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Tephra‐dated lowland landscape history of the north of Ireland, A.D. 750–1150
Author(s) -
HALL V. A.,
PILCHER J. R.,
McCORMAC F. G.
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
new phytologist
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.742
H-Index - 244
eISSN - 1469-8137
pISSN - 0028-646X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1469-8137.1993.tb03876.x
Subject(s) - tephra , woodland , arable land , tephrochronology , archaeology , clearance , geography , pollen , charcoal , landscape history , radiocarbon dating , irish , agriculture , physical geography , volcano , geology , ecology , environmental science , paleontology , biology , landscape archaeology , landscape design , philosophy , materials science , linguistics , metallurgy , medicine , environmental resource management , urology
SUMMARY Tephra‐linked pollen diagrams from lowland raised peats at three sites in the north of Ireland show extensive landscape changes between A.D. 750 and A.D. 1150. By A.D. 860 woodland had been cleared and agricultural activity was widespread but, by the start of the twelfth century, woods had regenerated and agriculture had declined. The gap in the Irish dendrochronological record between A.D. 730 and A.D. 850 is bridged by timbers from corn grinding mills, strengthening the case for spreading arable agriculture at this time.