Last Glacial Maximum Vegetation Reconstructions
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               World Data Center for Paleoclimatology, Boulder
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                     NOAA Paleoclimatology Program
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NOTE: PLEASE CITE CONTRIBUTORS WHEN USING THIS DATA!!!!!


NAME OF DATA SET: Last Glacial Maximum Vegetation Reconstructions
LAST UPDATE: 5/2002 (Original receipt by WDC Paleo)
CONTRIBUTOR: Nicolas Ray


ORIGINAL REFERENCE:  
Ray, N. and J.M. Adams. 2001. 
A GIS-based Vegetation Map of the World at the Last Glacial Maximum (25,000-15,000 BP). 
Internet Archaeology, Vol. 11. 
http://intarch.ac.uk/journal/issue11/rayadams_toc.html
http://dx.doi.org/10.11141/ia.11.2


ABSTRACT:
A preliminary, broad-scale vegetation map reconstruction for use by archaeologists 
and anthropologists is presented here for the world at the Last Glacial Maximum 
(18,000 BP, but broadly representing the interval from 25,000 to 15,000 BP). 
The global LGM map was produced from a range of literature and map sources, 
and drawn on a GIS with topographic information. Extended coastlines due to LGM 
sea-level drop were obtained using bathymetric information. The map is 
available in image and Geographic Information System (GIS) formats, on a 
global or regional basis.

Accompanying each regional map is a 
bibliography detailing the principal literature sources of evidence on 
Late Quaternary palaeovegetation and climates. The maps presented here are 
merely a preliminary attempt at appraisal of current knowledge and 
opinion, and future updated versions will be produced as more information 
on LGM environments becomes available. Nevertheless, together with the 
accompanying citation summary they should provide a valuable and readily 
accessible source of information on current opinion in the Quaternary 
community. It is also hoped that the maps will themselves act as a 
catalyst for archaeologists to use their own data to contribute to the 
broader climatic/palaeovegetational picture



GEOGRAPHIC REGION: Global
PERIOD OF RECORD: 18,000 YrBP 
FUNDING SOURCES: 

DESCRIPTION: 
Ray and Adams 2001 vegetation maps