High montane–subalpine soils in the Montafon Valley (Austria, northern Alps) and their link to land-use, fire and settlement history
Astrid Kirsten Roepke|Rüdiger Krause
On the grounds of geoarchaeological studies, it has been suggested that high montane–subalpine soils in Montafon Valley (Bartholomäberg, Vorarlberg, Austria; 1000–2100 m a.s.l.) are a result long-term land-use which fire played an important role. basis radiocarbon dated charcoal layers and mining heaps was possible to reconstruct phases pasture activity stretching as far back Early Bronze Age (around 2000 BC). Soil used small-scale changes landscape. These results combination with palynological archaeological data provide detailed insight into human–fire–environment interactions on different temporal spatial scales. It geographically delimit signals derived from microscopic counts peat bogs This enabled detection four human activity: Middle (1800–1300 BC), Late Iron (450–15 Ages (5th–8th century AD) High (9th–13th AD). The indicate onwards contexts, hence differentiation zone (1300–1450 (1450–1800 established. Furthermore, stratification indicated more local events, such human-induced Ages.
Quaternary International