Human and livestock faecal biomarkers at the prehistorical encampment site of Ullafelsen in the Fotsch Valley, Stubai Alps, Austria – potential and limitations
Marcel Lerch,Tobias Bromm,Clemens Geitner,Jean Nicolas Haas,Dieter Schäfer,Bruno Glaser,and Michael Zech
Heisenberg Chair of Physical Geography with Focus on
Paleoenvironmental Research, Institute of Geography, Technische
Universität Dresden, Helmholtzstraße 10, 01069 Dresden, Germany
Soil Biogeochemistry Group, Institute of Agricultural and Nutritional
Sciences, Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg, Von-Seckendorff-Platz
3, 06120 Halle (Saale), Germany
Soil Biogeochemistry Group, Institute of Agricultural and Nutritional
Sciences, Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg, Von-Seckendorff-Platz
3, 06120 Halle (Saale), Germany
Clemens Geitner
Institute of Geography, University of Innsbruck, Innrain 52f, 6020
Innsbruck, Austria
Jean Nicolas Haas
Institute of Botany, University of Innsbruck, Sternwartestraße
15, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
Dieter Schäfer
Institute of Geology, University of Innsbruck, Innrain 52f, 6020
Innsbruck, Austria
Bruno Glaser
Soil Biogeochemistry Group, Institute of Agricultural and Nutritional
Sciences, Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg, Von-Seckendorff-Platz
3, 06120 Halle (Saale), Germany
Michael Zech
Heisenberg Chair of Physical Geography with Focus on
Paleoenvironmental Research, Institute of Geography, Technische
Universität Dresden, Helmholtzstraße 10, 01069 Dresden, Germany
Soil Biogeochemistry Group, Institute of Agricultural and Nutritional
Sciences, Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg, Von-Seckendorff-Platz
3, 06120 Halle (Saale), Germany
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Faecal biomarker analyses present a useful tool in geoarcheological research. For a better understanding of the lives of our ancestors in alpine regions, we investigated modern livestock faeces and Holocene soils at the prehistorical encampment site of Ullafelsen in the Fotsch Valley, Stubai Alps, Austria. Initial results show a high input of livestock faeces and a negligible input of human faeces for this archeological site. Future studies will focus on mire archives in the Fotsch Valley.
Faecal biomarker analyses present a useful tool in geoarcheological research. For a better...
