Archaeological charcoals from El Gigante Rockshelter, Honduras, reveal the 10,000 year-long postglacial ecological dynamics of the Central American pine–oak forest
The Holocene: A Major Interdisciplinary Journal Focusing on Recent Environmental Change
Published online on July 03, 2026
Abstract
The Holocene, Ahead of Print.
Present-day vegetation in the Central American highlands is dominated by pine–oak forests, whose postglacial and Holocene ecological dynamics remain poorly understood. El Gigante Rockshelter (1300 masl, La Paz, Honduras), with its exceptionally long ...
Present-day vegetation in the Central American highlands is dominated by pine–oak forests, whose postglacial and Holocene ecological dynamics remain poorly understood. El Gigante Rockshelter (1300 masl, La Paz, Honduras), with its exceptionally long ...