Palaeoecological data indicates land-use changes across Europe linked to spatial heterogeneity in mortality during the Black Death pandemic
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IZDEBSKI, Adam; Piotr GUZOWSKI; Radosław PONIAT; Lucrezia MASCI; Jordan PALLI; Cristiano VIGNOLA; Martin BAUCH; Carlo COCOZZA; Luis Ricardo NEVES FERNANDES; Fredrik Charpentier LJUNGQVIST; Timothy NEWFIELD; Andrea SEIM; Daniel ABEL-SCHAAD; Francisca Alba ALBA-SANCHEZ; Leif BJOERKMAN; Achim BRAUER; Alex BROWN; Sambor CZERWINSKI; Ana EJARQUE; Magdalena FIŁOC; Assunta FLORENZANO; Erik Daniel FREDH; Ralph FYFE; Nauris JASIUNAS; Piotr KOŁACZEK; Katerina KOULI; Radka KOZAKOVÁ; Mirosława KUPRYJANOWICZ; Per LAGERAS; Mariusz LAMENTOWICZ; Matts LINDBLADH; José Antonio LOPEZ-SAEZ; María de los Reyes LUELMO-LAUTENSCHLAEGER; Katarzyna MARCISZ; Florence MAZIER; Scott MENSING; Anna Maria MERCURI; Krystyna MILECKA; Yannick MIRAS; Agnieszka Maria NORYSKIEWICZ; Elena NOVENKO; Milena OBREMSKA; Sampson PANAJIOTIDIS; Maria PAPADOPOULOU; Anna PEDZISZEWSKA; Sebastián PEREZ-DIAZ; Gianluca PIOVESAN; Aleks PLUSKOWSKI; Petr POKORNÝ; Anneli POSKA; Triin REITALU; Manfred RÖSCH; Laura SADORI; Carla SÁ FERREIRA; David SEBAG; Michał SŁOWIŃSKI; Miglė STANCIKAITE; Normunds STIVRINS; Irene TUNNO; Siim VESKI; Agnieszka WACNIK a Alessia MASI
The Black Death (1347–1352 CE) is the most renowned pandemic in human history, believed by many to have killed half of Europe’s population. However, despite advances in ancient DNA research that conclusively identified the pandemic’s causative agent (bacterium Yersinia pestis), our knowledge of the Black Death remains limited, based primarily on qualitative remarks in medieval written sources available for some areas of Western Europe. Here, we remedy this situation by applying a pioneering new approach, ‘big data palaeoecology’, which, starting from palynological data, evaluates the scale of the Black Death’s mortality on a regional scale across Europe. We collected pollen data on landscape change from 261 radiocarbon-dated coring sites (lakes and wetlands) located across 19 modern-day European countries. We used two independent methods of analysis to evaluate whether the changes we see in the landscape at the time of the Black Death agree with the hypothesis that a large portion of the population, upwards of half, died within a few years in the 21 historical regions we studied. While we can confirm that the Black Death had a devastating impact in some regions, we found that it had negligible or no impact in others. These inter-regional differences in the Black Death’s mortality across Europe demonstrate the significance of cultural, ecological, economic, societal and climatic factors that mediated the dissemination and impact of the disease. The complex interplay of these factors, along with the historical ecology of plague, should be a focus of future research on historical pandemics.
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MUNI/A/0998/2021, interní kód MU
Název: Archeologické terénní prospekce, exkavace a dokumentace II
Investor: Masarykova univerzita, Archeologické terénní prospekce, exkavace a dokumentace II
IZDEBSKI, Adam; Piotr GUZOWSKI; Radosław PONIAT; Lucrezia MASCI; Jordan PALLI; Cristiano VIGNOLA; Martin BAUCH; Carlo COCOZZA; Luis Ricardo NEVES FERNANDES; Fredrik Charpentier LJUNGQVIST; Timothy NEWFIELD; Andrea SEIM; Daniel ABEL-SCHAAD; Francisca Alba ALBA-SANCHEZ; Leif BJOERKMAN; Achim BRAUER; Alex BROWN; Sambor CZERWINSKI; Ana EJARQUE; Magdalena FIŁOC; Assunta FLORENZANO; Erik Daniel FREDH; Ralph FYFE; Nauris JASIUNAS; Piotr KOŁACZEK; Katerina KOULI; Radka KOZAKOVÁ; Mirosława KUPRYJANOWICZ; Per LAGERAS; Mariusz LAMENTOWICZ; Matts LINDBLADH; José Antonio LOPEZ-SAEZ; María de los Reyes LUELMO-LAUTENSCHLAEGER; Katarzyna MARCISZ; Florence MAZIER; Scott MENSING; Anna Maria MERCURI; Krystyna MILECKA; Yannick MIRAS; Agnieszka Maria NORYSKIEWICZ; Elena NOVENKO; Milena OBREMSKA; Sampson PANAJIOTIDIS; Maria PAPADOPOULOU; Anna PEDZISZEWSKA; Sebastián PEREZ-DIAZ; Gianluca PIOVESAN; Aleks PLUSKOWSKI; Petr POKORNÝ; Anneli POSKA; Triin REITALU; Manfred RÖSCH; Laura SADORI; Carla SÁ FERREIRA; David SEBAG; Michał SŁOWIŃSKI; Miglė STANCIKAITE; Normunds STIVRINS; Irene TUNNO; Siim VESKI; Agnieszka WACNIK a Alessia MASI. Palaeoecological data indicates land-use changes across Europe linked to spatial heterogeneity in mortality during the Black Death pandemic. NATURE ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION. Nature, 2022, roč. 6, č. 3, s. 297-306. ISSN 2397-334X. Dostupné z: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-021-01652-4.
@article{2247070, author = {Izdebski, Adam and Guzowski, Piotr and Poniat, Radosław and Masci, Lucrezia and Palli, Jordan and Vignola, Cristiano and Bauch, Martin and Cocozza, Carlo and Neves Fernandes, Luis Ricardo and Ljungqvist, Fredrik Charpentier and Newfield, Timothy and Seim, Andrea and AbelandSchaad, Daniel and AlbaandSanchez, Francisca Alba and Bjoerkman, Leif and Brauer, Achim and Brown, Alex and Czerwinski, Sambor and Ejarque, Ana and Fiłoc, Magdalena and Florenzano, Assunta and Fredh, Erik Daniel and Fyfe, Ralph and Jasiunas, Nauris and Kołaczek, Piotr and Kouli, Katerina and Kozaková, Radka and Kupryjanowicz, Mirosława and Lageras, Per and Lamentowicz, Mariusz and Lindbladh, Matts and LopezandSaez, José Antonio and LuelmoandLautenschlaeger, María de los Reyes and Marcisz, Katarzyna and Mazier, Florence and Mensing, Scott and Mercuri, Anna Maria and Milecka, Krystyna and Miras, Yannick and Noryskiewicz, Agnieszka Maria and Novenko, Elena and Obremska, Milena and Panajiotidis, