Journal
QUATERNARY INTERNATIONAL
Volume 353, Issue -, Pages 17-33Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2013.07.052
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- FWF Austrian Science Foundation [21129-G19]
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This interdisciplinary study combines an extensive archaeological survey and pollen analyses in the high altitudes of the Neolithic Iceman's territory to elucidate the palaeo-environmental and past cultural implications that triggered the onset and development of seasonal transhumance and alpine summer farming in this region. Therefore, pollen, NPP, and micro-charcoal analyses were performed on three peat deposits and one lake sediment located in the direct vicinity of excavated archaeological sites arrayed along the traditional transhumance route in the Otztal Alps. The development of pasture management at the high altitudes during the last 7000 years is revealed. Both the archaeological and the palynological results disclose that pasture activities become evident during the Bronze Age at the earliest. (C) 2013 Elsevier Ltd and INQUA. All rights reserved.
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