On the Late Pleistocene and Holocene history of vegetation and human impact in the Ucker valley, north-eastern Germany

A high-resolution Late Pleistocene and Middle to Late Holocene pollen profile of regional significance is presented. The coring site is located in a mire between two lakes, Ober- and Unter-Uckersee, in Brandenburg, northeastern Germany. The study was carried out in an archaeological context. It provides information about the history of vegetation, climate and human impact in the Ucker river valley and the surrounding hills, the Uckermarker Hugelland. Hence, it is an important contribution for the reconstruction of the past vegetation of this area of Brandenburg. Seven AMS C-14-dates based on pollen concentrates provide a chronology for the middle Holocene part of the profile. Phases of intensive human activity can be shown from the middle Neolithic times until the Roman Iron Age.