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Human-environment interactions in the Mesolithic – The case of site Paliwodzizna 29, a lakeside site in central Poland

Human-environmental relations before agriculture can be revealed at archaeological sites through multi-method palaeoenvironmental studies, particularly at sites which have both dryland and wetland areas. Paliwodzizna 29 is such as site, being a series of pits and hearths at the edge of Lake Grodno i...

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Published in:Quaternary science reviews 2023-12, Vol.322, p.108388, Article 108388
Main Authors: Osipowicz, Grzegorz, Badura, Monika, Brown, Tony, Hudson, Samuel M., Jankowski, Michał, Makowiecki, Daniel, Noryśkiewicz, Agnieszka M., Orłowska, Justyna, Sykuła, Marcin, Weckwerth, Piotr
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Summary:Human-environmental relations before agriculture can be revealed at archaeological sites through multi-method palaeoenvironmental studies, particularly at sites which have both dryland and wetland areas. Paliwodzizna 29 is such as site, being a series of pits and hearths at the edge of Lake Grodno in Central Poland. A combination of faunal analysis, lithostratigraphy, pollen, diaspores, charcoal and sedaDNA from the site revealed seasonal collecting-type occupation based on the catching of pike (a superfood) in the spring in the early Mesolithic, but a different foraging-type pattern of occupation probably in the summer in the late Mesolithic. Subtle human impacts on the local environment are also seen, including probably burning of some woodland and reed-beds as well as localized soil erosion. This analysis reveals the potential of both such sites, and the combined methodology, for the testing of theoretical models of human mobility and activities in the Mesolithic.
ISSN:0277-3791
1873-457X
1873-457X
DOI:10.1016/j.quascirev.2023.108388