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Human-environment interaction during the Holocene along the shoreline of the Ancient Lake Ladoga: A case study based on palaeoecological and archaeological material from the Karelian Isthmus, Russia
- Publication Year :
- 2020
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Abstract
- This paper presents the results of pollen, diatom, charcoal, and sediment analyses from Lake Bol’shoye Zavetnoye, situated between the Gulf of Finland and Lake Ladoga on the Karelian Isthmus, north-western Russia. The main goal is to contribute to the discussion of Neolithic land use in north-eastern Europe. The article aims to answer questions related to Stone Age hunter-gatherer economy, ecology, and anthropogenic environmental impact through a comprehensive combination of multiple types of palaeoecological data and archaeological material.According to diatom data, Lake Bol’shoye Zavetnoye was influenced by the water level oscillations of Ancient Lake Ladoga during much of the Holocene. Intensified human activity and prolonged human occupation become visible in the Lake Bol’shoye Zavetnoye pollen data between 4480 BC and 3250 BC. During the final centuries of the Stone Age, a new phase of land use began, as several anthropogenic indicators, such as Triticum, Cannabis, and Plantago lanceolata appear in the pollen data and a decrease in Pinus values is recorded. In general, the results indicate that socio-cultural transformations could have taken place already from the mid-5th millennium BC onwards, including new ways of utilizing the environment, perhaps also in the field of subsistence, even though the livelihood was based on foraging throughout the period.
- Subjects :
- 010506 paleontology
Archeology
the Karelian Isthmus
medicine.disease_cause
01 natural sciences
615 History and Archaeology
hunter-gatherer archaeology
Pollen
HISTORY
medicine
0601 history and archaeology
SEA-LEVEL CHANGES
Charcoal
Holocene
0105 earth and related environmental sciences
Earth-Surface Processes
DISPLACEMENT
Shore
STONE-AGE
Global and Planetary Change
geography
geography.geographical_feature_category
060102 archaeology
Ecology
Ancient lake
biology
LAND-USE
NICHE CONSTRUCTION
POLLEN
Paleontology
Sediment
06 humanities and the arts
15. Life on land
palaeoecology
FINLAND
biology.organism_classification
Archaeology
SOUTHERN
Diatom
lake sediment
visual_art
visual_art.visual_art_medium
Paleoecology
BALTIC SEA
Geology
human-environment interactions
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....d9d5656da05819b32d6cb6cc7565e390