All’s well? Comparing on- and off-site pollen samples and exploring the potential of pollen from man-made contexts

Datos Bibliográficos

ID12200064
AutoresYvonne F van Amerongen (0000-0002-6104-8935, Archol (Netherlands), autor de correspondencia)
Año2019
Volumen29
Número2
Páginas125-131
Fecha de publicación2019-11-11
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaVegetation History and Archaeobotany (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0939-6314 • E-ISSN: 1617-6278
EditorialSpringer Science+Business Media (PUBLISHER • DE)
DOI10.1007/s00334-019-00759-w
OpenAlexW2982914136
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas2
Referencias citadas8

Pollen analysis has long been used as a tool to make an assessment of regional vegetation. On-site pollen samples are taken for the same purpose at some excavations, because they are often the only available contexts with good preservation conditions. This paper shows that the analysis of on- and off-site pollen samples from the same region (West Frisia, the Netherlands) and time period (Dutch Bronze Age; ca. 2000–800 bc ) can give very conflicting results on the type and amount of regional vegetation, in this case forest cover. Reasons for this discrepancy are discussed in relation to the use of on-site contexts by people in the past, as well as their location within a settlement. Furthermore, the potential of these contexts for the assessment of locally performed subsistence-related activities is outlined. New research directions are required to test this potential, so that wells and other man-made pollen traps can become a valuable future tool for reconstructing the past

Agriculture · Archaeology · Biology · Geography · Land use · Period (music · Physical geography · Pollen · Settlement (finance · Subsistence agriculture · Vegetation (pathology · Vegetation cover · Archaeological Research and Protection · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Geology and Paleoclimatology Research · Ecology · Geology