El futuro (deseado) de los asentamientos precarios en América Latina | The (desired) future of precarious settlements in Latin America by Miguel Angel Barreto

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Plantes et peuplement : questions et enjeux relatifs à la manipulation et à la domestication de végétaux au Pléistocène final et à l’Holocène initial au Brésil et en Amazonie... by Myrtle P. Shock, Jennifer Watling

“…We question prevailing models of the settlement of the Americas based on notions of adaptation to resource scarcity in the environment. …”
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Settling Madagascar: when did people first colonise the world's largest island? by Mitchell, P

“…This paper evaluates them against criteria developed for assessing the timing and credibility of claims of pre-Clovis settlement in the Americas and early Polynesian presence in Remote Oceania. …”

Unraveling the Genetic Threads of History: mtDNA HVS-I Analysis Reveals the Ancient Past of the Aburra Valley by Daniel Uricoechea Patiño, Andrew Collins, Oscar Julián Romero García, Gustavo Santos Vecino, Pablo Aristizábal Espinosa, Jaime Eduardo Bernal Villegas, Escilda Benavides Benitez, Saray Vergara Muñoz, Ignacio Briceño Balcázar

“…By revealing the genetic heritage of pre-Hispanic individuals from the Aburrá Valley, this study offers valuable insights into the history of human migration and settlement in the Americas. Furthermore, it enhances our comprehension of the intricate genetic tapestry that characterizes indigenous communities in the area.…”
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Foodways of Enslaved Laborers on French West Indian Plantations (18th-19th century) by Kenneth G. Kelly, Diane Wallman

“…In the plantation settlements of the Americas, enslaved Africans and their descendants were compelled to create a system of foodways that provided sufficient nutrition for their survival and that could be assembled out of the resources available to them. …”
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The Bering Transitory Archipelago: stepping stones for the first Americans by Dobson, Jerome E., Spada, Giorgio, Galassi, Gaia

“…Scores of islands at that time would meet all requirements previously proposed for a viable hypothesis: a source population in Asia, a pathway with abundant sustenance, settlements in North America soon after but not before, and an isolated sanctuary where Beringians could have become genetically distinct.…”
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Food Fish, Commercial Fish, and Fish to Support a Moderate Livelihood: Characterizing Aboriginal and Treaty Rights to Canadian Fisheries by Douglas C. Harris, Peter Millerd

“…They do so by virtue of a long history with the fisheries that precedes non-Aboriginal settlement in North America, and because of the constitutional entrenchment of Aboriginal and treaty rights in Canadian law. …”
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Exploring appropriate socio-technical arrangements for the co-production of landslide risk management strategies in informal neighbourhoods in Colombia and Brazil by Harry Smith, Soledad Garcia Ferrari, Gabriela M. Medero, Helena Rivera, Françoise Coupé, Mónica Elizabeth Mejía Escalante, Wilmar Castro Mera, Carlos Alberto Montoya Correa, Alex Abiko, Fernando A. M. Marinho

“…This paper explores the scope for upscaling and transnational transfer of participatory landslide risk management strategies for informal settlements in Latin America. Drawing on lessons from transdisciplinary action-research in three neighbourhoods in Medellín, Colombia, and one in São Paulo, Brazil, the paper discusses how bottom-up approaches were developed to co-produce landslide risk management in both Global South cities, in a way that optimises the collaboration between communities and relevant governmental bodies. …”
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Climate Envelopes Do Not Reflect Tree Dynamics after Euro-American Settlement in Eastern North America by Brice B. Hanberry

“…Tree distributions and densities have been dynamic since Euro-American settlement in North America. Historically dominant fire-tolerant tree species have decreased, and fire-sensitive, successional species have increased, and tree species have expended westward since the 1800s into the central Great Plains grasslands. …”
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Participatory Slum Upgrading and Urban Peacebuilding Challenges in Favela Settlements: The Vila Viva Program at Aglomerado da Serra (Belo Horizonte, Brazil) by Claudio Beato, César Velásquez

“…<p>The concentration of urban violence in certain settlements in Latin America and the possibility of expansion have been latent concerns in slum upgrading. …”
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Recovering the wall : enclosure, ethics and the American landscape by Oles, Brian Thomas.

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The theology of the corporation by Black, M, Black, Michael

“…This relationship is subsequently theorized as the Eternal Covenant by Reformed theologians and successfully tested in one of the greatest theological/social experiments ever recorded, the 17^th century settlement of North America. The alternative 'secular' explanation of the corporation provided by 19^th century legal philosophy relies implicitly on the theological foundations of the corporation and remains incoherent without these foundations. …”

Characterization of the genetic pool of the Canadienne dairy cattle breed by Alexandra Carrier, Isabelle Gilbert, Pierre Leclerc, Mario Duchesne, Claude Robert

“…The herd book was established in 1886 and the current breed characteristics include dark coat color, small size compared to the modern Holstein breed, and overall rusticity shaped by the harsh environmental conditions that were prevalent during the settlement of North America. The Canadienne breed is an invaluable genetic resource due to its high resilience, longevity and fertility. …”
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