PROGRAMME:
Palynological research

Palynological research will focus on studies of Late glacial and Holocene palaeoenvironment and human impact on the vegetation at Ljubljansko barje, Blejski kot and Bela krajina regions of Slovenia. Research will include pollen analysis of sedimentary sequences, collected at palaeoecological and archaeological sites and regular monitoring of pollen rain in all study areas.

A book addressing the main theoretical and methodological issues of palaeobotanical and archaeozoological research, including numerous case studies, will be published. This multidisciplinary handbook of palaeoecology could also be used for teaching archaeology and biology.

Palynological coring and sampling

References

• ANDRIČ, Maja, Katherine J. WILLIS, The Phytogeographical Regions of Slovenia: a Consequence of Natural Environmental Variation or Prehistoric Human Activity? Journal of Ecology 91: 807-821, 2003
• ANDRIČ, Maja, The Holocene Vegetation Development in Bela krajina (Slovenia) and the Impact of Fist Farmers on the Landscape, The Holocene 17(6), 2007,763-776.
• Andrič, M., B. Kroflič, M. J. Toman, N. Ogrinc, T. Dolenec, M. Dobnikar, B. Čermelj, 2008. Late Quaternary vegetation and hydrological change at Ljubljansko barje (Slovenia), Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 270, 150-165
• Andrič, M., J. Massaferro, U. Eicher, B. Ammann, M. C. Leuenberger, A. Martinčič, E. Marinova, A. Brancelj, 2009. A multi-proxy Late-glacial palaeoenvironmental record from Lake Bled, Slovenia, Hydrobiologia 631, 121-141.

Contact:
Maja Andrič

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