The history of dacia's forests in the orăştie mountains region

Abstract

The paper contributes to the knowledge of forest history during the Dacian Civilization, focusing on the mountainous region where the Dacian fortresses of the Orăştie Mountains were located. Some historical and archaeological evidence has been reviewed regarding the use of trees by the Dacians. Emphasis was laid on the analysis of the papers that present indirect evidence in this respect, namely the palynological sequences from the region, belonging to the period of interest, the Subatlantic. On the basis of these, it was possible to reconstruct the natural environment and especially the forest dynamics in the studied region. The palynological analyses performed demonstrate the millennial age of the forests in the area, and aim at further comparisons with the current situation of forests in the region.