show that forests of evergreen and winter-deciduous oaks (Quercus rotundifolia, Q. canariensis), present from the start of the Holocene, were invaded at 6200 BP by Cedrus atlantica in low numbers. Two thousand years later, after a short period characterized by higher deciduous oak frequency, Cedrus increased to its present abundance. These changes may have be…
Vegetational response to Holocene climatic change
Pollen data from a radiocarbon-dated lake-sediment core from the Middle Atlas of Morocco show that forests of evergreen and winter-deciduous oaks (Quercus rotundifolia, Q. canariensis), present from the start of the Holocene, were invaded at 6200 BP by Cedrus atlantica in low numbers. Two thousand years later, after a short period characterized by higher deciduous oak frequency, Cedrus increased to its present abundance. These changes may have be…
Re‐evaluating the evidence for late‐surviving megafauna at Nombe rockshelter in the New Guinea highlands
The causes of the Late Pleistocene extinction of most larger‐bodied animals on the Australian continent have long been controversial. This is due, in no small part, to inadequate knowledge of exactly when these species were lost from different ecosystems. The Nombe rockshelter in the highlands of Papua New Guinea is one of very few sites on Sahul with as‐yet‐unrefuted evidence for the survival of megafaunal species until more recently than 40 tho…
Environmental change and the arrival of people in the Australian region
Continuous pollen and charcoal records, predominantly from well dated marine sediments, provide a good spatial coverage of patterns of change in vegetation, climate and biomass burning within the northern Australian - southern Indonesian region through the late Quaternary period. Northern hemisphere ice volume and monsoon forcing is conspicuous on orbital timescales with general expansion of wetter communities under higher precipitation during in…
Vegetational response to Holocene climatic change
Pollen data from a radiocarbon-dated lake-sediment core from the Middle Atlas of Morocco show that forests of evergreen and winter-deciduous oaks (Quercus rotundifolia, Q. canariensis), present from the start of the Holocene, were invaded at 6200 BP by Cedrus atlantica in low numbers. Two thousand years later, after a short period characterized by higher deciduous oak frequency, Cedrus increased to its present abundance. These changes may have be…
Late Quaternary climates of the Australian arid zone
Environmental change and the arrival of people in the Australian region
Continuous pollen and charcoal records, predominantly from well dated marine sediments, provide a good spatial coverage of patterns of change in vegetation, climate and biomass burning within the northern Australian - southern Indonesian region through the late Quaternary period. Northern hemisphere ice volume and monsoon forcing is conspicuous on orbital timescales with general expansion of wetter communities under higher precipitation during in…
Re‐evaluating the evidence for late‐surviving megafauna at Nombe rockshelter in the New Guinea highlands
The causes of the Late Pleistocene extinction of most larger‐bodied animals on the Australian continent have long been controversial. This is due, in no small part, to inadequate knowledge of exactly when these species were lost from different ecosystems. The Nombe rockshelter in the highlands of Papua New Guinea is one of very few sites on Sahul with as‐yet‐unrefuted evidence for the survival of megafaunal species until more recently than 40 tho…
Palaeoecological studies at four archaeological sites in the New Guinea Highlands document local vegetation histories and plant use from c. 18,000 cal BP to the recent past
Plant microfossils at archaeological sites in the New Guinea Highlands have received little attention compared to lithic and faunal analyses. Here we analyse plant microfossils (pollen, charcoal particles, phytoliths, and starch) from three rockshelters (Yuku, Kiowa, and Manim) and one open site (Wañelek), dating from c. 18,000 cal BP. Pollen results show a diverse range of taxa, and record major as well as subtle changes in vegetation history, w…
Geography (5 works) · Geology (4 works) · Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (4 works) · Climatology (3 works) · Ecology (3 works) · Oceanography (3 works) · Paleontology (3 works) · Physical geography (3 works) · Archaeology (2 works) · Arid (2 works)