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The advance of cultivation at its northern European limit: process or event?

Lahtinen, M.; Oinonen, M.; Tallavaara, M.; Walker, J.; Rowley-Conwy, P.

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Authors

M. Lahtinen

M. Oinonen

M. Tallavaara

J. Walker



Abstract

Dates for early cultivation in Finland obtained from pollen analysis and remains from archaeological sites are compared with the changes in population size derived from the summed calendar-year probability distributions. The results from these two independent proxies correlate strongly with one another indicating that population size and the advance of farming were closely linked to each other. Moreover, the results show that the adaptation and development of farming in this area was a complex process comprising several stages and with major differences between regions The most intensive expansion having occurred in and after the Iron Age. It is therefore more accurate to describe the introduction of farming into the area as a long-lasting process, rather than an event.

Citation

Lahtinen, M., Oinonen, M., Tallavaara, M., Walker, J., & Rowley-Conwy, P. (2017). The advance of cultivation at its northern European limit: process or event?. Holocene, 27(3), 427-438. https://doi.org/10.1177/0959683616660164

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Jun 18, 2016
Online Publication Date Aug 8, 2016
Publication Date Mar 1, 2017
Deposit Date Jul 4, 2016
Publicly Available Date Mar 29, 2024
Journal Holocene
Print ISSN 0959-6836
Electronic ISSN 1477-0911
Publisher SAGE Publications
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 27
Issue 3
Pages 427-438
DOI https://doi.org/10.1177/0959683616660164

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