E&G Quaternary Science Journal
E&G Quaternary Science Journal
EGQSJ
Articles | Volume 67, issue 2
Articles | Volume 67, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/egqsj-67-73-2019
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Articles | Volume 67, issue 2
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15 Jan 2019
Research article |  | 15 Jan 2019

Fortification, mining, and charcoal production: landscape history at the abandoned medieval settlement of Hohenwalde at the Faule Pfütze (Saxony, Eastern Ore Mountains)

Johann Friedrich Tolksdorf, Matthias Schubert, Frank Schröder, Libor Petr, Christoph Herbig, Petr Kočár, Mathias Bertuch, and Christiane Hemker

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This case study provides a reconstruction of settlement and land-use history since the 13th century CE in a small valley in the Ore Mountains (Saxony). Archaeological evidence shows settlement activities with a strong building and mining activities that also triggered local soil erosion. After the abandonment of the site in the middle of the 15th century CE and a reafforestation, later land use in the area occurred in the form of charcoal production.
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Geoarchaeology and past human–environment interactions