Reconstruction of Post-Glacial Environmental Changes in Yeongjong-do Island Based on Palynological Evidences

화분분석에 기초한 후빙기 영종도의 환경변화

  • PARK, Ji-hoon (Dept. of Geography Education, Kongju National Uniersity) ;
  • PARK, Kyeong (Dept. of Geography, Sungshin Women's University)
  • Received : 2012.06.15
  • Published : 2012.06.30

Abstract

Authors performed pollen analysis in deposits at a coastal plain at Yeongjong-do Island located in Incheon, South Korea. Sampling site (7.2 m a.s.l.) belongs to the cool temperate deciduous broad-leaf forest. Environmental changes since 8,900 yrs B.P. reconstructed from pollen analysis are as follows; JS-I stage (c.a. 8,900~8,500 yrs B.P. ) was cool temperate northern mixed-forest which is comparable to the early PostGlacial pollen stage RI in Japan, in which Pinus and Quercus were dominant and Abies and Picea were also found. At that time, climate was relatively cooler and dryer than today. JS-II stage (sometime between 8,500~4,000 yrs B.P.) was Pinus-dominant coniferous forest, which is comparable to the mid-Post-Glacial pollen stage RII. Mixed forest of Pinus, Quercus and Carpinus was dominant in JS-III stage (c.a. 4,000 yrs B.P). We assumed that JS-II and JS-III stage were relatively warmer and more humid than JS-I stage, and were more like present conditions. JS-IV stage (sometime between 4,000~900 yrs B.P.) was Pinus-dominant coniferous forest which is comparable to the late Post-Glacial pollen stage RIII. JS-V stage (c.a. 900 yrs B.P. ~present) was second growth Pinus-dominant coniferous forest stage. During the last stage, non-arboreal pollen was more common than arboreal pollen and Fagopyrum appeared among the herbaceous plant, which indicates that it is comparable to the RIIIb stage which was the age of human interference. From the JS-V stage, humans in the study site started agricultural activities.

인천 영종도 남부 해안충적평야의 퇴적층을 대상으로 화분분석을 실시하였다. 시료채취 지점(해발고도 7.2m)은 현재 냉온대 중부 낙엽활엽수림대에 속한다. 화분분석에 의해 밝혀진 조사지역 일대의 약 8,900yrBP 이후의 후빙기 환경변화는 다음과 같다. JS-I기(약 8,900~8,500yrB.P.)는 Pinus와 Quercus가 우점하고 일부 Abies와 Picea가 포함된 냉온대 북부의 침활혼효림 시대로서 후빙기 초기의 화분대인 RI대에 대비된다. 이 시대는 현재에 비해 상대적으로 한랭 건조 했다. JS-II기(약 8,500~4,000yrB.P. 어느 시기)는 Pinus가 우점하는 침엽수림시대로서 후빙기 중기 화분대인 RII대에 대비된다. JS-III기(약 4,000yrB.P.경)는 Pinus, Quercus 및 Carpinus가 우점하는 침활혼합림 시대이다. JS-II기와 JS-III기는 JS-I기 보다 상대적으로 온난 습윤했으며, 현재의 기후환경과 유사했을 것으로 생각된다. JS-IV기(약 4,000~900yrBP의 어느 시기)는 Pinus가 우점하는 침엽수림시대로서 후빙기 후기 화분대(RIII) 중에서 RIIIa에 대비된다. JS-V기(약 900yrB.P.~현재)는 2차림인 Pinus가 우점하는 침엽수림시대이다. 이 시대는 수목화분보다 초본화분의 출현율이 높고, 초본류 중에서 Fagopyrum 화분이 연속적으로 출현하는 점 등을 고려할 때, 인간간섭대인 RIIIb에 대비된다. JS-V기부터 조사지역 일대의 거주민들은 본격적인 농경생활을 했던 것으로 생각된다.

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Supported by : Gaya National Research Institute of Cultural Heritage