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1 online resource (1 online resource (279 pages)) : illustrations, maps (some color) |
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Machine generated contents note: Part One -- 1. Introduction: why study the environment of barrows? -- 1.1. academic significance of environmental barrow research -- 1.2. societal significance of environmental barrow research -- 2. Environmental research on barrows, an overview so far -- 2.1. vegetation history of the Netherlands in the Holocene -- 2.2. Environmental research on barrows -- 2.2.1. overview -- 2.2.2. Pollen analyses for dating purposes -- 2.2.3. reconstruction of local vegetation: regional and cultural differences -- 2.3. Vegetation reconstructions of the barrow environment: open spaces in the landscape -- 2.3.1. overview of open spaces -- 2.3.2. Which open spaces were chosen for the building of barrows? -- 2.3.3. What was the size of the open spaces barrows were built in? -- Conclusions -- 3. Barrow research, missing data -- 3.1. Research questions -- 3.2. Research area -- 3.3. Research methods -- Part Two -- Methodology -- 4. Sampling and treatment of soil samples -- 4.1. sampling of barrows -- 4.1.1. sampling of the old surface -- 4.1.2. sampling of sods -- 4.1.3. sampling of the soil profile underneath barrows -- 4.1.4. sampling of ditch fills -- 4.1.5. sampling of posthole fills -- 4.2. Chemical treatment and analysis of palynological soil samples -- 5. palynology of mineral soil profiles -- 5.1. theory behind the palynology of mineral soils -- 5.2. time represented in a mineral soil pollen diagram -- 5.3. Absence of pollen grains in barrows -- Conclusions -- 6. pollen sum -- 6.1. Slabroek -- 6.2. Contemporaneous barrow pollen spectra -- Conclusions -- 7. size of an open place where a barrow was built -- 7.1. size and the number of sods used in a barrow -- 7.1.1. example -- 7.2. size of an open heathland area -- examples from present Dutch heathland areas -- Sites and sampling methods -- Methods of analysis -- Results and discussion -- Conclusions -- 7.3. distance of a barrow to the forest edge -- palynological modelling -- Barrow landscape simulation -- 7.4. Discussion -- Part Three -- Case -- studies -- 8. Northern and central Veluwe -- 8.1. Echoput -- 8.1.1. Site description -- 8.1.2. Pollen sampling and analysis -- 8.1.3. Results -- 8.1.4. Discussion -- 8.1.5. In conclusion: the history of the Echoput barrow landscape -- 8.2. Niersen-Vaassen -- 8.2.1. Site description and sample locations -- 8.2.2. Results -- 8.2.3. Discussion -- 8.3. Ermelo -- 8.3.1. Site description and sample locations -- 8.3.2. Results -- 8.3.3. Discussion -- 8.4. Putten -- 8.4.1. Site description and sample locations -- 8.4.2. Results and discussion -- 8.5. Vierhouten -- 8.5.1. Site description and sample locations -- 8.5.2. Results and discussion -- 8.6. Emst -- 8.6.1. Site description and sample locations -- 8.6.1. Results and discussion -- 8.7. Uddelermeer -- 8.7.1. Site description and sample locations -- 8.7.2. Results and discussion -- 8.8. Boeschoten -- 8.8.1. Site description and sample locations -- 8.8.1. Results and discussion -- 8.9. Ugchelen -- 8.9.1. Site description and sample locations -- 8.9.1. Results and discussion -- 8.10. Stroe -- 8.10.1. Results and discussion -- 8.11. Palynological results from peat and lake sediments -- 8.11.1. Site description and sample locations -- 8.11.2. Results and discussion -- 8.12. Summary: the barrow landscape of northern and central Veluwe -- 9. Renkum stream valley -- 9.1. Site description and sample locations -- Burial mounds belonging to the barrow alignment -- Burial mounds outside the barrow alignment -- 9.2. Results and discussion -- 10. Gooi -- 10.1. Site description and sample locations -- Baarn Group -- Hilversum Group -- Laren Group -- Roosterbos -- Laarder Wasmeren area -- 10.2. Results and discussion -- Gooi area -- Laarder Wasmeren area -- (pre)barrow landscape of the Gooi -- 11. Toterfout-Halve Mijl and surroundings -- 11.1. Toterfout-Halve Mijl -- 11.1.1. Site description and sample locations -- 11.1.2. Results and discussion -- 11.2. Hoogeloon -- 11.2.1. Site description and sample locations -- 11.2.2. Results and discussion -- 11.3. Knegsel-Urnenweg -- 11.3.1. Site description and sample locations -- 11.3.2. Results and discussion -- 11.4. Knegsel-Moormanlaan -- 11.4.1. Site description and sample locations -- 11.4.2. Results and discussion -- 11.5. Steensel -- 11.5.1. Site description and sample locations -- 11.5.2. Results and discussion -- 11.6. Eersel -- 11.6.1. Site description and sample locations -- 11.6.2. Results and discussion -- 11.7. Bergeijk -- 11.7.1. Site description and sample locations -- 11.7.2. Results and discussion -- 11.8. Alphen -- 11.8.1. Site description and sample locations -- 11.8.2. Results and discussion -- 11.9. Goirle -- 11.9.1. Site description and sample locations -- 11.9.2. Results and discussion -- 11.10. Summary: the barrow landscape of Toterfout-Halve Mijl and surroundings -- 12. Oss-Zevenbergen and surroundings -- 12.1. Oss-Vorstengraf area and Oss-Zevenbergen -- 12.1.1. Site description and sample locations -- 12.1.2. Results -- 12.1.3. Discussion -- 12.1.4. In conclusion: the history of the Oss-Zevenbergen landscape -- 12.2. Vorssel -- 12.2.1. Site description and sample locations -- 12.2.2. Results and discussion -- 12.3. Slabroek -- 12.3.1. Site description and sample locations -- 12.3.2. Results and discussion -- 12.4. Schaijk -- 12.4.1. Site description and sample locations -- 12.4.2. Results and discussion -- 12.5. Palynological results from palaeosoils, peat and lake sediments -- 12.5.1. Site description and sample locations -- 12.5.2. Results and discussion -- 12.6. Summary: the barrow landscape of Oss-Zevenbergen and surroundings -- 13. Ancestral heaths: understanding the barrow landscape -- 13.1. barrow landscape -- 13.1.1. What did the barrow landscape look like in the central and southern Netherlands during the 3rd to 1st millennium cal BC? -- 13.1.2. What was the history of the barrow landscape before the barrows were built? -- 13.1.3. What does this mean? -- 13.1.4. What was the role of barrows in the landscape? -- 13.2. heath open-forest passage landscape as part of the Dutch prehistoric landscape -- 14. Conclusions: answers to the research questions -- References |
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Includes bibliographical references |
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Heathlands -- Netherlands.
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Mounds -- Netherlands
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Palynology -- Netherlands
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Heathlands
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Mounds
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Palynology
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Netherlands
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9088901929 |
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9789088901928 |
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9088901937 |
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9789088901935 |
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9781306395854 |
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1306395852 |
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