Environmental Archaeology and Palaeoecology:Palynology, Archaeobotany and ArchaeozoologyPlant and animal remains, which are found on archaeological sites and in lake/marsh sediments, are a good ...source of information about past economy, environment, food procurement, and the adaptation of people to changeable environmental conditions in various archaeological time periods. However, all these data need to be collected and interpreted. With the first manual presenting palynology, archaeobotany and archaeozoology fields of research in Slovenian language, this task should be more easily achievable.
V članku obravnavamo vlogo domačega goveda (Bos taurus Linnaeus, 1758) v ekonomiji romaniziranega prebivalstva jugovzhodnoalpskega prostora. Študija je zajela 8.579 ostankov te vrste iz časa od ...sredine 1. stoletja pr. n. št. do 6. stoletja n. št., ki izvirajo iz 22 različnih vzorcev z najmanj 100 taksonomsko opredeljenimi najdbami. Rezultati so potrdili izjemen pomen govedoreje, ki je temeljila na uvoženi napredni rimski pasmi in je bila primarno usmerjena v izkoriščanje sekundarnih proizvodov reje. Z nastopom politično in varnostno nestabilne pozne antike se je število goved močno zmanjšalo, v ospredje pa so zopet prišle sicer nizkorasle, a vzrejno manj zahtevne tradicionalne lokalne forme.
Changes of past and present environment of Slovenia are discussed in nine papers, which were written by 21 authors, coming from 14 research organisations. Our aim is to increase multidisciplinary ...communication and cooperation between Slovenian researchers, working in the fields of palaeoecology and ecology. Research topics include: archaeozoology, biology, ecology, geoarchaeology, palynology, nature protection, dendrochronology, archaeobotany, geochemistry, Karst research and geography.