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Multidisciplinary study confirms human activity in Białowieża Forest over the past 10,000 years, highlighting heritage conservation implications.
Białowieża Forest in eastern Poland preserves a landscape largely unaffected by recent human activity. A multidisciplinary study combining airborne and surface surveys, excavations and palaeoenvironmental analysis confirms episodic human activity in the area over the past 10 000 years, providing a methodological foundation for future research and heritage conservation.
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