Holocene vegetation change in northernmost Fennoscandia and the impact on prehistoric foragers 12 000–2000 cal. a BP – A review
This is the pre-peer reviewed version of the following article: Sjøgren, P., Damm, C. (2019). Holocene vegetation change in northernmost Fennoscandia and the impact on prehistoric foragers 12 000–2000 cal. a BP – A review. Boreas, 48 , 20– 35, which has been published in final form at https://doi.or...
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ftunivtroemsoe:oai:munin.uit.no:10037/15165 2023-05-15T16:11:43+02:00 Holocene vegetation change in northernmost Fennoscandia and the impact on prehistoric foragers 12 000–2000 cal. a BP – A review Sjøgren, Per Johan E Damm, Charlotte Brysting 2018-09-14 https://hdl.handle.net/10037/15165 https://doi.org/10.1111/bor.12344 eng eng Wiley Boreas info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/RCN/FRIHUMSAM/261760/Norway/Stone Age Demographics: multi-scale exploration of population variations and dynamics// Sjøgren, P., Damm, C. (2019). Holocene vegetation change in northernmost Fennoscandia and the impact on prehistoric foragers 12 000–2000 cal. a BP – A review. Boreas, 48 , 20– 35. https://doi.org/10.1111/bor.12344 FRIDAID 1609165 doi:10.1111/bor.12344 0300-9483 1502-3885 https://hdl.handle.net/10037/15165 openAccess VDP::Humanities: 000::Archeology: 090::Nordic archeology: 091 VDP::Humaniora: 000::Arkeologi: 090::Nordisk arkeologi: 091 VDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Zoology and botany: 480::Vegetation history: 495 VDP::Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400::Zoologiske og botaniske fag: 480::Vegetasjonshistorie: 495 Journal article Tidsskriftartikkel Peer reviewed 2018 ftunivtroemsoe https://doi.org/10.1111/bor.12344 2021-06-25T17:56:21Z This is the pre-peer reviewed version of the following article: Sjøgren, P., Damm, C. (2019). Holocene vegetation change in northernmost Fennoscandia and the impact on prehistoric foragers 12 000–2000 cal. a BP – A review. Boreas, 48 , 20– 35, which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1111/bor.12344 . This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions . While single pollen records are widely used in reconstructing the environment for nearby prehistoric settlements, they are less helpful when addressing large‐scale issues of variation in human settlement patterns. In order to assess the impact of vegetation change on regional prehistoric settlement and subsistence patterns in an ecotone sensitive area, we inferred the general change in main vegetation types based on palaeobotanical investigations from across northernmost Fennoscandia. Tundra vegetation was predominant during the Lateglacial and earliest parts of the Holocene. Maritime birch forests rich in ferns started to expand c. 11 000 cal. a BP and became dominant from 10 000 cal. a BP. Pine expanded from the NE of the investigation area and pine‐birch forest dominated in the inland around 8000 cal. a BP. A gradual degeneration of forest towards more open birch woodland started c. 6000 cal. a BP with the most marked change around 3500 cal. a BP. Along the northern outer coast, this eventually led to open heathland. Comparison with the archaeological setting suggests a general correlation between low forest cover and extensive mobility patterns, while widespread and varied forest cover appear to have led to a more sedentary way of life. The background for this is arguably that the forested landscapes hosted a larger diversity of resources within a shorter foraging distance, while areas and periods with low forest cover required longer travels to obtain the desired prey and materials. Article in Journal/Newspaper Fennoscandia Tundra University of Tromsø: Munin Open Research Archive Bor ENVELOPE(126.850,126.850,61.750,61.750) Boreas ENVELOPE(-3.933,-3.933,-71.300,-71.300) Damm ENVELOPE(162.617,162.617,-82.600,-82.600) Boreas 48 1 20 35 |
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This is the pre-peer reviewed version of the following article: Sjøgren, P., Damm, C. (2019). Holocene vegetation change in northernmost Fennoscandia and the impact on prehistoric foragers 12 000–2000 cal. a BP – A review. Boreas, 48 , 20– 35, which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1111/bor.12344 . This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions . While single pollen records are widely used in reconstructing the environment for nearby prehistoric settlements, they are less helpful when addressing large‐scale issues of variation in human settlement patterns. In order to assess the impact of vegetation change on regional prehistoric settlement and subsistence patterns in an ecotone sensitive area, we inferred the general change in main vegetation types based on palaeobotanical investigations from across northernmost Fennoscandia. Tundra vegetation was predominant during the Lateglacial and earliest parts of the Holocene. Maritime birch forests rich in ferns started to expand c. 11 000 cal. a BP and became dominant from 10 000 cal. a BP. Pine expanded from the NE of the investigation area and pine‐birch forest dominated in the inland around 8000 cal. a BP. A gradual degeneration of forest towards more open birch woodland started c. 6000 cal. a BP with the most marked change around 3500 cal. a BP. Along the northern outer coast, this eventually led to open heathland. Comparison with the archaeological setting suggests a general correlation between low forest cover and extensive mobility patterns, while widespread and varied forest cover appear to have led to a more sedentary way of life. The background for this is arguably that the forested landscapes hosted a larger diversity of resources within a shorter foraging distance, while areas and periods with low forest cover required longer travels to obtain the desired prey and materials. |
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Holocene vegetation change in northernmost Fennoscandia and the impact on prehistoric foragers 12 000–2000 cal. a BP – A review |
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Holocene vegetation change in northernmost Fennoscandia and the impact on prehistoric foragers 12 000–2000 cal. a BP – A review |
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Holocene vegetation change in northernmost Fennoscandia and the impact on prehistoric foragers 12 000–2000 cal. a BP – A review |
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Holocene vegetation change in northernmost Fennoscandia and the impact on prehistoric foragers 12 000–2000 cal. a BP – A review |
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Holocene vegetation change in northernmost Fennoscandia and the impact on prehistoric foragers 12 000–2000 cal. a BP – A review |
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holocene vegetation change in northernmost fennoscandia and the impact on prehistoric foragers 12 000–2000 cal. a bp – a review |
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