Reflections of Prehistoric and Medieval human activities infloodplain deposits of the Únanovka Stream, South Moravia,Czech Republic
2015
Floodplain sediments of the Unanovka Stream's catchment were
investigated utilizing the methods of sedimentology and
paleoecology. The development of human settlements in the
stream catchment and dating from the Prehistoric through the
Medieval, have been compared with floodplain evolution.
Paleoecological data were obtained from the pollen record and
plant macroremains. Bulk samples of the sediments were analyzed
for phosphates, magnetic susceptibility, and grain size;
macroremains were dated using the radiocarbon method.
Floodplain structure were explored by combination of
geophysical methods and drilling. The floodplain base was
formed during the beginning of the Neolithic, where a sandy,
organic silt layer was formed upon a sandy gravel basement,
under a deciduous forest environment. From approximately the
late neolithic, when a silty loam sediment started
accumulation, direct paleoecological evidence of agriculture
has been recorded. Since the beginning of the Middle Ages, the
dominant vegetation was of a ruderal character, with Alder.
From the High Middle Ages, the processes of accumulation and
erosion in the neighboring region accelerated.
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