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The aim is to explore how Mesolithic hunter-gatherer-fishers influenced their environments and how ecological changes affected their decisions.

May 29, 2026Quaternary Science Reviews1 citationsOpen Access

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Wetland life: Exploring Mesolithic Hunter-Gatherer-Fisher socioecologies using high-resolution palaeoenvironmental reconstructions of pollen and NPP at Dagsmosse, Sweden

PBPaulina BlaesildUniversity of Gothenburg ASArne SjöströmLund University FHFredrik HallgrenKnowledge Foundation

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The aim is to explore how Mesolithic hunter-gatherer-fishers influenced their environments and how ecological changes affected their decisions.
Analyzed high-resolution pollen and NPP data from Dagsmosse, Sweden.
Examined ecological successions and changes in lake stages.
Compared human activities with local grazing by large herbivores.
Human activities significantly influenced local grazing levels by large herbivores.
Changes in lake carbonates and water levels mirrored hunter-gatherer-fisher activities.
Clearance of woodlands and telmatic areas resulted in notable ecological shifts.

Abstract

• Past HGFs altered terrestrial and limnic environments through niche construction. • Plant and faunal ecology successions impacted past human decision-making. • HGF activity aligned with lake stage changes of carbonates, water level and trophy. • Woodland and telmatic belt clearances extensively impacted ecological changes. • Human activity determined the degree of local grazing by large herbivores.

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synapsesocial.com/papers/6a192f1bfab5b468c44186d6 https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2026.110079

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