“…This idea has been the foundation of several studies conducted primarily by Anglo-Saxon authors during the second half of the 20th century (Pearsall, 1950;Conway, 1954;Smith, 1970;Moore, 1975Moore, , 1993Korhola, 1995;Payette & Rochefort, 2001;Charman, 2002;Cubizolle & Argant, 2006). This demonstration is based on interdisciplinary research combining geomorphologic analysis, archaeological studies, and palaeoecological analysis for the most part (Cubizolle et al, 2004a;Cubizolle, 2005). The construction of a body of data is based in large part on radiocarbon dating, applied not only to palaeoecological and archaeological findings, but also used to date the initiation of peat accumulation.…”