Elena G. Lapteva^1,2,* and Evgenia L. Lychagina^1,3,**

¹Perm State Humanitarian Pedagogical University, Perm, Russia
²Institute of Plant and Animal Ecology UB RAS, Yekaterinburg, Russia
³Perm State University, Perm, Russia

*E-mail: lapteva@ipae.uran.ru
**E-mail: LychaginaE@mail.ru

Keywords: vegetation dynamics, human impact, pollen analysis, peat bog deposits, archaeological sites, Perm region, the Stone Age.

This paper outlines the first results of the pollen analysis conducted within the Chashkinskoye geoarcheological (the upper Kama valley, Russia). The analysis aims to identify human impact indicators in the peat bog and cultural deposits. The authors traced several palynological criteria across different archaeological epochs. The study revealed that only indirect pollen indicators of human activities associated with the weed-ruderals were typical of the Mesolithic and Neolithic/Chalcolithic periods. During the Stone Age, human influence on the upper Kama forests was local and related only to the environment of the ancient population.

DOI: 10.31857/S0869606325030038