Thursday 7.9.2017: Devès/Velay (Central Massif Central): Extant pollarding agri-systems, Betula nana stands, Pleistocene 450 K ecosystems, Eemian Interglacial vegetation IME-Site 10: 9.00 h: A) pollarding village of Lajo [we stopped at La Rouzeire; 44.827651, 3.441793; excellent sat. photo in Google maps] photos of pollarding (esp. Fraxinus), Sarothamnium scoparius (Cytisus scoparius; broom) used for thatching Jean Nicolas Haas B) Betula nana stands (comm Lajo (Lozère) & Chanaleille (Haute-Loire). 44.840528, 3.433451 Jean Nicolas Haas & André-Marie Dendievel IME-Site 11: 11.30 h: Lac de Bouchet: Pleistocene 450 ka; 5 last climatic cycles in French Massif Central & Eemien [44.91203, 3.79243] Jacques-Louis de Beaulieu & Maurice Reille 12.30 h Lunch at Restaurant du Lac du Bouchet. 14 h: Lac de Bouchet (continuation) IME-Site 12: 15 h: Maar de Ribains: Long Pleistocene pollen sequences. Jacques-Louis de Beaulieu & Maurice Reille. IME-Site 13: 16 h: Praclaux Crater: Holsteinian Interglacial vegetation. Jacques-Louis de Beaulieu & Maurice Reille. IME-Site 14: 17 h: Les Narces de la Sauvetat (Landos). Jacques-Louis de Beaulieu, Hervé Cubizolle (in collaboration with Valérie Andrieu-Ponel, Arnaud Tourman et al.) Volcanic deposits – Interpretative centre & large quarry nearby Landos and Praclaux [4.830421, 3.842407 – we moved a short distance to get to this point] pollen records Overnight at Hotels du Nord / Les Vilolettes in Sainte Eulalie [44.80903, 4.18941] Les Violettes, Le Village, 07510 Sainte-Eulalie, France Small Heritage Park (botanical garden; thatch; basalt, etc.) at St. Eulalie (off the village centre)