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The Dutch Aamsveen lies in a glacial basin in the Dutch-German border area. It consists of remnants of a cross-border raised bog and a lagg with degrading species-rich basiphilous plant communities. Farther west, the Glanerbeek drains the footslope at the edge of the basin and adjacent lagg. For the Netherlands, this is a rare wetland ecosystem and an important Natura 2000 area, but it is threatened by ongoing degradation. A spatiotemporal landscape ecological system analysis (LESA), including extensive palaeoecological research, showed the fundamental role of the interplay between infiltrating acid bog water that gradually acquires basic cations from the underlying base rich sediments as it flows laterally towards the lagg, where it seeps up, and the (lesser) influx of base rich surficial groundwater from the ice-pushed ridge in the west. Anthropogenic disturbance of this interplay has led to serious system degradation. The results of this LESA served to develop an integrated management plan at landscape level, instead of habitat level plans as is usual in the context of Natura 2000. This study illustrates the relevance of a spatiotemporal LESA for the recovery and sustainable management of such complex, dynamic systems.

A synthesis of the current knowledge of the so-called Italian giacimenti a olle d’impasto rossiccio (reddish jar potsherd deposits) is presented. These sites are common along the Tyrrhenian side of Central Italy and are usually interpreted as salt-production sites, because of parallels with similar European specialised sites. In the latter, salt was obtained by boiling a brine in special disposable pottery, a technique known as briquetage. However, the analogies are not straightforward and alternative hypotheses, e.g. fish-processing, and a more complex intertwined economy have also been put forward. To solve the interpretation issues, we advocate to use a multidisciplinary approach involving quantification of the ceramics encountered, establishment of their morphological and functional typologies, and physico/chemical analyses to identify their use.

A seguito della sintesi pubblicata sulle indagini archeologiche nel territorio di Sezze, condotte dall'Università di Groningen sotto l'egida del Progetto della Regione Pontina (PRP), questo documento discute la metodologia e i primi risultati di due progetti di ricerca sul campo più recenti nel quadro del PRP, entrambi finanziati dall'Organizzazione olandese per la ricerca scientifica (NWO): 1) l'Avellino Event Project (AVP) delle Università di Groningen e Leiden che studia gli effetti distali della grande eruzione del Vesuvio risalente all'età del bronzo sull'ambiente umano della pianura di Fondi e della pianura Pontina. 2) il progetto dei Centri Minori che studia lo sviluppo degli insediamenti di Forum Appi e Ad Medias lungo la Via Appia in relazione allo sviluppo della campagna romana. Entrambi i progetti contribuiscono in modo significativo alla ricostruzione a lungo termine del paesaggio umano nella pianura di Sezze e aprono prospettive su ulteriori lavori interdisciplinari., IpoTESI di Preistoria, V. 11, N. 1 (2019)

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A seguito della sintesi pubblicata sulle indagini archeologiche nel territorio di Sezze, condotte dall'Università di Groningen sotto l'egida del Progetto della Regione Pontina (PRP), questo documento discute la metodologia e i primi risultati di due progetti di ricerca sul campo più recenti nel quadro del PRP, entrambi finanziati dall'Organizzazione olandese per la ricerca scientifica (NWO): 1) l'Avellino Event Project (AVP) delle Università di Groningen e Leiden che studia gli effetti distali della grande eruzione del Vesuvio risalente all'età del bronzo sull'ambiente umano della pianura di Fondi e della pianura Pontina. 2) il progetto dei Centri Minori che studia lo sviluppo degli insediamenti di Forum Appi e Ad Medias lungo la Via Appia in relazione allo sviluppo della campagna romana. Entrambi i progetti contribuiscono in modo significativo alla ricostruzione a lungo termine del paesaggio umano nella pianura di Sezze e aprono prospettive su ulteriori lavori interdisciplinari. -- Following a synthesis of published archaeological investigations in the territory of Sezze by the team of the University of Groningen within the Pontine Region Project (PRP), this paper discusses the methodology and first results of two more recent fieldwork projects within the framework of the PRP, both funded by the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO): 1) the Avellino Event Project (AVP) of the universities of Groningen and Leiden that studies the distal effects of the great Bronze Age eruption of mount Vesuvius on the humanenvironment of the Fondi and Pontine plains. 2) the Minor Centres project that studies the development of the settlements of Forum Appi and Ad Medias along the Via Appia in relation with the development of the Roman countryside. Both projects add significantly to the long term reconstruction of the human landscape in the plain south of Sezze as well as open up perspectives on further interdisciplinary work.

