Znanost na cesti, interview, Microplastic in lake sediments
F.35 Other
COBISS.SI-ID: 1551966Researchers serve as editors or members of editorial board often journals/series and five monographs.
C.01 Editorial board of a foreign/international collection of papers/book
COBISS.SI-ID: 25138432The presence of people in the high elevation alpine areas has long been discussed, mostly by trying to understand the main reasons for human occupation of such an extreme habitat. In many regions in the Alps, human settlements have been well documented but in the area of Julian Alps (Slovenia), few evidences have been reported until recent archaeological data. These data indicate that people have been living in the area since the Mesolithic (Cevc & Horvat, 2006). However, the Holocene environment and the human activity (pastoralism, metallurgy) are poorly investigated. In order to recognize vegetational changes and possible human influence throughout the Holocene, microcharcoal and pollen analyses of mountain lake sediments were made. Two lake systems located at different altitudes are ‘Jezero na Planini pri jezeru’ (1450 m a.s.l.) and ‘Jezero v Ledvicah’ (1830 m a.s.l.). At lake ‘Jezero na Planini pri jezeru’, three cores with an entire depth of 237 cm were sampled and cover the last 8000 years and at the ‘Jezero v Ledvicah’ two cores with a total depth of 212 cm represent the last 5000 years. Pollen results indicate that since c. 4700 cal. BP forest composition was mixed with dominant Fagus and Picea. Preliminary results also show intensive land use including pastoralism (Plantago l. and decline of Abies) and agricultural activity (Cerealia type, Secale, Cannabis, Fagopyrum), which would indicate continuous human influence on this alpine environment, especially in the Modern period (since the 15th century AD onwards).
B.03 Paper at an international scientific conference
COBISS.SI-ID: 4499231