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Late Antiquity climate forcing and its significance for the interpretation of the use of landscape

During Late Antiquity (4th – 6th century) a change in climate is recorded. On a global scale, the decrease in temperature can be observed from the mid-4th century culminating in the pronounced negative peak around AD 450 which was accompanied by reduced solar activity. Predating the Bond 1 event for about three centuries, this episode might have been one of the causes of sediment deposition on the Roman sites in north Adriatic region. Although the decrease in precipitation is documented globally, several pronouncedly wet years can be reconstructed in Europe from tree-ring records during the 4th and 5th centuries. On a micro regional scale, as the modern records show, specific wet episodes with above normal precipitation levels can be expected in the observed region in Late Antiquity, which are not documented in available global proxies. In archaeological records, sediment deposits caused by pronounced weather/climate influence are seldom minutely recorded causing the loss of information crucial for understanding the landscape in which the settlements were situated and its dynamic throughout time. By combining the archaeological record system with geological analysis, this loss of information can be reduced.

Late Antiquity ; Kvarner bay ; climate forcing ; Bond 1 ; sediment layers

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