Population dynamics, social resilience strategies, and Adaptive Cycles in early farming societies of SW Central Europe

Gronenborn, Detlef; Strien, Hans-Christoph; Lemmen, Carsten

doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2017.01.018

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“…Once these unfavourable areas were occupied, social dynamics come into play and changing environmental conditions do not necessarily lead to the abandonment. Diversification of land use, for example, might have made it possible to continuously use unfavourable areas, sustained by the buffering capacity and resilience of societies [ 110 , 111 ].…”

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Archaeopedological analysis of colluvial deposits in favourable and unfavourable areas: reconstruction of land use dynamics in SW Germany

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Colluvial deposits, as the correlate sediments of human-induced soil erosion, depict an excellent archive of land use and landscape history as indicators of human–environment interactions. This study establishes a chronostratigraphy of colluvial deposits and reconstructs past land use dynamics in the Swabian Jura, the Baar and the Black Forest in SW Germany. In the agriculturally favourable Baar area multiple main phases of colluvial deposition, and thus intensified land use, can be identified from the Neolithic to the Modern times. In the unfavourable Swabian Jura increased colluvial deposition began later compared to the more favourable areas in the Baar. The same holds true for the unfavourable areas of the Black Forest, but intensified land use can only be reconstructed for the Middle Ages and Early Modern times instead of for the Bronze and Iron Age as in the Swabian Jura. Land use intensity and settlement dynamics represented by thick, multilayered colluvial deposits increase in the Baar and the Black Forest during the Middle Ages. In between those phases of geomorphodynamic activity and colluviation, stable phases occur, interpreted as phases with sustainable land use or without human presence.

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Archaeopedological analysis of colluvial deposits in favourable and unfavourable areas: reconstruction of land use dynamics in SW Germany

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“…Finally, around AD 1300, relatively stable socio-political formations emerged, only to be disrupted two centuries later by the invading Spanish. Similar patterns are visible in the persistence of foraging systems across the ice age to Holocene transition in the Levant [91], and in early Holocene farming societies of southwest Central Europe [92]. They may be especially prominent among societies developing novel forms of subsistence and social organisation.…”

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“…In any case, the global dry event of the mentioned Meghalayan phase coincides with the transition of early and middle Bronze Age in the Carpathian Basin. Based on the archaeological and environmental historical analyses [121][122][123][124][125][126][127][128] it is evident, that human communities respond to environmental impact and crises with cultural and technical transformations and a coincidence can be noted between the dry climate event of the Meghalayan phase and the transition of early/middle Bronze Age phase. In our cases, this coincidence requires further investigation.…”

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Sedimentological-Geochemical Data Based Reconstruction of Climate Changes and Human Impacts from the Peat Sequence of Round Lake in the Western Foothill Area of the Eastern Carpathians, Romania

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This paper presents the results of comparative sedimentological and geochemical analysis of the mire at Sânpaul, Round Lake (Kerek-tó). The palaeoecological site is situated in the western foothill area of the Eastern Carpathians in Romania. The primary objective of this study was to analyse the accumulation of major and trace elements in a 7500 year-long peat and lake deposition. The concentrations of 13 elements were determined by using handheld XRF. This paper presents the results of a multidisciplinary study, for which the principal aims were to examine the long-term relationship between land degradation in the Homoród Hills using various palaeoecological techniques, primarily comparative geochemical analyses. The PCA of elemental concentrations suggests that Round Lake is mainly controlled by the input of inorganic mineral matter and the LOI550 of peat. However, some elements are influenced by biological processes of vegetation and groundwater. Geohistorical studies compared with vegetation changes and elemental distribution helped the detection of erosion phases in the level of 12 prehistoric cultures.

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Population dynamics, social resilience strategies, and Adaptive Cycles in early farming societies of SW Central Europe

Cited by 23 publications

References 54 publications

Archaeopedological analysis of colluvial deposits in favourable and unfavourable areas: reconstruction of land use dynamics in SW Germany

Archaeopedological analysis of colluvial deposits in favourable and unfavourable areas: reconstruction of land use dynamics in SW Germany

Survival of the Systems

Sedimentological-Geochemical Data Based Reconstruction of Climate Changes and Human Impacts from the Peat Sequence of Round Lake in the Western Foothill Area of the Eastern Carpathians, Romania

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