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Vegetation changes during the Slavic period, shown by a high resolution pollen diagram from the Maujahn peat bog near Dannenberg, Hanover Wendland, Germany

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In the Maujahn peat bog the Slavic period is recorded with a high-resolution pollen diagram in 150 cm of the peat profile. In the upper part of the pollen diagram the time resolution is 3.2 years in the middle and lower part 5.2 years. The Slavic period can be divided into four stages according to different kind of land use and intensity of human influence. The main crop was Secale; less important was the cultivation of Triticum, Panicum, Hordeum, Avena and Pisum. The Slavic period lasted from about a.d. 800–1200. The pollen diagram also displays a final part of the Migration period.

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Acknowledgments

This contribution is dedicated to the late Dr. Brunhilt Lesemann who was the first to study the Holocene vegetation history of the Hanover Wendland for her doctoral thesis at the University of Göttingen. Thanks are due to K.-H. Willroth, Göttingen, for the section ‘Archaeological setting’ and to J. Christiansen, Göttingen, for his help in the field and for producing the figures. Thanks are also due to P.M. Grootes, Leibniz Laboratory, University of Kiel, for providing the radiocarbon data and also to the Landkreis Lüchow-Dannenberg for the permission to work in the protected area of the Maujahn peat bog.

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Appendix

As a result of the palynological work, a total of 146 different pollen and spore types have been identified. Many of them, especially those which appear in small numbers, are not included in the pollen diagram. They are listed below.

Tree and shrub pollen types

Juglans, Vitis, Ilex, Aesculus, Juniperus, Myrica, Rhamnus type, Viburnum opulus, Taxus and Cornus sanguinea.

NAP pollen and spore types

Oenanthe fistulosa, Pimpinella saxifraga, Hydrocotyle, Conium type, Gypsophila, Minuartia type, Cerastium type, Silene type, Dianthus, Melandrium, Vicia type, Lotus, Trifolium repens, T. pratense, T. p.p., Lathyrus type, Caltha, Thalictrum, Sanguisorba minor, Solanum dulcamara, Lysimachia vulgaris type, Ballota type, Lamium album, Lythrum, Erodium, Hypericum perforatum type, Centaurea scabiosa type, Cirsium type, Eurumex type, Rumex aquaticus type, Polygonum bistorta type, Valeriana dioica, Viola odorata type, Mercurialis perennis, Gentiana pneumonanthe type, Campanula, cf. Chrysosplenium, Thesium, Knautia, Succia, Scabiosa columbaria type, Parnassia, Liliaceae, Symphytum, Drosera rotundifolia, Alisma type, Utricularia, Myriophyllum spicatum, Potamogeton natans type, Menyanthes, Athyrium, Dryopteris filix mas, Thelypteris palustris, Ophioglossum, Botrychium, Polypodium, Lycopodium clavatum type, Lycopodium annotinum type and Lycopodiella inundata.

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Beug, HJ. Vegetation changes during the Slavic period, shown by a high resolution pollen diagram from the Maujahn peat bog near Dannenberg, Hanover Wendland, Germany. Veget Hist Archaeobot 20, 199–206 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00334-011-0284-4

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