Walter Dörfler

Biographic Data

ID288974
NAMEWalter Dörfler
GIVEN NAMESWalter
FAMILY NAMEDörfler
SIGNATUREDÖRFLER W
AFFILIATIONSChristian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel
ORCID0000-0001-6251-7185
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS29
TOTAL CITATIONS127
AUTHOR COUNT29
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1988
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2024
H-INDEX6

  • Unravelling vegetation and human dynamics during the first millennium ad in Brandenburg, north-eastern Germany

    Open AccessKhadijeh Alinezhad, Ingo Feeser et al.ARTICLEVegetation History and…2024References: 6

    During the first millennium ad , Germany, like other European regions, witnessed dynamic interactions between human populations and the environment, resulting in effects on landscapes and vegetation. Despite their significance, the detailed changes and links between vegetation and population dynamics in Germany during this period are not yet fully understood. This study addresses this gap in an interdisciplinary approach combining high resolution…

  • Hunte 4

    Jan Piet Brozio, Ingo Feeser et al.ARTICLEPraehistorische Zeitschrift2023

    One of the few areas of the central North European Plain with settlement structures of the Single Grave groups (SG) as well as the Bell Beaker (BB) phenomenon is the Dümmer region in northwestern Germany. This region is characterised by extensive wetlands on the southern border of the Northern Lowland and has been subject of several research projects on Mesolithic and Neolithic sites since the last century. Archaeological prospections in the 1940…

  • Environment and settlement - A multiproxy record of holocene palaeoenvironmental development from Lake Wonieść, Greater Poland

    Open AccessWalter Dörfler, Ingo Feeser et al.ARTICLEVegetation History and…2022Cited by: 2References: 1

    This multi-proxy approach combines results of sedimentological, pollen and diatom studies on sediments of Lake Wonieść, Greater Poland. This enables reconstruction of the natural and anthropogenic drivers of past environmental change. Several steps of lake development are recorded, from a eutrophic to an oligotrophic stage, and with increasing human influence back to a hypereutrophic one. Human influence in the form of eutrophication due to arabl…

  • Reconstructing the palaeoenvironment at the early Mesolithic site of Lake Duvensee

    Open AccessErica Corradini, Dennis Wilken et al.ARTICLEThe Holocene2020Cited by: 3References: 2

    We investigate the landscape development of the early Mesolithic hunter-gatherer sites of Duvensee (10000–6500 cal. BCE). Based on ground-penetrating radar (GPR) and geoarchaeological drillings, we present for the first time a three-dimensional (3D) reconstruction of the palaeoenvironment of 63 ha covering subarea of the former lake during the Mesolithic. The archaeological aims were (1) to detect the location of former islands possibly hosting h…

  • Two cultures in the times of interdisciplinary archaeology. A response to commentators

    Open AccessP J Arponen, V P J Arponen et al.ARTICLEArchaeological Dialogues2019References: 36

    We would like to begin by thanking the journal and the commentators for their time and attention

  • Adaptations and transformations of hunter-gatherers in forest environments

    Open AccessD Gro, Henny Piezonka et al.ARTICLEThe Holocene2019Cited by: 6References: 30

    Like any other living being, humans constantly influence their environment, be it intentionally or unintentionally. By extracting natural resources, they shape their environment and also that of plants and other animals. A great difference setting people apart from all other living beings is the ability to construct and develop their own niche intentionally, and the unique tool for this is cultural behaviour. Here, we discuss anthropogenic enviro…

  • Human impact and population dynamics in the Neolithic and Bronze Age

    Open AccessIngo Feeser, Walter Dörfler et al.ARTICLEThe Holocene2019Cited by: 14References: 14

    This paper aims at reconstructing the population dynamics during the Neolithic and Bronze Age, c. 4500–500 cal. BC, in north-western Central Europe. The approach is based on the assumption that increased population density is positively linked with human activity and human impact on the environment, respectively. Therefore, we use archaeological 14 C dates and palaeoenvironmental data from northern Germany and south-western Denmark to construct a…

  • Cultural change and population dynamics during the Bronze Age

    Open AccessJutta Kneisel, Walter Dörfler et al.ARTICLEThe Holocene2019Cited by: 5References: 6

    In archaeology, change in material culture is viewed as indicating social or cultural transformation and is the basis of our typo-chronological classification of phases and periods. The material culture from northern Germany reveals both quantitative and qualitative changes during the Bronze Age. At the same time, there is also evidence for ‘boom and bust’ cycles in population density/size, as indicated by changing human impact on the environment…

  • Transforming landscapes

    Open AccessDaniel Knitter, Jan Piet Brozio et al.ARTICLEThe Holocene2019Cited by: 2References: 13

    How did socio-cultural transformation processes change land-use patterns? Throughout the last 50 years, outstanding comprehensive geographic, archaeobiological, and archaeological data have been produced for the area of Oldenburger Graben, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. Based on this exceptional data set, we are able to study the land-use patterns for a period ranging from the Final Mesolithic until the Late Neolithic (4600–1700 BCE). By applicatio…

  • Monuments and economies

    Open AccessJan Piet Brozio, Johannes Müller et al.ARTICLEThe Holocene2019Cited by: 3References: 14

    In the regions of southern Scandinavia and northern Germany, within the Neolithic ( c. 4100–1700 BCE), two episodes of intensified monumental burial construction are known: Funnel Beaker megaliths mainly from c. 3400–3100 BCE and Single Grave burial mounds from c. 2800–2500 BCE. So far, it remains unclear whether these boom phases of monumental construction were linked with phases of economic expansion, to phases of economic changes or to periods…

