Palaeobotanical researches at Ajdovski gradeč above the village Vranje near Sevnica

Abstract

The results of analyses of charcoal and wood collected during several years of excavations at the late Roman settlement Ajdovski gradeč above the village Vranje near Sevnica are presented. The composition of a forest that surrounded the settlement is shown and it suggests the possible predomination of oak (Quercus). Pollen analyses of a few samples of sediments were also carried out, but sediment was deposited after the settlement had been completely depopulated. A few stages of forest regeneration are noticed, started with pioneer species such as birch (Betula), hop hornbeam (Ostrya carpinifolia), hazel (Corylus) and hornbeam (Carpinus), and later oak (Quercus) and beech (Fagus) were reappeared.