A pollen diagram from the northeast Peloponnese, Greece: implications for vegetation history and archaeology
- 1 December 1993
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in The Holocene
- Vol. 3 (4), 351-356
- https://doi.org/10.1177/095968369300300407
Abstract
A pollen diagram is presented for a sediment core from Kleonai in southern Greece. A set of seven radiocarbon dates suggests that the core spans the time period from the beginning of the Holocene to the Roman period. Pollen preservation in the core is patchy and there are only three zones on the pollen diagram with countable quantities of pollen. These zones correspond with the early Neolithic, Bronze Age and Roman periods. The area around the site was largely open by the Neolithic but the wider landscape was still well wooded. In the Bronze Age and Roman periods, there is evidence for arable agriculture, including olive cultivation. By the Roman period, most of the semi-natural woodlands had disappeared and the landscape was probably not unlike that of the present day.Keywords
This publication has 6 references indexed in Scilit:
- Urban Survey and the Polis of PhliusHesperia: The Journal of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens, 1991
- The Nemea Valley Archaeological Project a Preliminary ReportHesperia: The Journal of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens, 1990
- Archaeological Survey in an Artifact-Rich Landscape: A Middle Neolithic Example from Nemea, GreeceAmerican Journal of Archaeology, 1988
- The Evolution of Settlement in the Southern Argolid, Greece: An Economic ExplanationHesperia: The Journal of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens, 1987
- Mediterranean Alluviation: New Evidence from ArchaeologyProceedings of the Prehistoric Society, 1975
- Neolithic Remains at Nemea: Excavations of 1925-1926Hesperia: The Journal of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens, 1975