Climatic change and contemporaneous land-use phases north and south of the Alps 2300 BC to 800 AD ...

• Main Authors: Lotter, André F., Tinner, Willy, Ammann, Brigitta, Wehrli, Michael, Conedera, Marco, Van Leeuwen, Jacqueline, Hubschmid, Priska
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2003
• Subjects: 580 Plants Botany; Greenland
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.7892/boris.73362; http://boris.unibe.ch/73362/

Fluctuations in the Δ14C curve and subsequent gaps of archaeological findings at 800–650 and 400–100 BC in western and central Europe may indicate major climate-driven land-abandonment phases. To address this hypothesis radiocarbon-dated sediments from four lakes in Switzerland were studied palynolo...