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

• Published in: Quaternary Science Reviews
• Main Authors: Tinner, Willy, Lotter, André F., Ammann, Brigitta, Conedera, Marco, Hubschmid, Priska, van Leeuwen, Jacqueline, Wehrli, Michael
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2003
• Subjects: 580 Plants (Botany); Four Lakes; Greenland
• Online Access: https://boris.unibe.ch/73362/1/QuatSciRev_22_1447.pdf; https://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...