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Palynological evidence for late-Holocene human occupation recorded in two wetlands in SW Turkey

M. Vermoere

Laboratory of Plant Systematics, K.U. Leuven, Kasteelpark Arenberg 31, B-3001 Leuven, Belgium; marleen.vermoere{at}bio.kuleuven.ac.be

S. Bottema

Biologisch-Archeologisch Instituut, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, Poststraat 6, NL-9712 Groningen, The Netherlands

L. Vanhecke

National Botanical Garden of Belgium, Domein van Bouchout, B-1860 Meise, Belgium

M. Waelkens

Eastern Mediterranean Archaeology, K.U. Leuven, Blijde Inkomststraat 21, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium

E. Paulissen

Laboratory of Geomorphology and Regional Geography, K.U. Leuven, Redingenstraat 16, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium

E. Smets

Laboratory of Plant Systematics, K.U. Leuven, Kasteelpark Arenberg 31, B-3001 Leuven, Belgium

Pollen diagrams from mountain lakes and marshes in SW Turkey show evidence of intensive anthro pogenic influence in the landscape between 3500 and 1300 BP. Three cores from within the territory of the classical city Sagalassos (Western Taurus, Pisidia) were palynologically analysed to make a reconstruction of the past vegetation in the territory of Sagalassos and to estimate the impact of its inhabitants on the landscape in Pisidia. Two cores originate from an intramontane marsh (Gravgaz; elevation 1215 m) and one from a seasonal intramontane lake (ÇanaklK; elevation 1030 m). Human acitivity is apparent from c. 2530 BP in the pollen diagrams. A deforestation phase/‘disturbance’ phase (from c. 2530 BP/c. 2480 BP till c. 2280 BP/c. 2270 BP), anthropogenically or climatologically driven, precedes a cultivation period (arboricultural phase) (from c. 2280 BP/2270 BP till c. 1480 BP/c. 1270 BP). The results of the pollen analyses of the three cores are compared and show many similarities. There are also similarities with other cores from SW Turkey, although the arboricultural phase (mainly olive cultivation) occurs later in the cores from the Sagalassos territory than in other cores from SW Turkey.

Key Words: Palynology • human impact • arboriculture • marsh • late Holocene • Sagalassos • Turkey

The Holocene, Vol. 12, No. 5, 569-584 (2002)
DOI: 10.1191/0959683602hl568rp
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