Werner Kofler
Biographic Data
| ID | 4899329 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Werner Kofler |
| GIVEN NAMES | Werner |
| FAMILY NAME | Kofler |
| SIGNATURE | KOFLER W |
| AFFILIATIONS | Universität Innsbruck |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7310-7819 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 39 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Holocene landscape evolution, palaeoclimate and human impact in the Fotsch Valley, Stubai Alps, Austria
Peatlands are receiving increasing attention in palaeoenvironmental research and represent very useful terrestrial archives for reconstructing vegetation, climate and human history. Previous palaeoenvironmental studies in the Fotsch Valley, Stubai Alps, Austria, focused on geoarchaeological investigations on the Ullafelsen representing a very important prehistorical encampment site used by Mesolithic hunter-gatherers (10.9–9.5 cal. kyr BP). In or…
Multi-proxy analyses of a minerotrophic fen to reconstruct prehistoric periods of human activity associated with salt mining in the Hallstatt region (Austria)
In this study, periods of prehistoric anthropogenic activity in the Hallstatt salt mining area (Upper Austria) are reconstructed from elemental (XRF-scanning, Q-ICP-MS) and Pb isotopic analyses (206Pb,207Pb,208Pb) of a radiocarbon-dated, 137-cm-long peat core covering the past ~7,000 years. The peat core was retrieved from a minerotrophic fen in the Hallstatt High Valley. Distinct metal enrichments attributed to low anthropogenic impact in Hallst…
Holocene paleoecological changes and agro-pastoral impact on the La Narce du Béage mire (Massif Central, France)
A paleoecological study (macrofossils, pollen, cryptogam spores, non-pollen palynomorphs) was performed to investigate environmental changes recorded on the peat deposits of the La Narce du Béage mire (Massif Central, France). We reconstructed the development of a limnogenous mire ecosystem during the Holocene, consequently to the infilling of a small Late Glacial lake. Successions from aquatic flora ( Isoëtes, Nitella opaca/ syncarpa, Botryococc…
Holocene vegetation history and human impact in the eastern Italian Alps
The present study aims to reconstruct vegetation development, climate changes and human impact using an ombrotrophic peat core from the Coltrondo bog in the eastern Italian Alps. Evidence from pollen, micro-charcoal, major and trace elements, and lead isotopes from this 7,900 years old peat deposit has been combined, and several climatic oscillations and phases of human impact detected. In particular, human presence was recorded in this area of t…
Neolithic to Bronze Age (4850–3450 cal. BP) fire management of the Alpine Lower Engadine landscape (Switzerland) to establish pastures and cereal fields
Agro-pastoral activities in the past act as environmental legacy and have shaped the current cultural landscape in the European Alps. This study reports about prehistoric fire incidents and their impact on the flora and vegetation near the village of Ardez in the Lower Engadine Valley (Switzerland) since the Late Neolithic Period. Pollen, charcoal particles and non-pollen palynomorphs preserved in the Saglias and Cutüra peat bog stratigraphies we…
Evidence for Early Human Presence at High Altitudes in the Ötztal Alps (Austria/Italy)
The present article reports on the results and interpretation of a total of 235 radiocarbon dates from Alpine sites in the Ötztal region. Out of these, 88 age determinations were performed on equipment and artifacts associated with the Neolithic Iceman (discovered in 1991), and on a variety of plant and animal specimens collected at his discovery site. Since the material was dispersed over a larger area, 14 C dates were important to establish the…
Six mosses from the Tyrolean Iceman’s alimentary tract and their significance for his ethnobotany and the events of his last days
Origin and seasonality of subfossil caprine dung from the discovery site of the Iceman (Eastern Alps)
How to find the bogmoss, Sphagnum imbricatum s.l., in South Tyrol, Italy
Vegetation responses to the 8200 cal. BP cold event and to long-term climatic changes in the Eastern Alps
Subfossil pollen from two bogs in temperature-sensitive, high-altitude regions were analysed in order to reconstruct early-to mid-Holocene summer temperature fluctuations in the Eastern Alps. The pollen records showed four centennial-scale cooling intervals with low growing-season temperatures, resulting in decreasing pollen production and/or lower treeline position during the period 9000-6000 cal. BP. For the first time, the 8200 cal. BP cold ev…
