Search for dissertations about: "pre-agrarian human impact"

Found 1 swedish dissertation containing the words pre-agrarian human impact.

2. 1. Human Impact on Vegetation of Coastal Estonia during the Stone Age

   Author : Anneli Poska; Dagfinn Moe; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Earth sciences; Estonia; pollen analysis; Holocene; pre-agrarian human impact; introduction of arable farming; Geovetenskap; Earth sciences; Geovetenskap; Quarternary Geology; kvartärgeologi;

   Abstract : This thesis presents the dynamics of vegetation and human impact on the environment in coastal Estonia during the Holocene. The sediments of five mires and two lakes from the mainland and from Saaremaa island, and a cultural layer of an Early Mesolithic settlement at Pärnu River were investigated by means of pollen analysis (modern and fossil pollen spectra), 14C dating (AMS and conventional dating) and numerical analysis of pollen data (rarefaction analysis, zonation and principal components analysis). READ MORE