Why all the rush?

Why all the rush?
How terp archaeology will benefit
from a nuanced view of past
landscapes and peoples role therein
Why all the rush?
Which could be worth considering in
present day salt marsh management
as well
Mainland salt marshes
Juncetum gerardii
Dung pit
Dung sample
Jelsum
Archaeobotany
Jacobaea erucifolia
Cereal pollen, ca. 40µm
TMAP Vegetation Typology
TMAP vegetation typology index
• Goal in restoration ecology of the Wadden Sea
• Naturalizing cultural landscapes
Saline
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Fresh
Saline
=== Asso f species
in sample3 3 ===
ciations o
JUNCGER0
GLAXMAR0
TRIGMAR0
POA -SP0
SUAEMAR0
SALX-SP0
POTEANS0
POLNAVI0
PLAAMAJ0
SCIRMAR0
SONCASP0
CHENRUB0
ATRPPRO0
CHENGLA0
URTIURE0 SONCOLE0
ATRPPAT0
ELYM-SP0
STELMED0
CAREHIR0
CHENALB0
CHENFIC0
CIRS-SP0
ATRPLIT0
JUNCGER0**********
1.39 1.18 0.25 0.29 -0 0.75 -0.2 0.37 0.37 -0.2 -0 0.49 -0.3
-0.24504 -0.6 -0.6 -0.2 -0.5 -0.3 -0.9 -0.6 0.13 0.07
GLAXMAR01.39 **********
1.4 0.35 0.6 0.05 0.75 -0.1 0.42 0.23 -0.2 -0 0.66 -0.2
-0.41198 -0.4 -0.5 -0.6 -0.6 -0.4 -0.8 -0.3 0.03 -0.1
TRIGMAR0 1.18 1.4 **********
0.34 1.25 0.01 0.39 0.17 0.32 0.38 -0 -0 0.73 -0.2
-0.06109 -0.1 -0.1 -0.3 -0.3 -0.3 -0.1 -0.3 -0.3 0.18
POA -SP0 0.25 0.35 0.34 **********
0.14 -0.1 0.3 -0 0.22 -0.2 -0.1 -0.2 0.07 -0.1
-0.04901 -0 -0.2 -0 -0.1 0.02 -0.5 -0.3 -0.1 0.33
SUAEMAR00.29 0.6 1.25 0.14 **********
-0.1 -0.1 0.78 0.29 0.27 0.43 0.51 0.82 0.44
0.05314 0.41 0.73 -0.2 0.57 -0.1 0.79 0.13 -0.3 0.85
SALX-SP0
-0 0.05 0.01 -0.1 -0.1 **********
0.13 0.11 0.17 -0 0.36 0.32 0.31 0.28
-0.14598 0.29 0.32 0.08 0.14 0.27 0.19 0.18 0.01 -0.4
POTEANS0 0.75 0.75 0.39 0.3 -0.1 0.13 **********
0.47 0.74 0.11 0.41 0.2 0.44 0.02
-0.01477 0.24 0.31 -0.2 0.11 0.63 0.25 0.07 0.08 0.31
POLNAVI0 -0.2 -0.1 0.17 -0 0.78 0.11 0.47 **********
1.18 0.37 0.98 0.75 0.55 0.5
0.89364 1.02 1.36 -0.1 1.15 0.26 1.45 0.71 0.04 0.51
PLAAMAJ0 0.37 0.42 0.32 0.22 0.29 0.17 0.74 1.18 **********
0.15 0.83 0.64 0.51 0.5
0.62063 0.81 0.99 -0.1 0.65 0.45 0.93 0.61 0.04 0.24
SCIRMAR0 0.37 0.23 0.38 -0.2 0.27 -0 0.11 0.37 0.15 **********
0.15 0.33 0.42 -0
0.16173 0.08 0.26 -0.2 0.15 -0.1 0.35 -0 0.08 0.01