Climate related causes of distinct radial growth reductions in Pinus cembra during the last 200 yr
Land Use in the Eastern Alps During the Bronze Age—an Archaeobotanical Case Study of a Hilltop Settlement in the Montafon (Western Austria)
Investigations of the oldest prehistoric settlement in the western Austrian county of the Vorarlberg reveal a deeper insight into the colonization of the Alps. The human presence is recorded from the Late Neolithic ( c . 3000 cal. bc ) onwards, reflecting farming and possible mining activities. Three distinct settlement phases are recognized palynologically: (1) in the Early and Middle Bronze Ages ( c . 1700 cal. bc ), (2) during the Iron Age ( c…
Land Use in the Eastern Alps During the Bronze Age—an Archaeobotanical Case Study of a Hilltop Settlement in the Montafon (Western Austria)
Investigations of the oldest prehistoric settlement in the western Austrian county of the Vorarlberg reveal a deeper insight into the colonization of the Alps. The human presence is recorded from the Late Neolithic ( c . 3000 cal. bc ) onwards, reflecting farming and possible mining activities. Three distinct settlement phases are recognized palynologically: (1) in the Early and Middle Bronze Ages ( c . 1700 cal. bc ), (2) during the Iron Age ( c…
Origin and seasonality of subfossil caprine dung from the discovery site of the Iceman (Eastern Alps)
Vegetation responses to the 8200 cal. BP cold event and to long-term climatic changes in the Eastern Alps
Subfossil pollen from two bogs in temperature-sensitive, high-altitude regions were analysed in order to reconstruct early-to mid-Holocene summer temperature fluctuations in the Eastern Alps. The pollen records showed four centennial-scale cooling intervals with low growing-season temperatures, resulting in decreasing pollen production and/or lower treeline position during the period 9000-6000 cal. BP. For the first time, the 8200 cal. BP cold ev…
Holocene vegetation history and human impact in the eastern Italian Alps
The present study aims to reconstruct vegetation development, climate changes and human impact using an ombrotrophic peat core from the Coltrondo bog in the eastern Italian Alps. Evidence from pollen, micro-charcoal, major and trace elements, and lead isotopes from this 7,900 years old peat deposit has been combined, and several climatic oscillations and phases of human impact detected. In particular, human presence was recorded in this area of t…
Six mosses from the Tyrolean Iceman’s alimentary tract and their significance for his ethnobotany and the events of his last days
Evidence for Early Human Presence at High Altitudes in the Ötztal Alps (Austria/Italy)
The present article reports on the results and interpretation of a total of 235 radiocarbon dates from Alpine sites in the Ötztal region. Out of these, 88 age determinations were performed on equipment and artifacts associated with the Neolithic Iceman (discovered in 1991), and on a variety of plant and animal specimens collected at his discovery site. Since the material was dispersed over a larger area, 14 C dates were important to establish the…
Holocene paleoecological changes and agro-pastoral impact on the La Narce du Béage mire (Massif Central, France)
A paleoecological study (macrofossils, pollen, cryptogam spores, non-pollen palynomorphs) was performed to investigate environmental changes recorded on the peat deposits of the La Narce du Béage mire (Massif Central, France). We reconstructed the development of a limnogenous mire ecosystem during the Holocene, consequently to the infilling of a small Late Glacial lake. Successions from aquatic flora ( Isoëtes, Nitella opaca/ syncarpa, Botryococc…
How to find the bogmoss, Sphagnum imbricatum s.l., in South Tyrol, Italy
Vegetation responses to the 8200 cal. BP cold event and to long-term climatic changes in the Eastern Alps
Subfossil pollen from two bogs in temperature-sensitive, high-altitude regions were analysed in order to reconstruct early-to mid-Holocene summer temperature fluctuations in the Eastern Alps. The pollen records showed four centennial-scale cooling intervals with low growing-season temperatures, resulting in decreasing pollen production and/or lower treeline position during the period 9000-6000 cal. BP. For the first time, the 8200 cal. BP cold ev…
Climate related causes of distinct radial growth reductions in Pinus cembra during the last 200 yr
