Evidence of Woodland Management at the Eneolithic Pile Dwellings (3700-2400 BCE) in the Ljubljansko Barje, Slovenia?

ABSTRACT: It is assumed that people practiced woodland management, i.e., coppicing and pollarding, in prehistory, but details are poorly known. This study aims for a better understanding of woodland exploitation through time in the wetland basin of the Ljubljansko barje, Slovenia, from 3700-2400 BCE (Before Common Era). To do so, uncarbonized, waterlogged wood from 16 Eneolithic pile dwellings situated in two geographical clusters that cover a time span of c. 1300 years were subjected to age/diameter analysis. It is the first time that age/diameter analysis has been applied to multiple sites from the same region. The investigated posts represent a wide range of taxa, but oak (Quercus sp.) and ash (Fraxinus sp.) represent 75% of the total, indicating selective use of wood for this purpo

SUBMITTER: Out WA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9864765 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature