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Anthropogenics

Anthropogenics is a form of inquiry aimed at determining whether or not objects or impacts are of human agency, anthropogenic. Anthropogenic objects and impacts are the result, at least in part, of human agency. The term "naturogenic" has been proposed as the synonym of the term "anthropogenic". Naturogenic objects and impacts are the result of natural agency.

Far reaching realms of anthropogenics inquiry encompass multiple scales from micro-ecosystem impacts, to manual object manufactures and manipulations, to global systems influences. Anthropogenics impacts scientific interpretation, policy and management. Attribution of phenomena to human agency carries social and economic ramifications.

Examples:

Anthropogenic impacts on cave ecosystems range from the direct introductions by cave tourists and spelunkers of destructive exotic algae and fungus species into specialized cave ecosystems supporting endangered species, to regional water table impacts resulting from land use and groundwater use by local residents and communities.

Attribution of anthropogenic origin to chert flakes and fractured chert cobbles accumulated at the base of a declivity suggests these are artifacts of human activities. The site of discovery may fall under the protections of current law or policy. Attribution of naturogenetic origin to the same chert flakes and cobbles suggests these are "geofacts", resembling artifacts, but resulting from natural mass wasting processes.

Naturogenic (natural agency) interpretation

Trail tree forms are oddities among normally straight-bole trees of forest and field. They are They are the result of obtain uniquely symetrical form

Trees growing under natural conditions are injured and lost to numerous natural causes. A belief system that navigates connection between modern and lost cultures. A form of special knowledge Lack of knowledge diverse

False premise that contact period deciduous forests were dense and difficult to navigate Very few trail trees alive today are old enough to have been manipulated by Native Americans. Controversy

False premise that Native Americans needed or benefited from sign posts in the wilderness.

Absence of reference to trail trees by name or by functional description in contemporaneous observations of surveyors, explorers, frontiersmen and other chronicalers. Especially their absence from The Navigator.

Trail tree lore is popular today. Regardless of trail tree origins or whether or not they aided navigation among traveling Native American cultural groups, trail tree lore is very popular today. Enthusiasts demonstrate ardent support and dedicated detailed The lore of trail trees has become a belief system

Controversey has followed trail tree lore since widespread public introduction dating to early 20th Century origins of the belief system. An early protest letter