Der Einfluss des Klimas auf die Hochlagennutzung in den südlichen Niederen Tauern (Lungau) während der letzten 4000 Jahre

Innsbruck

2009

S. 87-96

2 Abb., 26 Lit. Ang.

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Alpine pasturing has a long tradition in the Niedere Tauern (Austria). Probably, it started with the use of natural meadows at and above the treeline during Neolithic and Early Bronze times, possibly related to ancient routes crossing the Tauern and/or mining activities. The history of ŃAlmwirtschaftń, stored in the sediment archive of Oberer Landschitzsee (ObLAN, 2.067 m a.s.l., Lungau), suggested a strong relationship with climate. Four pulses of land use, inferred from pollen, occurred during (1) the Early to Middle Bronze, (2) the transition from Late Bronze to Early Iron Age (Hallstatt), (3) Late Iron Age (Celtic) to Roman times, and (4) during high to late medieval times culminating between 1000 and 1400 AD. These four Ńwavesń of land use were separated from each other by cold and wet (snow-rich) climate oscillations. Warm periods with temperatures close to present conditions favored high altitude land use during Roman and high medieval times. Climate seemed to be an important, though complex, trigger of Alpine land use.