Vegetation and environment in Nydam, Denmark, during the Iron Age

In connection to the archeological research of the warfare sacrifices in Illerup, Ejsbol and Nydam, a comprehensive amount of pollen samples has been collected. The collection of pollen has several objectives. First and foremost it is possible to describe the vegetational development which contributes to the determination of the geneses of the specific bog. Secondly, the archeological find layers can be matched with the pollen series to achieve a relative dating. After the excavations, analyses have been carried out in the laboratories. However, only now has a connection between the vegetational development and the warfare sacrifices been established. Added to this is the description of the vegetation in the surrounding areas. The varied intensity of farming and the relation between land and forest are described in the research.