Description
The role of ancient pastoral activities is mostly reconstructed using pollen of secondary indicator species. Increased herding activities lead to declining forest canopy which is represented in the pollen diagram by the arboreal pollen sum. In this collection featured pollen values represent Plantago lanceolata, P. major/media, Rumex acetosa/acetosella, Polygonum aviculare and arboreal pollen sums. Charcoal data give evidence of past forest burning that may be related to human activities and geochemical data reflect soil erosion in the catchment of the respective sediment archive.
