The Southern Pennine Mesolithic and the ecological record |
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| Authors: | R M Jacobi J H Tallis P A Mellars |
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| Institution: | 1. Jesus College, Cambridge, England;2. Department of Botany, University of Manchester, England;3. Department of Prehistory and Archaeology, University of Sheffield, England |
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| Abstract: | Arehaeological, palaeoecological, ethnographic and land management evidence is presented which supports the hypothesis of regular and recurrent burning by mesolithic hunting populations in the southern Pennine uplands over a c. 4000-year period. It is suggested that this burning of the upland vegetation led to a permanent suppression of a closed tree cover over large areas above c. 350 m altitude. |
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