On the Lateglacial and Postglacial Vegetation of South Limburg (Netherlands)

Lynchets in eastern Belgium — a geomorphic feature resulting from non-mechanised crop farming

“…The decline in population density and in farmed area started at the end of the 3 rd century and the forested area continued to increase until the 6 th century, as shown by palynogical data (Bunnik, 1999;Janssen, 1960). Around 1000 CE a period of rapid deforestation started (Janssen, 1960) and by 1300 the larger part of the study area was under agriculture (Renes, 2010;Renes, 1988).…”

“…Around 1000 CE a period of rapid deforestation started (Janssen, 1960) and by 1300 the larger part of the study area was under agriculture (Renes, 2010;Renes, 1988). Old land lease contracts and tribute accounts show that as of the 14 th Century cropping agriculture took place in the study area, with permanent pastures around the villages and forests and shrub lands on plateaus and in humid places of the valley bottoms (Bats and Vanden Eede, 1982).…”

Some late-holocene pollen diagrams from the peel raised bogs (southern Netherlands)

“…(Smith, 1964) It also applies to diagrams from small bogs in valley trains west of the Peel region (Janssen, in preparation). Also in the Belgian Kempen (Munaut, 1967) and in the lower Rhine region of western Germany (Rehagen, 1964) (Janssen, 1960 (Iversen, 1960, p.18 (Steinberg, 1944), it has been shown in many diagrams, also in regions adjacent to the Peel (southern Limburg: Janssen, 1960;Belgian Brabant: Munaut, 1967;Westfalen: Rehagen, 1964). In the northern Netherlands the decline of human influence is generally absent, but it is noticeable in a diagram from eastern Friesland (Fochteloo: Van Zeist, 1955).…”

“…In the northern Netherlands the decline of human influence is generally absent, but it is noticeable in a diagram from eastern Friesland (Fochteloo: Van Zeist, 1955). Kubitzki (1961) (Lehmann, 1940) (Firbas, 1949 In central Belgium (Munaut, 1967), in southern Limburg (Janssen, 1960), in the Eifel (Straka, 1960;Hummel, 1949) and in Luxemburg (Slotboom, 1963) two Fagus maxima are found. Already one of Eshuis' diagrams (Nieuwe Peel) shows the two maxima clearly.…”

Abiotic landscape and vegetation patterns in the Netherlands during the Weichselian Late Glacial

“…The gelifluction material (colluvium) partly filled the smaller river and brook valleys in this area. In some river valleys, peat formation occurred during the Late Glacial and Early Holocene (Janssen, 1960;Kuyl, 1980;Van den Broek, 1981), indicating that slope processes had ceased, at least locally. These sparse peat deposits form the palynological archive for this region.…”