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dc.contributor.authorSimmons, Ian
dc.contributor.authorCummins, Gaynor
dc.contributor.authorTaylor, Barry
dc.contributor.authorInnes, James
dc.date.accessioned2023-02-10T11:34:25Z
dc.date.available2023-02-10T11:34:25Z
dc.date.issued2022-12-08
dc.identifierhttps://chesterrep.openrepository.com/bitstream/handle/10034/627549/quaternary-05-00052-v2.pdf?sequence=1
dc.identifier.citationSimmons, I. G., Cummins, G. E., Taylor, B., & Innes, J. B. (2022). Lateglacial to Mid-Holocene vegetation history in the eastern vale of Pickering, Northeast Yorkshire, UK: Pollen diagrams from Palaeolake Flixton. Quaternary, 5(4), 52. https://doi.org/10.3390/quat5040052en_US
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dc.identifier.doi10.3390/quat5040052
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10034/627549
dc.description.abstractPalaeolake Flixton, in the eastern Vale of Pickering in northeast Yorkshire, UK, existed as open water during the Lateglacial and early to mid-Holocene, until hydroseral succession and gradual terrestrialisation changed it to an area of fen and basin peatland by the later mid-Holocene. The environs of the lake were occupied by Late Palaeolithic and Mesolithic people over thousands of years and many Early Mesolithic sites, in particular, have been found located along the ancient lake edge, including the paradigm site for the British Early Mesolithic at Star Carr, where occupation occurred over several centuries. We have analysed eleven sediment cores, distributed in most parts of the palaeolake area, for pollen and stratigraphic data with which to reconstruct lake development and vegetation history. These new diagrams augment earlier pollen studies from the western part of the lake, particularly in the Star Carr area and near other major Mesolithic sites around Seamer Carr. Especially informative are a long core from the deepest part of the lake; cores that document the Lateglacial as well as early Holocene times, and evidence for the later Mesolithic that helps to balance the high density of Late Mesolithic sites known from research in the adjacent uplands of the North York Moors. There are many records of charcoal in the deposits but, especially for the earliest examples, it is not always possible to tie them firmly to either human activity or natural causes. Overall, the new and previously existing diagrams provide evidence for the spatial reconstruction of vegetation history across this important wetland system, including (a) for the progression of natural community successions within the wetland and on the surrounding dryland (b) the influence of climate change in bringing about changes in woodland composition and (c) for discussion of the possibility of human manipulation of the vegetation in the Late Upper Palaeolithic, Early and Late Mesolithic. Results show that climate was the main driver of longer-term vegetation change. Centennial-scale, abrupt climate events caused significant vegetation reversals in the Lateglacial Interstadial. The Lateglacial vegetation was very similar throughout the lake hinterland, although some areas supported some scrubby shrub rather than being completely open. Immigration and spread of Holocene woodland taxa comprised the familiar tree succession common in northern England but the timings of the establishment and the abundance of some individual tree types varied considerably around the lake margins because of edaphic factors and the effects of fire, probably of human origin. Woodland successions away from proximity to the lake were similar to those recorded in the wider landscape of northern England and produced a dense, homogenous forest cover occasionally affected by fire.en_US
dc.publisherMDPIen_US
dc.relation.urlhttps://www.mdpi.com/2571-550X/5/4/52en_US
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International*
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/en_US
dc.subjectMesolithicen_US
dc.subjectWetlandsen_US
dc.titleLateglacial to Mid-Holocene Vegetation History in the Eastern Vale of Pickering, Northeast Yorkshire, UK: Pollen Diagrams from Palaeolake Flixtonen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.identifier.eissn2571-550Xen_US
dc.contributor.departmentDurham University; University of Chesteren_US
dc.identifier.journalQuaternaryen_US
or.grant.openaccessYesen_US
rioxxterms.funderUnfundeden_US
rioxxterms.identifier.projectUnfundeden_US
rioxxterms.versionVoRen_US
rioxxterms.versionofrecord10.3390/quat5040052en_US
dcterms.dateAccepted2022-11-28
rioxxterms.publicationdate2022-12-08
dc.date.deposited2023-02-10en_US


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