@article {1175, title = {Vegetation development and human activities in Attiki (SE Greece) during the last 5,000 years}, journal = {Vegetation History and Archaeobotany}, volume = {21}, year = {2012}, note = {Cited By (since 1996):8Export Date: 22 October 2014}, month = {2012}, pages = {267 - 278}, abstract = {

Pollen assemblages recovered from a 5 m\ sediment core from the Vravron coastal marsh suggest a\ close correlation between vegetation development and\ human presence in Attica, and provide the first complete\ record of middle to late Holocene vegetation history.\ Correlation of pollen with archaeological data attempts to\ decode the man{\textendash}environment relations of the past, within\ the context of the known climatic variability of the mid late\ Holocene, in the vicinity of ancient Athens, an area of\ high historical significance. The pollen record of Vravron\ denotes a rather variable landscape where open Mediterranean\ evergreen pine woods alternated with maquis\ shrublands and grasslands, where human activities and\ climate have left their imprints on vegetation. During the\ last 5,000 years agricultural practices displayed several\ variations: cereal cultivation appears more intense during\ the Bronze Age, especially in the Mycenaean, while a\ spread of Olea is observed during Geometric to Classical\ times. The gradual abandonment of Olea cultivation evidenced\ in our pollen diagram came as a result of the displacement\ of human activities in the interior of Mesogaia\ in Hellenistic and Roman times. Olea and cereal cultivation\ intensification is observed again during the Mesobyzantine\ period. In the upper part of the core evidence of\ intense soil erosion and expansion of Vravron wetland was\ recorded, coinciding with the Little Ice Age climatic event\ and the introduction of Arvanites populations in the area.

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