SONCASP0 -0.2 -0.2 -0 -0.1 0.43 0.36 0.41 0.98 0.83 0.15 **********
0.65 0.43 0.62
0.70349 1.16 1.13 0.2 0.83 0.36 1.2 0.74 -0 0.41
CHENRUB0 -0 -0 -0 -0.2 0.51 0.32 0.2 0.75 0.64 0.33 0.65 **********
0.82 1.29
0.72335 0.53 0.99 0.06 0.4 0.4 0.71 0.68 0.31 0.12
ATRPPRO0 0.49 0.66 0.73 0.07 0.82 0.31 0.44 0.55 0.51 0.42 0.43 0.82 **********
0.58
0.28208 0.47 0.69 0.05 0.05 -0 0.41 0.39 0.06 1.35
CHENGLA0 -0.3 -0.2 -0.2 -0.1 0.44 0.28 0.02 0.5 0.5 -0 0.62 1.29 0.58 **********
0.30516 0.52 0.87 0.04 0.37 0.32 0.59 0.72 0.25 0.04
URTIURE0 -0.2 -0.4 -0.1 -0 0.05 -0.1 -0 0.89 0.62 0.16 0.7 0.72 0.28 0.31 ********** 0.83 0.95 0.1 0.77 -0 #### 0.84 0.08 0.01
SONCOLE0 -0.6 -0.4 -0.1 -0 0.41 0.29 0.24 1.02 0.81 0.08 1.16 0.53 0.47 0.52
0.83207 **********
1.22 0.23 0.86 0.3 1.28 0.72 -0.1 0.49
ATRPPAT0 -0.6 -0.5 -0.1 -0.2 0.73 0.32 0.31 1.36 0.99 0.26 1.13 0.99 0.69 0.87
0.94522 1.22 **********
0.27 1.04 0.39 1.45 0.96 -0.1 0.43
ELYM-SP0 -0.2 -0.6 -0.3 -0 -0.2 0.08 -0.2 -0.1 -0.1 -0.2 0.2 0.06 0.05 0.04
0.09792 0.23 0.27 **********
0.2 0.09 0.18 0.32 0.03 -0.1
STELMED0 -0.5 -0.6 -0.3 -0.1 0.57 0.14 0.11 1.15 0.65 0.15 0.83 0.4 0.05 0.37
0.76778 0.86 1.04 0.2 **********
0.34 1.23 0.63 0.01 0.16
CAREHIR0 -0.3 -0.4 -0.3 0.02 -0.1 0.27 0.63 0.26 0.45 -0.1 0.36 0.4 -0 0.32
-0.0183 0.3 0.39 0.09 0.34 **********
0.28 0.22 0.05 0.02
CHENALB0 -0.9 -0.8 -0.1 -0.5 0.79 0.19 0.25 1.45 0.93 0.35 1.2 0.71 0.41 0.59
117437 1.28 1.45 0.18 1.23 0.28 **********
1.01 -0 0.16
CHENFIC0 -0.6 -0.3 -0.3 -0.3 0.13 0.18 0.07 0.71 0.61 -0 0.74 0.68 0.39 0.72
0.83977 0.72 0.96 0.32 0.63 0.22 1.01 **********
0.05 -0.2
CIRS-SP0 0.13 0.03 -0.3 -0.1 -0.3 0.01 0.08 0.04 0.04 0.08 -0 0.31 0.06 0.25
0.08346 -0.1 -0.1 0.03 0.01 0.05 -0 0.05 *********
-0.2
ATRPLIT0 0.07 -0.1 0.18 0.33 0.85 -0.4 0.31 0.51 0.24 0.01 0.41 0.12 1.35 0.04
0.00962 0.49 0.43 -0.1 0.16 0.02 0.16 -0.2 -0.2 ********
------------------Fresh
samples
plants
SALT MARSH
Reconstructions
Behre 1976: Die Pflanzenreste aus der
frühgeschichtlichen Wurt Elisenhof
Mainland salt marshes in the past
• Severe human influence
– Ditches
– Crop fields
– Sod cutting
– Terps
• Salt marsh always present
• SYNANTHROPIC SALT MARSHES