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VEGETATION HISTORY AND ARCHAEOBOTANY
Volume 14, Issue 4, Pages 518-527Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s00334-005-0084-9
Keywords
biogeography; Mesolithic; macro remains; pollen morphology; north-eastern Germany
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Among plant remains from Mesolithic layers dating from 9249 to 7779 B.C. at the excavation site of Friesack IV in north-eastern Germany, nutlets of Urtica kioviensis were identified. Morphological studies have shown that they clearly differed from all other European Urtica species investigated. In contrast, pollen morphological investigations revealed only slight differences between the central European Urtica species, which could hardly have been noticed during routine or normal pollen analyses. The records of U. kioviensis nutlets are the first subfossil finds reported and prove the indigenous status of this taxon in north-eastern Germany. The records are discussed in the context of the overall species spectrum of the Mesolithic layers and consequences for the interpretation of pollen analytical studies concerning human impact are pointed out.
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