Vegetation Change and Human Impact, as Reflected in Littorina Sea Lagoonal Deposits Near the Priedaine Archaeological Site at the Head of the Gulf of Riga (Plant Macroremains, Pollen and Wooden Artefacts) (original) (raw)

Abstract

VEGETATION CHANGE AND HUMAN IMPACT, AS REFLECTED IN LITTORINA SEA LAGOONAL DEPOSITS NEAR THE PRIEDAINE ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE AT THE HEAD OF THE GULF OF RIGA (PLANT MACROREMAINS, POLLEN ANDWOODEN ARTEFACTS) Aija CERIŅA1, Liene APSĪTE, Valdis BĒRZIŅŠ, Laimdota KALNIŅA, Ilze OZOLA Key words: Plant macroremains, Pollen, Wooden artefacts, Littorina lagoon The material for this study comes from an archaeological excavation at the edge of the Priedaine Neo- lithic settlement site, on the shore of a Littorina sea lagoon/lagoonal lake, and from a core about 20 m out from the former shoreline. Pollen and macroremain analysis of Core 20, taken near the settlement site, reflects the development of the Priedaine lagoon from the middle to the end of the Atlantic (AT2, AT3). The lagoon became a lake during the Sub-boreal, and infilling continued. A mire developed in the area of this former water body during the Sub-atlantic. Ruderal and cultivated land herb pollen indicates human presence and activi...

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