Palynological evidence for pre-agricultural reindeer grazing and the later settlement history of the Lycksele region, northern Sweden
Funder: Leverhulme Trust; doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100000275 Funder: European Research Council; doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100000781 Abstract: Analyses of high-resolution pollen data, coprophilous fungal spores, microscopic charcoal and sedimentology, combined with radiocarbon dati...
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ftunivcam:oai:www.repository.cam.ac.uk:1810/317632 2023-07-30T04:05:52+02:00 Palynological evidence for pre-agricultural reindeer grazing and the later settlement history of the Lycksele region, northern Sweden Kamerling, Ilse M. Schofield, J. Edward Edwards, Kevin J. 2021-02-15T16:09:42Z text/xml application/pdf https://doi.org/10.17863/CAM.64747 https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/317632 en eng Springer Berlin Heidelberg Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences doi:10.17863/CAM.64747 https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/317632 Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Original Paper Forest Sami Reindeer herding Nordic farmers Colonization Grazing Hay making Fire clearance Swidden Boreal forest Pollen analysis Coprophilous fungal spores Article 2021 ftunivcam https://doi.org/10.17863/CAM.64747 2023-07-10T21:49:42Z Funder: Leverhulme Trust; doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100000275 Funder: European Research Council; doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100000781 Abstract: Analyses of high-resolution pollen data, coprophilous fungal spores, microscopic charcoal and sedimentology, combined with radiocarbon dating, allow the assessment of the impact of Sami and Nordic land use in the region surrounding the winter market town of Lycksele in northern Sweden. Such winter markets were established by the Crown during the seventeenth century AD to control the semi-nomadic movements of the Sami who traded here with Finnish settlers and were also taxed and educated. Little is known about Sami and Nordic co-existence beyond these market places, mainly due to a lack of archaeological evidence relating to Sami activity. Vegetation and land-use changes in the region between ~ AD 250 and 1825 reveal no signal for pre-seventeenth century agricultural activity, but the coprophilous fungal spore records suggest the increased regional presence of grazing herbivores (possibly reindeer) between ~ AD 800 and 1100. Sami activity in the parish of Lycksele has been suggested by rich metal finds dated to ~ AD 1000–1350 and they may have been attracted by an abundance of reindeer. Article in Journal/Newspaper Northern Sweden sami Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository |
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Original Paper Forest Sami Reindeer herding Nordic farmers Colonization Grazing Hay making Fire clearance Swidden Boreal forest Pollen analysis Coprophilous fungal spores Kamerling, Ilse M. Schofield, J. Edward Edwards, Kevin J. Palynological evidence for pre-agricultural reindeer grazing and the later settlement history of the Lycksele region, northern Sweden |
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Funder: Leverhulme Trust; doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100000275 Funder: European Research Council; doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100000781 Abstract: Analyses of high-resolution pollen data, coprophilous fungal spores, microscopic charcoal and sedimentology, combined with radiocarbon dating, allow the assessment of the impact of Sami and Nordic land use in the region surrounding the winter market town of Lycksele in northern Sweden. Such winter markets were established by the Crown during the seventeenth century AD to control the semi-nomadic movements of the Sami who traded here with Finnish settlers and were also taxed and educated. Little is known about Sami and Nordic co-existence beyond these market places, mainly due to a lack of archaeological evidence relating to Sami activity. Vegetation and land-use changes in the region between ~ AD 250 and 1825 reveal no signal for pre-seventeenth century agricultural activity, but the coprophilous fungal spore records suggest the increased regional presence of grazing herbivores (possibly reindeer) between ~ AD 800 and 1100. Sami activity in the parish of Lycksele has been suggested by rich metal finds dated to ~ AD 1000–1350 and they may have been attracted by an abundance of reindeer. |
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Kamerling, Ilse M. Schofield, J. Edward Edwards, Kevin J. |
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Palynological evidence for pre-agricultural reindeer grazing and the later settlement history of the Lycksele region, northern Sweden |
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Palynological evidence for pre-agricultural reindeer grazing and the later settlement history of the Lycksele region, northern Sweden |
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Palynological evidence for pre-agricultural reindeer grazing and the later settlement history of the Lycksele region, northern Sweden |
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Palynological evidence for pre-agricultural reindeer grazing and the later settlement history of the Lycksele region, northern Sweden |
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Palynological evidence for pre-agricultural reindeer grazing and the later settlement history of the Lycksele region, northern Sweden |
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palynological evidence for pre-agricultural reindeer grazing and the later settlement history of the lycksele region, northern sweden |
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2021 |
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