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Lars Ersgård. Associate Professor in medieval archaeology. Researcher at the Department of Archaeology and Ancient History at Lund University. Main research interests are medieval and post-medieval urbanisation, the process of Christianisation and the preindustrial, cultural landscape in a long term perspective.
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Per Lagerås. Associate Professor in agrarian history at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences and Doctor in Quaternary geology at Lund University. Holds a position at the National Historical Museums in Sweden. Main research interests are vegetation history, cultural landscape development and human-environment interactions. Among his previous books are The Ecology of Expansion and Abandonment (2007).
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Appendix 1. Pollen sites
Pollen sites used in the study presented in Chapter 4. Numbers in the left column refer to the maps in Figure 5.
1
Skeakärret
N 56° 11′ 25″, E 13° 51′ 3″, 42 m a.s.l.
Small peatland (0.2 ha). Included in the present study were 20 pollen-analysed levels representing AD 680–present. The chronology for this time span was based on 6 AMS radiocarbon dates. Original publication by Lagerås 2002.
2
Torup
N 55° 33′ 37″, E 13° 12′ 13″, 50 m a.s.l.
Very small peatland (0.01 ha). Included in the present study were 25 pollen-analysed levels representing AD 255–1945. The chronology for this time span was based on 5 AMS radiocarbon dates. Original publication by Hultberg et al. 2010.
3
Häggenäs
N 55° 53′ 34″, E 13° 36′ 4″, 70 m a.s.l.
Very small peatland (0.03 ha). Included in the present study were 36 pollen-analysed levels representing AD 355–present. The chronology for this time span was based on 5 AMS radiocarbon dates. Original publication by Lindbladh et al. 2007.
4
Skärsgölarna
N 57° 0′ 34″, E 16° 7′ 4″, 77 m a.s.l.
Small peatland (0.5 ha). Included in the present study were 30 pollen-analysed levels representing AD 1–present. The chronology for this time span was based on 6 AMS radiocarbon dates. Original publication by Lindbladh et al. 2003.
5
Östra Ringarp
N 56° 16′ 0″, E 13° 18′ 53″, 100 m a.s.l.
Recently overgrown small lake (quagmire) (2 ha). Included in the present study were 32 pollen-analysed levels representing AD 1–present. The chronology for this time span was based on 7 AMS radiocarbon dates. Original publication by Lagerås 2007.
6
Grisavad
N 56° 16′ 37″, E 13° 19′ 59″, 100 m a.s.l.
Peatbog (7 ha). Coring close to the edge. Included in the present study were 38 pollen-analysed levels representing AD 1–present. The chronology for this time span was based on 6 AMS radiocarbon dates. Original publication by Lagerås 2007.
7
Bocksten
N 57° 7′ 4″, E 12° 33′ 37″, 110 m a.s.l.
Very small fen (0.05 ha). The site is called Bocksten A in the original publication. Included in the present study were 71 pollen-analysed levels representing AD 1–present. The chronology for this time span was based on 4 conventional radiocarbon dates. Original publication by Björkman 1997a.
8
Yttra Berg
N 57° 4′ 51″, E 12° 48′ 39″, 110 m a.s.l.
Peatbog (3 ha). Included in the present study were 15 pollen-analysed levels representing AD 1–present. The chronology for this time span was based on 5 AMS radiocarbon dates. Original publication by Sköld et al. 2010.
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Trälhultet
N 56° 48′ 27″, E 12° 54′ 31″, 117 m a.s.l.
Peatland (4 ha). Coring close to the edge. Included in the present study were 33 pollen-analysed levels representing AD 1–present. The chronology for this time span was based on 4 AMS radiocarbon dates. Original publication by Björkman 2000.
10
Exhult
N 56° 29′ 26″, E 13° 39′ 3″, 118 m a.s.l.
Large peatbog (240 ha) but with coring close to the edge. Included in the present study were 58 pollen-analysed levels representing AD 1–present. The chronology for this time span was based on 5 AMS radiocarbon dates. Original publication by Björkman 2003b.
11
Köphult
N 56° 25′ 18″, E 13° 33′ 11″, 120 m a.s.l.
Large peatbog (165 ha) but with coring close to the edge. Included in the present study were 35 pollen-analysed levels representing AD 110–present. The chronology for this time span was based on 5 AMS radiocarbon dates. Original publication by Björkman 2003a.
12
Rosts Täppa
N 56° 19′ 32″, E 13° 26′ 21″, 122 m a.s.l.
Small Peatbog (1 ha). Coring close to the edge. The site was called Värsjö Utmark in the original publication. Included in the present study were 37 pollen-analysed levels representing AD 1–present. The chronology for this time span was based on 5 AMS radiocarbon dates. Original publication by Lagerås 2007.
13
Bjärabygget
N 56° 21′ 31″, E 13° 28′ 24″, 123 m a.s.l.
Large peatbog (> 100 ha) but with coring close to the edge. Included in the present study were 53 pollen-analysed levels representing AD 1–present. The chronology for this time span was based on 4 AMS radiocarbon dates. Original publication by Lagerås 2007.
14
Baggabygget
N 56° 35′ 16″, E 13° 23′ 55″, 140 m a.s.l.
