F2: Socio-environmental Transformations and Interdependencies

Fig. 1. Profile of a Neolithic pit, covered by culluvial layers and soils. (photo: S. Dreibrodt)

The focus of project F2 concentrates on the role of environmental change for cultural development during phases of cultural transformations. Two approaches will be applied by using pollen-, geochemical-, and microfacies-analyses of varied spatial and temporal scales. On-site and near-site studies of sediments, buried soils, colluvial deposits and archaeological features will provide information on local living conditions, human activity and environmental change with high spatial resolution. To identify trans-regional human-environmental interdependencies, a comparison of annually laminated lake sediments on a transect spanning different ecological and cultural zones from Northwest Germany to Southeast Poland is envisaged.

Fig. 2. Varves of Late Bronze Age lake sediments. (thin section, photo: S. Dreibrodt)

Phase 2 - Research activities 2020-2024

Phase 1 - Research activities 2016-2020