Resnikov prekop. Loss-on-ignition.

Abstract

Palaeoecological research presented in this paper aimed to investigate whether the pollen record in archaeological cultural layer of Resnikov prekop Neolithic settlement (Ljubljansko barje, Slovenia) can give us information about the vegetation and palaeoenvironment in the 5th millennium cal. BC. Radiocarbon dating indicated that, due to changes of hydrology, part of pollen record, dated between ca. 6.000-200 cal. BC was removed from the sedimentary sequence by water activity. Palaeoecological record in the remaining sediment (dated before ca. 6.000 cal. BC and after ca. 200 cal. BC), however, suggestes that early and late Holocene landscapes were significantly different. That leads us to a conclusion that a major change of Ljubljana marsh landscape occurred in the middle and/or late Holocene. Human impact on the environment increased and thick beech forest surrounding freshwater lake was replaced by open, marshy landscape and vegetation very similar to today’s.

Key words: Resnikov prekop, Ljubljansko barje, Slovenia, palynology