Very small fen (0.05 ha). Included in the present study were 21 pollen-analysed levels representing AD 65–present. The chronology for this time span was based on 4 AMS radiocarbon dates. Original publication by Björkman 2005.
15
Råshult
N 56° 27′ 16″, E 14° 33′ 16″, 140 m a.s.l.
Small peatland (0.2 ha). The site was called Råshult In-field in the original publication. Included in the present study were 20 pollen-analysed levels representing AD 955–present. The chronology for this time span was based on 5 AMS radiocarbon dates. Original publication by Lindbladh & Bradshaw 1998.
16
Siggaboda
N 56° 27′ 16″, E 14° 33′ 16″, 140 m a.s.l.
Very small peatland (0.01 ha). Included in the present study were 78 pollen-analysed levels representing AD 1–present. The chronology for this time span was based on 5 conventional radiocarbon dates. Original publication by Björkman & Bradshaw 1996.
17
Flahult
N 56° 58′ 8″, E 13° 50′ 9″, 180 m a.s.l.
Small peatland (0.3 ha). Included in the present study were 40 pollen-analysed levels representing AD 1–present. The chronology for this time span was based on 4 conventional radiocarbon dates. Original publication by Björkman 1997b.
18
Lindhultsgöl
N 57° 8′ 43″, E 14° 28′ 4″, 212 m a.s.l.
Small lake (8 ha). Included in the present study were 45 pollen-analysed levels representing AD 1000–present. The chronology for the time span AD 1–present was based on 2 AMS radiocarbon dates and 5 time markers in the Pb-content of the sediment. Also 210Pb was used for dating the upper part of the sequence. Original publications by Fredh 2012; Bragée 2013.
19
Öggestorpsdalen
N 57° 43′ 0″, E 14° 21′ 47″, 218 m a.s.l.
Small peatbog (2 ha). Included in the present study were 24 pollen-analysed levels representing AD 1–present. The chronology for this time span was based on 4 AMS radiocarbon dates. Original publication by Björkman 2003c.
20
Åbodasjön
N 57° 5′ 9″, E 14° 28′ 57″, 221 m a.s.l.
Lake (53 ha). Included in the present study were 44 pollen-analysed levels representing AD 1000–present. The chronology for this time span was based on 3 AMS radiocarbon dat
es and 4 time markers in the Pb-content of the sediment. Also 210Pb was used for dating the upper part of the sequence. Original publications by Fredh 2012 and Bragée 2013.
21
Store Mosse
N 57° 43′ 23″, E 14° 15′ 33″, 222 m a.s.l.
Peatbog (45 ha). Coring close to edge. Included in the present study were 34 pollen-analysed levels representing AD 1–present. The chronology for this time span was based on 5 AMS radiocarbon dates. Original publication by Björkman 2003c.
22
Storasjö
N 56° 55′ 53″, E 15° 16′ 5″, 252 m a.s.l.
Very small peatland (0.02). Included in the present study were 31 pollen-analysed levels representing AD 685–present. The chronology for this time span was based on 5 AMS radiocarbon dates. Original publication by Eriksson 1996.
23
Skärpingegöl
N 57° 9′ 5″, E 14° 43′ 24″, 255 m a.s.l.
Very small lake lake (1 ha) Included in the present study were 30 pollen-analysed levels representing AD 755–present. The chronology for this time span was based on 3 AMS radiocarbon dates and time markers in the Pb-content of the sediment. Also 210Pb was used for dating the upper part of the sequence. Unpublished data by Daniel Fredh.
24
Bråtamossen
N 57° 40′ 35″, E 14° 30′ 18″, 284 m a.s.l.
Peatbog (5 ha). Coring close to the edge. Included in the present study were 26 pollen-analysed levels representing AD 110–present. The chronology for this time span was based on 6 AMS radiocarbon dates. Original publication by Lagerås et al. 1995.
25
Mattarp
N 57° 29′ 29″, E 14° 37′ 16″, 325 m a.s.l.
Very small peatland (0.05 ha). Included in the present study were 56 pollen-analysed levels representing AD 1–present. The chronology for this time span was based on 4 conventional radiocarbon dates. Original publication by Björkman 1996b.
26
Fjäturen
N 59°27′41″, E 17° 59′ 26″, 6 m a.s.l.
Lake (49 ha). Included in the present study were 28 pollen-analysed levels representing AD 1–present. The chronology for this time span was based on 6 AMS radiocarbon dates. Original publication by Karlsson & Risberg 1996.
27
Kalven
N 60° 5′ 3″, E 15° 53′ 30″, 130 m a.s.l.
Lake (18 ha). Included in the present study were 41 pollen-analysed levels representing AD 550–present. The chronology was based on varve counting (annually laminated sediments). Original publication by Berg 2004.
28
Kassjön
N 63°55′32″, E 20°0′35″, 84 m a.s.l.
Lake (22 ha) Included in the present study were 33 pollen-analysed levels representing AD 1–present. The chronology was based on varve counting (annually laminated sediments). Original publication by Segerström 1990.
Appendix 2. Osteological stature data
Stature data used in Chapter 6. Numbers in the left column refer to the map in Figure 41.
Women
Men
Site locations and references
Appendix 3. Isotope data
Detailed isotope data used in Chapter 6.