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Vegetation History and Archaeobotany
The Journal of Quaternary Plant Ecology, Palaeoclimate and Ancient Agriculture - Official Organ of the International Work Group for Palaeoethnobotany
Veget Hist Archaeobot
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Postglacial history of vegetation, human activity and lake-level changes at Jezioro Linówek in northeast Poland, based on multi-proxy data
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The Author(s)
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Open AccessThis article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits any use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author(s) and the source are credited.
Mariusz
Gałka
galka@amu.edu.pl
Kazimierz
Tobolski
Edyta
Zawisza
Tomasz
Goslar
Department of Biogeography and Palaeoecology
Adam Mickiewicz University
Dzięgielowa 27
61680
Poznan
Poland
Institute of Geological Sciences
Polish Academy of Sciences
Warsaw
Poland
Instituto de Geofisica
Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico
Mexico
Mexico
Faculty of Physics
Adam Mickiewicz University
Umultowska 85
61614
Poznan
Poland
Poznań Radiocarbon Laboratory
Foundation of the Adam Mickiewicz University
Rubież 46
61612
Poznan
Poland
Abstract
We present the postglacial history of vegetation, human activities and changes in lake level in the context of climate change in northeast Poland from ~14,000 cal. b.p. to the present day. The palaeoecological reconstruction is based on the results of high-resolution plant macrofossil analyses as well as records from pollen, Cladocera and radiocarbon dating. Climate fluctuations and human activity have caused many changes in vegetation development in Jezioro Linówek and in the vicinity of this lake. The Early Holocene warming that occurred at ~9500 b.c. caused an increase in Betula and the colonisation of Linówek by Potamogeton lucens, Nymphaea alba and Chara sp. At ~2300 b.c., climate cooling was accompanied by the spread of Picea abies and the appearance of Potamogeton alpinus and Nuphar pumila in the lake. The first traces of farming in the form of Cerealia pollen have been dated back to ~2100 b.c. The cultivation of Triticum began at ~250 b.c., Secale at ~a.d. 550, and Fagopyrum at ~a.d. 1720. The rapid increase in human activity at ~a.d. 1700 and the simultaneous loss of woodland is associated with the establishment of villages in the area and is expressed by the decline of tree curves. In Linówek, which was formed ~14,000 cal. b.p., three periods of high water level occurred (12000–9400, 7000–4000 and 1450 b.c.–a.d. 650), and two periods of low water level (9400–7100 and 3700–1700 b.c.). The changes of water level correspond well with other sites in central and northern Europe.
Keywords
Macrofossils
Pollen
Cladocera
NE Poland
Lake level changes
Human activity
Communicated by K.-E. Behre.