  • Environmental determinism and archaeology. Understanding and evaluating determinism in research design

    Open AccessP J Arponen, V P J Arponen et al.ARTICLEArchaeological Dialogues2019Cited by: 28References: 12

    With the emergence of modern techniques of environmental analysis and widespread availability of accessible tools and quantitative data, the question of environmental determinism is once again on the agenda. This paper is theoretical in character, attempting, for the benefit of drawing up research designs, to understand and evaluate the character of environmental determinism. We reach three main conclusions: (1) in a typical pattern of research d…

  • The best of both worlds

    Open AccessWelmoed A Out, Walter DörflerARTICLEQuaternary International2017

  • A mid-Holocene annually laminated sediment sequence from Lake Woserin

    Open AccessIngo Feeser, Walter Dörfler et al.ARTICLEThe Holocene2016Cited by: 7References: 11

    Annually laminated sediments of Lake Woserin in north-eastern Germany are investigated using sedimentological and palynological methods. They facilitate high-resolution reconstruction of environmental and land-use change during ca. 7000–4000 cal. BP. Between 6100 and 5800 cal. BP, changes in woodland composition and structure are evident which coincide with a change in subsistence strategy, that is, the adoption of animal husbandry. For the remai…

  • Pollen‐based quantitative reconstructions of Holocene regional vegetation cover (plant‐functional types and land‐cover types) in Europe suitable for climate modelling

    Open AccessAnna‐Kari Trondman, A-K Trondman et al.ARTICLEGlobal Change Biology2015

    We present quantitative reconstructions of regional vegetation cover in north‐western Europe, western Europe north of the Alps, and eastern Europe for five time windows in the Holocene [around 6k, 3k, 0.5k, 0.2k, and 0.05k calendar years before present ( bp )] at a 1° × 1° spatial scale with the objective of producing vegetation descriptions suitable for climate modelling. The REVEALS model was applied on 636 pollen records from lakes and bogs to…

  • The glade effect

    Open AccessIngo Feeser, Walter DörflerARTICLEAnthropocene2014Cited by: 3References: 14

  • Late Glacial to mid-Holocene palaeoclimate development of Southern Greece inferred from the sediment sequence of Lake Stymphalia (NE-Peloponnese)

    Christian Heymann, Oliver Nelle et al.ARTICLEQuaternary International2013

  • The Western Altmark versus Flintbek – palaeoecological research on two megalithic regions

    Open AccessSarah Diers, Doris Jansen et al.ARTICLEJournal of Archaeological Science2013Cited by: 7References: 3

  • A Middle Neolithic well from Northern Germany

    Open AccessJan Piet Brozio, Walter Dörfler et al.ARTICLEJournal of Archaeological Science2013Cited by: 12References: 3

  • New records from old tephra from Northern Germany

    Open AccessWalter DörflerARTICLEQuaternary International2012

  • An east-west transect through the Funnel-Beaker-landscape

    Open AccessWalter DörflerARTICLEQuaternary International2012

  • A high-quality annually laminated sequence from Lake Belau, Northern Germany

    Open AccessWalter Dörfler, Ingo Feeser et al.ARTICLEThe Holocene2012Cited by: 4References: 8

    The annually laminated record of Lake Belau offers an exceptional opportunity to investigate with high temporal resolution Holocene environmental change, aspects of climate history and human impact on the landscape. A new chronology based on varve counts, 14 C-datings and heavy metal history has been established, covering the last 9400 years. Based on multiple varve counting on two core sequences, the easily countable laminated section spans abou…

  • Mid- to late-Holocene climate change in central Turkey

    Open AccessCatherine Kuzucuoglu, Walter Dörfler et al.ARTICLEThe Holocene2011Cited by: 23References: 6

    The mineralogy and grain-size distribution of sediments from Tecer Lake in central Anatolia provides a 6000 year record of mid- to late-Holocene climate trends and events. Correspondences between key measured parameters allow a reconstruction of variations in lake level, evaporation intensity (summer droughts) and humidity (triggering erosion in winter and spring). They also indicate, occasionally, seasonal contrasts (e.g. phases with high winter…

  • Holocene history of environment and human impact on two islands in the Ostholstein lakeland area, Northern Germany

    Open AccessMagdalena Więckowska, Walter Dörfler et al.ARTICLEVegetation History and…2011Cited by: 1References: 4

  • Historical soil erosion and land-use change during the last two millennia recorded in lake sediments of Frickenhauser See, northern Bavaria, central Germany

    Open AccessDirk Enters, Walter Dörfler et al.ARTICLEThe Holocene2008Cited by: 4References: 8

    Based on palaeolimnological investigations on a 1275 cm long lacustrine sediment record, sediment yields (SY) and denudation rates (DR) for the last 2000 years were reconstructed from Frickenhauser See, a small lake in central Germany. SY and DR generally correspond with the human land-use history derived from pollen analysis and reveal a drastic interruption of natural processes starting in the eleventh century AD. SY increased over 350-fold fro…

  • Environmental changes and the Migration Period in northern Germany as reflected in the sediments of Lake Dudinghausen

    Open AccessMirko Dreßler, Uwe Selig et al.ARTICLEQuaternary Research2006

    Paleolimnological techniques were used to identify environmental changes in and around Lake Dudinghausen (northern Germany) over the past 4800 yr. Diatom-inferred total phosphorus (DI-TP) changes identify four phases of high nutrient levels (2600–2200 BC, 1050–700 BC, 500 BC–AD 100 and AD 1850–1970). During these high DI-TP phases, fossil pollen, sediment geochemistry and archaeological records indicate human activities in the lake catchment. Alt…