Land Use in the Eastern Alps During the Bronze Age—an Archaeobotanical Case Study of a Hilltop Settlement in the Montafon (Western Austria)
Investigations of the oldest prehistoric settlement in the western Austrian county of the Vorarlberg reveal a deeper insight into the colonization of the Alps. The human presence is recorded from the Late Neolithic ( c . 3000 cal. bc ) onwards, reflecting farming and possible mining activities. Three distinct settlement phases are recognized palynologically: (1) in the Early and Middle Bronze Ages ( c . 1700 cal. bc ), (2) during the Iron Age ( c…
Six mosses from the Tyrolean Iceman’s alimentary tract and their significance for his ethnobotany and the events of his last days
Origin and seasonality of subfossil caprine dung from the discovery site of the Iceman (Eastern Alps)
Evidence for Early Human Presence at High Altitudes in the Ötztal Alps (Austria/Italy)
The present article reports on the results and interpretation of a total of 235 radiocarbon dates from Alpine sites in the Ötztal region. Out of these, 88 age determinations were performed on equipment and artifacts associated with the Neolithic Iceman (discovered in 1991), and on a variety of plant and animal specimens collected at his discovery site. Since the material was dispersed over a larger area, 14 C dates were important to establish the…
Neolithic to Bronze Age (4850–3450 cal. BP) fire management of the Alpine Lower Engadine landscape (Switzerland) to establish pastures and cereal fields
Agro-pastoral activities in the past act as environmental legacy and have shaped the current cultural landscape in the European Alps. This study reports about prehistoric fire incidents and their impact on the flora and vegetation near the village of Ardez in the Lower Engadine Valley (Switzerland) since the Late Neolithic Period. Pollen, charcoal particles and non-pollen palynomorphs preserved in the Saglias and Cutüra peat bog stratigraphies we…
Holocene paleoecological changes and agro-pastoral impact on the La Narce du Béage mire (Massif Central, France)
A paleoecological study (macrofossils, pollen, cryptogam spores, non-pollen palynomorphs) was performed to investigate environmental changes recorded on the peat deposits of the La Narce du Béage mire (Massif Central, France). We reconstructed the development of a limnogenous mire ecosystem during the Holocene, consequently to the infilling of a small Late Glacial lake. Successions from aquatic flora ( Isoëtes, Nitella opaca/ syncarpa, Botryococc…
Holocene vegetation history and human impact in the eastern Italian Alps
The present study aims to reconstruct vegetation development, climate changes and human impact using an ombrotrophic peat core from the Coltrondo bog in the eastern Italian Alps. Evidence from pollen, micro-charcoal, major and trace elements, and lead isotopes from this 7,900 years old peat deposit has been combined, and several climatic oscillations and phases of human impact detected. In particular, human presence was recorded in this area of t…
Multi-proxy analyses of a minerotrophic fen to reconstruct prehistoric periods of human activity associated with salt mining in the Hallstatt region (Austria)
In this study, periods of prehistoric anthropogenic activity in the Hallstatt salt mining area (Upper Austria) are reconstructed from elemental (XRF-scanning, Q-ICP-MS) and Pb isotopic analyses (206Pb,207Pb,208Pb) of a radiocarbon-dated, 137-cm-long peat core covering the past ~7,000 years. The peat core was retrieved from a minerotrophic fen in the Hallstatt High Valley. Distinct metal enrichments attributed to low anthropogenic impact in Hallst…
Holocene landscape evolution, palaeoclimate and human impact in the Fotsch Valley, Stubai Alps, Austria
Peatlands are receiving increasing attention in palaeoenvironmental research and represent very useful terrestrial archives for reconstructing vegetation, climate and human history. Previous palaeoenvironmental studies in the Fotsch Valley, Stubai Alps, Austria, focused on geoarchaeological investigations on the Ullafelsen representing a very important prehistorical encampment site used by Mesolithic hunter-gatherers (10.9–9.5 cal. kyr BP). In or…
Geography (12 works) · Archaeology (10 works) · Ecology (9 works) · Geology (8 works) · Biology (7 works) · Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (7 works) · Holocene (7 works) · Peat (7 works) · Physical geography (7 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (4 works)