| Autor: |
Out WA; Department of Archaeological Science and Conservation, Moesgaard Museum, Moesgaard Allé 20, 8270 Højbjerg, Denmark., Hänninen K; BIAX Consult, Symon Spiersweg 7d2, 1506 RZ Zaandam, The Netherlands., Merela M; Department of Wood Science and Technology, Biotechnical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, Jamnikarjeva 101, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia., Velušček A; Institute of Archaeology, Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Art, ZRC SAZU, Novi trg 2, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia., Vermeeren C; BIAX Consult, Symon Spiersweg 7d2, 1506 RZ Zaandam, The Netherlands., Čufar K; Department of Wood Science and Technology, Biotechnical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, Jamnikarjeva 101, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia. |
| Abstrakt: |
It is assumed that people practiced woodland management, i.e., coppicing and pollarding, in prehistory, but details are poorly known. This study aims for a better understanding of woodland exploitation through time in the wetland basin of the Ljubljansko barje, Slovenia, from 3700-2400 BCE (Before Common Era). To do so, uncarbonized, waterlogged wood from 16 Eneolithic pile dwellings situated in two geographical clusters that cover a time span of c. 1300 years were subjected to age/diameter analysis. It is the first time that age/diameter analysis has been applied to multiple sites from the same region. The investigated posts represent a wide range of taxa, but oak ( Quercus sp.) and ash ( Fraxinus sp.) represent 75% of the total, indicating selective use of wood for this purpose. Diameter selection of ash may have taken place as well. At both site clusters, the age/diameter data do not reveal any unequivocal evidence for woodland management. Only at the youngest sites do the data possibly show some gradually changing practices. The outcomes are discussed within the framework of recent discussions about woodland management in Europe. |
