Flandrian vegetational history of sout‐heastern England. Stratigraphy of the Brede valley and pollen data from Brede Bridge

• DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.1994.tb03956.x
• Publication Date: 2006-04-29T11:54:21Z
• Authors: M. P. WALLER; A. D. MARLOW
• Keywords: Tilia

summary The results of palaeoecological analyses and lithostratigraphic investigations are used to reconstruct the Flandrian evolution a valley in East Sussex Weald, Brede. Particular emphasis is placed upon mid‐Flandrian vegetational history. Palynological data collected from one site, Brede Bridge, include detailed resolution declines Ulmus Tilia pollen. Predominantly inorganic sediments were deposited during early Flandrian. Marine conditions penetrated lower under general influence sea level rise. After c , 6000 BP, peat formation became widespread Alnus ‐dominated communities occupied floor. Despite forest clearance on adjacent slopes, relatively little sediment was period c. 3700 1800 BP. again came marine after dryland forests were, mid‐Flandrian, dominated by . A upward decline pollen through sequence attributed floor widening Bridge site becoming more distant areas. first signs human activity accompany decline, though major not evident until Comparison latter event with sires across south‐eastern southern England offers support for phase expansion late Neolithic/early Bronze Age involving preferential exploitation areas lime forest.