Fluctuating nature of prehistoric settlement and land use preserved in sedimentary record of vanished gully
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F68081758%3A_____%2F24%3A00599040" target="_blank" >RIV/68081758:_____/24:00599040 - isvavai.cz</a>
Alternative codes found
RIV/00216208:11310/24:10485908 RIV/00216224:14310/24:00139821
Result on the web
<a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0341816224003254" target="_blank" >https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0341816224003254</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.catena.2024.108128" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.catena.2024.108128</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Fluctuating nature of prehistoric settlement and land use preserved in sedimentary record of vanished gully
Original language description
The long-inhabited Central European lowlands have exposed to significant erosion since prehistoric times, primarily due to deforestation and agricultural practices, leading to colluvium formation and erosional features. Infilled erosional gullies, particularly near abandoned settlements, may offer insights into landscape changes and settlement evolution. Our multidisciplinary research at the Prerov-Predmosti archaeological megasite in Czechia integrates geoarchaeological methods, geophysics and extensive development-driven excavations. This site, located on the migratory corridor between the Pannonian and Poland plains, serves as a focal point for studying the interplay between human settlement, land-use development and environmental changes in this region. By combining geophysics and excavation, we investigate settlement and land-use patterns, correlating these with the environmental and pedosedimentary record of an infilled gully. The incision of the gully represents initial phase of erosion at this site. Formed before 2300 BC, it is among the oldest in the region, likely triggered by Late Neolithic land use. Our findings also indicate a cyclical erosion pattern linked to four primary settlement peaks: the Early Bronze Age (2300-1600/1500 BC), the Young/Late Bronze Age (1500-900 BC), the Hallstatt period (900-400 BC) and the La Tene period (400 BC-50 BC/1 AD). These periods of heightened settlement activity alternated with times of reduced or no population pressure, leading to stabilisation and subsequent pedogenesis.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
60102 - Archaeology
Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/TL03000537" target="_blank" >TL03000537: Optimized archaeological prediction in the process of large-scale construction sites</a><br>
Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2024
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Catena
ISSN
0341-8162
e-ISSN
1872-6887
Volume of the periodical
243
Issue of the periodical within the volume
August
Country of publishing house
NL - THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS
Number of pages
16
Pages from-to
108128
UT code for WoS article
001250097200001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85195070171