Sinds het midden van de vorige eeuw heeft de Nederlandsenatuur te lijden gehad van overmatige zuur- en stikstofdepositie. Maatregelen om de effecten hiervan te bestrijden, leidden niet altijd tot het gewenste resultaat en hadden soms dermate sterke neveneffecten dat ze eerder ongewenst waren. Sinds kort is steenmeel in beeld als middel dat mogelijk wel de positieve effecten maar niet de neveneffecten heeft. Kennis over de effecten vansteenmeel op gedegradeerde natuur en bos is echter nog lang geen gemeengoed. Op 18 februari 2019 organiseerden de VBNE en het OBN Deskundigen team Droog zandlandschap een discussiedag voor onderzoekers en andere direct betrokkenen rond het onderwerp “Steenmeel als herstelmaatregel” om kennis, inzichten en onzekerheden rond dit thema uit te wisselen en mogelijke richtlijnen te bespreken voor een eventuele toepassing van steenmeel als herstelmaatregel in natuurgebieden.

Chapter 4 is dedicated to optically stimulated luminescence dating. This technique became available in the 1990s. Also for this dating technique it is valid that detailed knowledge of the technique and the sample properties are crucial for the interpretation of the dates. The case studies of polycyclic driftsand deposits and plaggic Anthrosols demonstrate the differences in ages of organic and mineral fractions of soil samples and how to interpret this in the context of soil genesis.

Sinds het midden van de vorige eeuw heeft de Nederlandse natuur te lijden gehad van overmatige zuur- en stikstofdepositie. Maatregelen om de effecten hiervan te bestrijden, leidden niet altijd tot het gewenste resultaat en hadden soms dermate sterke neveneffecten dat ze eerder ongewenst waren. Sinds kort is steenmeel in beeld als middel dat mogelijk wel de positieve effecten maar niet de neveneffecten heeft. Kennis over de effecten van steenmeel op gedegradeerde natuur en bos is echter nog lang geen gemeengoed. Op 18 februari 2019 organiseerden de VBNE en het OBN Deskundigenteam Droog zandlandschap een discussiedag voor onderzoekers en andere direct betrokkenen rond het onderwerp “Steenmeel als herstelmaatregel” om kennis, inzichten en onzekerheden rond dit thema uit te wisselen en mogelijke richtlijnen te bespreken voor een eventuele toepassing van steenmeel als herstelmaatregel in natuurgebieden.

The molar of a giant deer, Megaloceros giganteus (Blumenbach, 1799), was discovered in sandy deposits of the North Sea, about 10 km west of the present shoreline of the Netherlands. Compacted masticated plant remains were preserved in the molar's deep folds. A palaeoecological analysis of these plant remains shows the complete dominance of pollen from Artemisia (sage) and other Asteraceae Tubuliflorae (Compositae), indicating that the animal foraged in a steppe environment, and may have preferred to eat Artemisia, which contain a high level of nutrients such as calcium and phosphorous components, which are important for antler building. Radiocarbon dating indicates that the plant remains are of mid‐Weichselian age [38 570 (+300, −290) 14C a BP, Greenland Interstadial‐11]. This is the first study of the food choice of M. giganteus based on palaeoecological evidence. We hypothesize about links between the extirpation of M. giganteus at the onset of the Holocene in North‐West Europe and the transition from a landscape with highly dynamic geomorphological processes and consequently prevalence of immature and nutrient‐rich soils, to a less dynamic landscape with stable, leached and acidifying soils, and the decline of Artemisia and other calciphilous plants.

A lithoid tuff, found in 2011 (Ricci pit, Agro Pontino, Southern Lazio, Italy), was studied for its composition, origin and palaeogeographical implications. This tuff was the first occurrence of a Würmian-age tephra layer, encountered in the coastal basins of Southern Lazio. Based on its mineralogy and isotopic composition (Sr and Nd), its stratigraphic position and the pre- and post-depositional soil formation and weathering, it was identified as a distal tephra deposit from the Colli Albani volcano, connected with the Albano 5-7 eruptive stage and dating from 40-36 ka BP. The lithoid tuff consists of tephra that were slightly reworked and subsequently lithified, when this central part of the Agro Pontino graben still consisted of a non-dissected, level lagoonal plain. The study confirms the earlier established importance of this tephra layer as stratigraphic marker for Central Italy, and shows that its distribution is wider than earlier assumed, notably to the SE of the Colli Albani volcano.

Het Beerzerveld is deel van het Natura 2000-gebied Vecht en Beneden-Regge en bestaat uit een complex mozaïek van droge en natte habitats. In de natte gebieden lijkt sprake van verdroging. Bijzonder is dat de veentjes hoog liggen in het landschap en grenzen aan lager gelegen, drogere gronden met heiden. Hoe is deze ‘omgekeerde wereld’ nu precies ontstaan en is er inderdaad sprake van daling van de waterstand? Zo ja, waardoor? En welke implicaties heeft dit voor het hydrologisch functioneren? Op grond van de resultaten van het onderzoek worden beheermaatregelen aanbevolen.