Rozwój krajobrazu kulturowego w otoczeniu jeziora Lednica na Wysoczyźnie Gnieźnieńskiej

Abstract

The paper presents development of cultural landscape in Central Great Poland, in the Ostrów Lednicki settlement complex during the Early Medieval times in the light of vegetation history and faunal records. The destruction of hornbeam forests The differences in vegetation cover between areas of moraine upland and outwash plains was demonstrated. Archaeozoological studies showed the dominant role of pig and cattle in the Early Medieval animal economy. Relatively high representation of hare remains among wild animals, corresponds with palaeobotanical data and confirms the dominance of open, cultural landscap