Environment and man around Lakes Duba and Pelesa, SE Lithuania, during the Late Glacial and Holocene

• Autorzy: Stančikaitė M. , Kabailienė M. , Ostrauskas T. , Guobytė R.
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Interdisciplinary investigations (pollen and diatom analysis, 14C dating and geological-geomorphological and archaeological data) around Lakes Duba and Pelesa, in SE Lithuania, have elucidated the environmental history and human impact throughout the Late Glacial and Holocene. Aerial photograph interpretations indicate that both lakes are residual basins of one Post-Glacial palaeolake outside the morainic relief of the Nemunas (Weichselian) Glaciation. Pollen assemblages from lacustrine deposits date back to the Older Dryas (Lake Duba) and Alleröd (Lake Pelesa) and cover all chronozones of the Post-Glacial. Diatom analysis has illustrated the palaeoecological conditions in the lakes and helped reconstruct successive water levels throughout the last 12300 radiocarbon years. Diatom abundance and the distribution of the planktonic, benthic and epiphytic species suggest a lowering of Lake Duba and Lake Pelesa at (e.g.) 11900-10900 14C BP, (e.g.) 10000-8100 14C BP and (e.g.) 3700-2500 14C BP. Pollen data suggest that the earliest signs of human impact and local forest clearances data from about (e.g.) 8400-8300 14C BP. The first record of cereal pollen in sediments dates from earlier than (e.g.) 6000 14C BP. Therefore, agriculture was introduced into the area not earlier than the second half of the Midle Neolithic, at about (e.g.) 5000-4400 14C BP. Continous indications of agriculture and progressive clearing of woodland is consistent with the increasing role of a farming economy during the Bronze Age. Since the 1800-1900 14C BP formation of an open canopy, increasing soil erosion and changes in vegetation emphasize the remarkable human impact on the environment.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

Lithuania; SE Lithuania; Holocene; Late Glacial; environmental changes; human impact

• Wydawca: Państwowy Instytut Geologiczny - Państwowy Instytut Badawczy
• Czasopismo: Geological Quarterly
• Rocznik: 2002
• Tom: Vol. 46, No 4
• Strony: 391--410
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 71 poz., rys., tab., wykr.

Twórcy

autor

Stančikaitė M.

• Institute of Geology and Geography, T. Sevčenkos 13, LT 2600, Vilnius, Lithuania

autor

Kabailienė M.

• Department of Geology and Mineralogy, M. K. Čiurlionio 21/27, LT 2600, Vilnius, Lithuania

autor

Ostrauskas T.

• Institute of History, Kražių 5, LT 2000, Vilnius, Lithuania

autor

Guobytė R.

• Geological Survey of Lithuania, S. Konarskio 35, LT 2600, Vilnius, Lithuania

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