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A LATE MEDIEVAL CLEARING AT THE EDGE OF THE DINKEL VALLEY (EASTERN NETHERLANDS)
Author(s) -
Van Der Woude J. D.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
acta botanica neerlandica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.871
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1438-8677
pISSN - 0044-5983
DOI - 10.1111/j.1438-8677.1983.tb01716.x
Subject(s) - clearing , pasture , peat , geography , archaeology , forestry , pollen , ecology , biology , finance , economics
SUMMARY A late medieval clearing of Alnus forest at the edge of the Dinkel valley and at the foot of the Ootmarsum hill (Twente, Eastern Netherlands) is revealed from pollen analysis of peat developed near a source of a vanished brooklet. The clearing later developed from a wet sedge‐meadow to a pasture. Details on the medieval forest history are also discussed.