On the use of palynological data in economic history: New methods and an application to agricultural output in Central Europe, 0–2000AD
Adam Izdebski|Grzegorz Koloch|Tymon Słoczyński|Marta Tycner
In this paper we introduce a new source of data to economic history: palynological or, in other words, information about pollen grains which are preserved the bottom sediments various water basins. We discuss how is collected and it should be interpreted; develop methods for aggregating into regional trends agricultural output; construct an extensive dataset with large number sites from Central Europe; use our study history Greater Poland, Lesser Bohemia, Brandenburg, Lower Saxony since first century AD.
Explorations in Economic History|Munich Personal RePEc Archive (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich)