Bronze-early iron age environment of the Iman River Basin, Russian far east
✍ Scribed by Natalya B. Verkhovskaya; Aleksandr S. Kundyshev; Nikolay A. Kliuev
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1994
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 678 KB
- Volume
- 9
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0883-6353
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✦ Synopsis
Three archaeological sites of the Bronze and Early Iron Ages were investigated using palynological methods. To interpret the fossil spectra more accurately, recent pollen from alluvium, surface soil and cultural layers within modern villages were also studied in the area. During the time interval when the ancient cultural layers accumulated, thinned-out birch forests were replaced by mixed coniferous and broad-leaved trees. This might have been caused by climatic transition which possibly influenced the changing cultural traditions within the area. The climatic transition also includes a change in humidity. The wettest stages are recorded by pollen data during the transition period between the Bronze and Early Iron Age. This corresponds to the Subboreal/Subatlantic boundary within the European Holocene (around 2500 yr B.P.).