Pollen and non-pollen palynomorph evidence of medieval farming activities in southwestern Greenland

• Main Authors: Gauthier, Emilie, Bichet, Vincent, Massa, Charly, Petit, Christophe, Vannière, Boris, Richard, Hervé
• Other Authors: Laboratoire Chrono-environnement (UMR 6249) (LCE), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Franche-Comté (UFC), Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté COMUE (UBFC)-Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté COMUE (UBFC), Archéologie, Terre, Histoire, Sociétés Dijon (ARTeHiS), Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication (MCC)-Université de Bourgogne (UB)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Archéologies environnementales, Archéologies et Sciences de l'Antiquité (ArScAn), Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne (UP1)-Université Paris 8 Vincennes-Saint-Denis (UP8)-Université Paris Nanterre (UPN)-Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication (MCC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne (UP1)-Université Paris 8 Vincennes-Saint-Denis (UP8)-Université Paris Nanterre (UPN)-Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication (MCC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Ultimagri
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2010
• Subjects: Greenland; Non-pollen palynomorphs; Grazing pressure; Palynology; [SDE.ES]Environmental Sciences/Environment and Society; Igaliku
• Online Access: https://hal.science/hal-00540614; https://hal.science/hal-00540614/document; https://hal.science/hal-00540614/file/2010%20B%20Gauthier,%20.Pertit.%20Groenland%20VGA.pdf

International audience Radiocarbon dating, pollen and non-pollen palynomorph analyses from a lake core were used to establish the timing and effects of farming activities around Lake Igaliku, Eastern Settlement, Greenland. The absence of agro-pastoral impact before the medieval colonization by Europ...