DOI: 10.5194/cp-12-273-2016
Scopus记录号: 2-s2.0-84958257120
论文题名: 7300 years of vegetation history and climate for NW Malta: A Holocene perspective
作者: Gambin B. ; Andrieu-Ponel V. ; Medail F. ; Marriner N. ; Peyron O. ; Montade V. ; Gambin T. ; Morhange C. ; Belkacem D. ; Djamali M.
刊名: Climate of the Past
ISSN: 18149324
出版年: 2016
卷: 12, 期: 2 起始页码: 273
结束页码: 297
语种: 英语
Scopus关键词: archaeological evidence
; archipelago
; Bronze Age
; climate variation
; dicotyledon
; Mediterranean environment
; Neolithic
; paleoclimate
; pollen
; Roman era
; scrub
; vegetation dynamics
; vegetation history
; Malta [Southern Europe]
; Pistacia
英文摘要: This paper investigates the Holocene vegetation dynamics for Burmarrad in Northwest Malta and provides a pollen-based quantitative palaeoclimatic reconstruction for this centrally located Mediterranean archipelago. The pollen record from this site provides new insight into the vegetation changes from 7280 to 1730 cal BP which correspond well with other regional records. The climate reconstruction for the area also provides strong correlation with southern (below 40° N) Mediterranean sites. Our interpretation suggests an initially open landscape during the early Neolithic, surrounding a large palaeobay, developing into a dense Pistacia scrubland ca. 6700 cal BP. From about 4450 cal BP the landscape once again becomes open, coinciding with the start of the Bronze Age on the archipelago. This period is concurrent with increased climatic instability (between 4500 and 3700 cal BP) which is followed by a gradual decrease in summer moisture availability in the late Holocene. During the early Roman occupation period (1972-1730 cal BP) the landscape remains generally open with a moderate increase in Olea. This increase corresponds to archaeological evidence for olive oil production in the area, along with increases in cultivated crop taxa and associated ruderal species, as well as a rise in fire events. The Maltese archipelago provides important insight into vegetation, human impacts, and climatic changes in an island context during the Holocene. © 2016 Author(s). Citation statistics:
资源类型: 期刊论文
标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/49063
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Gambin B.,Andrieu-Ponel V.,Medail F.,et al. 7300 years of vegetation history and climate for NW Malta: A Holocene perspective[J]. Climate of the Past,2016-01-01,12(2)