A RADIOCARBON‐DATED POLLEN DIAGRAM FROM VALLEY BOG, ON THE MOOR HOUSE NATIONAL NATURE RESERVE
- 1 January 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in New Phytologist
- Vol. 80 (1) , 273-280
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-8137.1978.tb02287.x
Abstract
SUMMARY: A radiocarbon‐dated pollen diagram from Valley Bog, situated in the upper reaches of Tees‐dale, is discussed. It provides evidence for a late alder expansion and the possibility of Mesolithic human activity on the Moor House National Nature Reserve. When compared with pollen diagrams from lowland County Durham there appears to be a delay in the elm decline at the high altitude. The elm decline is followed by a phase of Bronze Age deforestation which precedes a similar but more prolonged and pronounced Iron Age clearance.Keywords
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