Preliminary conclusions on the Late Glacial vegetation in south-west Anatolia (Turkey): the complementary nature of palynological and anthracological approaches

Emery-Barbier, Aline; Thièbault, Stéphanie

doi:10.1016/j.jas.2005.03.006

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“…Human population densities increased at those times and in those regions when conditions were warmer and wetter, and during the transition from hunting-foraging to farming there is archaeological evidence that Epipalaeolithic and Neolithic communities modified their local and -possibly -regional environments by their use of, and need for, fire (e.g. Asouti and Hather, 2001;Emery-Barbier and Thiébault, 2005). Human actions thus seem to have amplified the underlying, climatically paced shifts in fire regime during the transition to Neolithic agriculture.…”

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“…Based on the low biomass availability and the paucity of archaeological evidence in central and eastern Anatolia, climate is therefore likely to have been the main factor limiting fire activity at this time in interior regions. By contrast, tree cover survived better in some coastal areas, and at sites such as Ö kü zini Cave in southwestern Turkey (Emery-Barbier and Thiébault, 2005) there is archaeological evidence of anthropogenic burning activity during this early Epipalaeolithic period.…”

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Fire, climate and the origins of agriculture: micro‐charcoal records of biomass burning during the last glacial–interglacial transition in Southwest Asia

Turner

Roberts

Eastwood

et al. 2009

J Quaternary Science

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This study investigates changes in climate, vegetation, wildfire and human activity in Southwest Asia during the transition to Neolithic agriculture between ca. 16 and ca. 9 ka. In order to trace the fire history of this region, we use microscopic charcoal from lake sediment sequences, and present two new records: one from south central Turkey (Akgöl) and the other from the southern Levant (Hula). These are interpreted primarily as the result of regional‐scale fire events, with the exception of a single large event ca. 13 ka at Akgöl, which phytolith analysis shows was the result of burning of the local marsh vegetation. Comparison between these and other regional micro‐charcoal, stable isotope and pollen records shows that wildfires were least frequent when the climate was cold and dry (glacial, Lateglacial Stadial) and the vegetation dominated by chenopod–Artemisia steppe, and that they became more frequent and/or bigger at times of warmer, wetter but seasonally dry climate (Lateglacial Interstadial, early Holocene). Warmer and wetter climates caused an increase in biomass availability, with woody matter appearing to provide the main fuel source in sites from the Levant, while grass fires predominated in the interior uplands of Anatolia. Southwest Asia's grasslands reached their greatest extent during the early Holocene, and they were maintained by dry‐season burning that helped to delay the spread of woodland by up to 3 ka, at the same time as Neolithic settlement became established across this grass parkland landscape. Although climatic changes appear to have acted as the principal ‘pacemaker’ for fire activity through the last glacial–interglacial climatic transition (LGIT), human actions may have amplified shifts in biomass burning. Fire regimes therefore changed markedly during this time period, and both influenced, and were influenced by, the cultural‐economic transition from hunter‐foraging to agriculture and village life. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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Fire, climate and the origins of agriculture: micro‐charcoal records of biomass burning during the last glacial–interglacial transition in Southwest Asia

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Roberts

Eastwood

et al. 2009

J Quaternary Science

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“…The data gained from the two methods complement each other in order to give a broader and more accurate picture about the former vegetation and the changes of woodland history [1][2][3][4]. The anatomical analysis of wood charred remains is called charcoal analysis or anthracology, and is vitally important method in geoarchaeological studies * E-mail: nafradi@geo.…”

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“…Opposite to it the locally deposited wood fossils show the local buried vegetation picture so it provides site related information [4]. At the same time pollen analysis allows us to examine the vegetation picture with high taxonomical resolution and with a well established chronology [4], while anthracological data give information only about ligneous genera or species [3].…”

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Vegetation history reconstructed from anthracology and pollen analysis at the rescue excavation of the MO Motorway, Hungary

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Abstract:The significance of geoarchaeological investigations is indisputable in reconstructing the former environment and in studying the relationship between humans and their surroundings. Several disciplines have developed during the last few decades to give insight into earlier time periods and their climatic conditions (e.g. palynology, malacology, archaeobotany, phytology and animal osteology). Charcoal and pollen analytical studies from the rescue excavation of the MO motorway provide information about the vegetation changes of the past. These methods are used to reconstruct the environment of the former settlements and to detect the human impact and natural climatic changes.

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“…Recent studies on environmental index (consisting of pollen, charcoal, plant residues, seeds, and organic carbon 13 C) to reconstruct the vegetation history (Iwashita et al, 2006;Garcia-Aguirre et al, 2007;Sadori and Giardini, 2007;Breitenlechner et al, 2010;Miyabuchi et al, 2012;Schüler et al, 2012). Compared to the large number of publications which present palynological data and the increasing number of papers which present anthracological records, only few studies use both methods (Emery-Barbier and Thiébault, 2005;Newman et al, 2007).…”

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Holocene vegetation change in relation to fire and volcanic events in Jilin, Northeastern China

Zhao

Hall

2015

Sci. China Earth Sci.

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Volatiles erupted from large-scale explosive volcanic activities have a significant impact on climate and environmental changes. As an important ecological factor, the occurrence of fire is affected by vegetation cover, and fire can feed back into both vegetation and climatic change. The causes of fire events are diverse; and can include volcanic eruptions. The amount of charcoal in sediment sequences is related to the frequency and intensity of fire, and hence under good preservation conditions fire history can be reconstructed from fossil charcoal abundance. Until now, little research on the role of fire has been carried out in northeastern China. In this study, through research on charcoal and tephra shards from Gushantun and Hanlongwan, Holocene vegetation change in relation to fire and volcanic events in Jilin, Northeastern China, was investigated. Where tephra shards are present in Gushantun it is associated with low level of both conifers and broadleaved trees, and is also associated with a pronounced charcoal peak. This suggests forest cover was greatly reduced from a fire caused by an eruption of the Tianchi volcano. We also detected one tephra layer in Hanlongwan, which also has the almost same depth with low level forest pollen values and one charcoal peak. This was caused probably by an eruption of the Jinlongdingzi volcano. Holocene, vegetation change, fire history, tephra shards, volcanic events, Northeastern China Citation:Zhao H L, Li X Q, Hall V A. 2015. Holocene vegetation change in relation to fire and volcanic events in

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Preliminary conclusions on the Late Glacial vegetation in south-west Anatolia (Turkey): the complementary nature of palynological and anthracological approaches

Cited by 40 publications

References 13 publications

Fire, climate and the origins of agriculture: micro‐charcoal records of biomass burning during the last glacial–interglacial transition in Southwest Asia

Fire, climate and the origins of agriculture: micro‐charcoal records of biomass burning during the last glacial–interglacial transition in Southwest Asia

Vegetation history reconstructed from anthracology and pollen analysis at the rescue excavation of the MO Motorway, Hungary

Holocene vegetation change in relation to fire and volcanic events in Jilin, Northeastern China

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