Publication details
New information augmenting the picture of local environment at the LGM/LGT in the context of the Middle Danube region
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| Year of publication | 2016 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | The Holocene |
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| Citation | |
| Doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0959683616640051 |
| Field | Archaeology, anthropology, ethnology |
| Keywords | Anthracology; LGM/LGT; malacology; Middle Danube region;Palaeolithic settlement; palynology |
| Description | Study focuses on the reconstruction of environmental conditions in the surroundings of the open-air Palaeolithic site, Brno-Štýřice III. The research concentrated on the study of malacological, pollen and anthracological samples to reconstruct the climate at the end of the LGM (more specifically into Last Glacial Termination (LGT). Analysis of chipped stone industry identifies the occupation with the Epigravettian settlement. The site represents a significant example of the recurrent habitation of a microclimatically favourable microregion near a watercourse in order to utilise available sources of livelihood. The results documented a more or less treeless character of surrounding landscape. The vegetation was mostly formed by a mixture of shrub tundra and grassy loess steppe vegetation. Open woodland with birch, willow and bird cherry occurred in relatively moist river banks and the lower slopes of hills with more favourable microclimatic conditions. Malacological collection highlights the presence of cool temperate species. |