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- Title
Late-Holocene palaeoenvironments of Southern Crimea: Soils, soil-climate relationship and human impact.
- Authors
Lisetskii, Fedor N.; Stolba, Vladimir F.; Pichura, Vitalii I.
- Abstract
Occupying 4% of Crimea's territory, the sub-Mediterranean landscapes of Southern Crimea stand out for their distinct soil-climatic conditions and record of human activity. This paper presents the results of study of the newly formed and well-dated soils from 21 archaeological sites, making it possible to build a soil chronosequence covering the last 2.3 ka. To study the natural processes on an intra-secular scale, short series of instrumental meteorological observations were extended, based on dendrochronological records, to a total of 160 years, and the time series of solar activity and energy for pedogenesis were correlated. These data are collated with a 4.2-ka Lake Saki varve record, which was re-analysed applying the DFT spectrum analysis method, with three distinct phases in relative secular variations in precipitation being identified. The phase of a relative climatic stability with moderate variations in precipitation (3.2-1.25 ka BP) was followed by the period of increased moisture (from 1.25 ka BP), unparalleled since the Late Bronze Age. Given the decisive role of increased moisture in the climate-controlled energy expenditures for pedogenesis, in the dynamics of vegetation cover and human ways of life, the identification of these periods contributes to a better understanding of soil-climate relationship and cause-and-effect for nonlinear change in the settlement and landscape history of the region.
- Subjects
CRIMEA (Ukraine); HOLOCENE Epoch; ANTHROPOGENIC effects on nature; SOILS &; climate; LAKE sediments; ARCHAEOLOGICAL geology
- Publication
Holocene, 2017, Vol 27, Issue 12, p1859
- ISSN
0959-6836
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/0959683617708448