Agrara fluktuationer och befolknings-utveckling på sydsvenska höglandet tolkade utifrån röjningsrösen
(2013) In Fornvännen 108(4). p.263-277- Abstract
- In this paper a data set of 716 radiocarbon dates from the South-Swedish Upland is presented. The dated material is charcoal found beneath clearance cairns, which originates from agricultural land clearance by fire. The chronological distribution of the calibrated dates, presented as summed probability, is interpreted in terms of agricultural fluctuations as well as long-term changes in human population. The first significant clearances in the area started in the beginning of the Bronze Age, while the strongest expansion periods were the Roman Iron Age and the High Middle Ages (13th century). The Migration Period and the Vendel Period were characterised by decreased agricultural activity and probably population decline, which may have been... (More)
- In this paper a data set of 716 radiocarbon dates from the South-Swedish Upland is presented. The dated material is charcoal found beneath clearance cairns, which originates from agricultural land clearance by fire. The chronological distribution of the calibrated dates, presented as summed probability, is interpreted in terms of agricultural fluctuations as well as long-term changes in human population. The first significant clearances in the area started in the beginning of the Bronze Age, while the strongest expansion periods were the Roman Iron Age and the High Middle Ages (13th century). The Migration Period and the Vendel Period were characterised by decreased agricultural activity and probably population decline, which may have been due to a crisis period starting in about AD 400. In contrast, the Late Medieval crisis, which is distinctly visible in pollen records from the area, is difficult to identify in the radiocarbon dates from clearance cairns. The long-term trends in radiocarbon data are compared with palaeoclimatic and pollen data. (Less)
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- Lagerås, Per LU
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- 2013
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- Fornvännen
- volume
- 108
- issue
- 4
- pages
- 263 - 277
- publisher
- Kungliga Vitterhets- historie- och antikvitetsakademien
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- wos:000329555500005
- ISSN
- 1404-9430
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- Swedish
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abstract = {{In this paper a data set of 716 radiocarbon dates from the South-Swedish Upland is presented. The dated material is charcoal found beneath clearance cairns, which originates from agricultural land clearance by fire. The chronological distribution of the calibrated dates, presented as summed probability, is interpreted in terms of agricultural fluctuations as well as long-term changes in human population. The first significant clearances in the area started in the beginning of the Bronze Age, while the strongest expansion periods were the Roman Iron Age and the High Middle Ages (13th century). The Migration Period and the Vendel Period were characterised by decreased agricultural activity and probably population decline, which may have been due to a crisis period starting in about AD 400. In contrast, the Late Medieval crisis, which is distinctly visible in pollen records from the area, is difficult to identify in the radiocarbon dates from clearance cairns. The long-term trends in radiocarbon data are compared with palaeoclimatic and pollen data.}},
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language = {{swe}},
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publisher = {{Kungliga Vitterhets- historie- och antikvitetsakademien}},
series = {{Fornvännen}},
title = {{Agrara fluktuationer och befolknings-utveckling på sydsvenska höglandet tolkade utifrån röjningsrösen}},
volume = {{108}},
year = {{2013}},
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