When archaeology meets environmental sciences: the Bruszczewo site revisited
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2021-12
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Faculty of Archaeology, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań
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Abstract
Settlement archaeology is often supported by geoarchaeology in which human
habitation is drawn on the timeframe of landscape changes derived through interdisciplinary
research. An example of a geoarchaeological approach to settlement study is the Bruszczewo
Lake project conducted in Central-Western Poland. The area of Bruszczewo and the Samica
River Valley witnessed human occupation since the Neolithic period and is most widely known
for the presence of an Early Bronze Age fortified settlement. Previous research provided
initial information about the presence of a lake and marshland in prehistoric and early historical
times. A new geoarchaeological project aims to create a detailed environmental and landscape
transformation history combined with the extensive knowledge of the archaeology of the area.
Using GIS techniques, conventional drilling, and vibra-coring, a new set of data is brought to
light and analysed in palaeoenvironmental terms. Constructed geological profiles across the
valley revealed the basin’s morphology and provided insight into the subsequent landscape
transformation phases, from the Late Glacial ribbon lake lasting until the end of the Bronze
Age to the marshlands that thrived until the Early Medieval period. The ongoing analyses of
samples derived from drillings provide a perspective for detailed reconstructions of landscape
changes.
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Geoarchaeology, Environmental Archaeology, Bruszczewo, Palaeoecology
Citation
Treasures of Time: Research of the Faculty of Archaeology of Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań (2021) D. Żurkiewicz (Ed.). pp. 218-235.
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978-83-946591-9-6