The environmental history of a former salt town in Transylvania (Sic, Northern Romania)
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13145175 |
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| Authors | Gusztáv Jakab (0000-0002-2569-5967, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, corresponding author), Lóránd Silye (0000-0001-7306-6041, Babeș-Bolyai University, corresponding author), Pál Sümegi (0000-0003-1755-4440, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, corresponding author), Tünde Törőcsik (0000-0002-2014-5990, University of Szeged, corresponding author), Attila Toth (0000-0001-5621-5893, Sapientia Hungarian University of Transylvania, corresponding author), Balázs Sümegi (Hungarian Academy of Sciences, corresponding author), Balázs Pál Sümegi (Laboratory of Environmental Studies, Institute of Nuclear Research of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, 18/C Bem tér, H-4025 Debrecen, Hungary), Elek Benkő (0000-0003-3937-0212, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 69 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 185-206 |
| Publication date | 2018-06-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Acta Archaeologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0001-5210 • E-ISSN: 1588-2551 |
| Publisher | Akadémiai Kiadó (PUBLISHER • HU) |
| DOI | 10.1556/072.2018.69.1.8 |
| OpenAlex | W2808768706 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 8 |
The medieval market-town of Sic (Szék in Hungarian) was an important Transylvanian settlement due to its remarkable salt mining. The impact of the mining activities on the environment and the history of water management were investigated based on a palaeoecological study, performed on the large Reedbed of Sic (Stufărişurile/Nádas-tó). We found that in the last 3000 years the anthropogenic impact has been continuous in the territory, but the types and intensity of the disturbances changed with time. The most notable environmental transitions took place after 1000 AD, suggesting a significant intensification of salt mining. Forest cover significantly drop, but salt concentration and the frequency of halophytic species in the investigated marshland increased during the Late Middle Ages. The dominance of halophytic marshland species reached their peak in the 17 th century. This coincides with the apogee of mining activities and human lake management. The most remarkable deforestation occurred in the 18 th century, when the present-day landscape with negligible forest cover was developed
Archaeology · Biology · Deforestation (computer science · Dominance (genetics · Geography · Physical geography · Salt marsh · Salt pan · Ancient and Medieval Archaeology Studies · Archaeological Research and Protection · Ecology · Marine and environmental studies
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| Citations per year | 0.25 |
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| Citation span | 2022 - 2022 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |