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Palynological evidence for pre-agricultural reindeer grazing and the later settlement history of the Lycksele region, northern Sweden
- Source :
- Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2021.
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Abstract
- Funder: Leverhulme Trust; doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100000275<br />Funder: European Research Council; doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100000781<br />Analyses of high-resolution pollen data, coprophilous fungal spores, microscopic charcoal and sedimentology, combined with radiocarbon dating, allow the assessment of the impact of Sami and Nordic land use in the region surrounding the winter market town of Lycksele in northern Sweden. Such winter markets were established by the Crown during the seventeenth century AD to control the semi-nomadic movements of the Sami who traded here with Finnish settlers and were also taxed and educated. Little is known about Sami and Nordic co-existence beyond these market places, mainly due to a lack of archaeological evidence relating to Sami activity. Vegetation and land-use changes in the region between ~ AD 250 and 1825 reveal no signal for pre-seventeenth century agricultural activity, but the coprophilous fungal spore records suggest the increased regional presence of grazing herbivores (possibly reindeer) between ~ AD 800 and 1100. Sami activity in the parish of Lycksele has been suggested by rich metal finds dated to ~ AD 1000–1350 and they may have been attracted by an abundance of reindeer.
- Subjects :
- Colonization
010506 paleontology
Archeology
010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences
Hay making
01 natural sciences
law.invention
Reindeer herding
law
Forest Sami
Grazing
Radiocarbon dating
Sedimentology
Boreal forest
Nordic farmers
Swidden
0105 earth and related environmental sciences
Palynology
Pollen analysis
Herbivore
Original Paper
Land use
Coprophilous fungal spores
Fire clearance
Taiga
Vegetation
Archaeology
Geography
Anthropology
Subjects
Details
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....7d1129482b1331338e2d7c4731584dab
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.17863/cam.66061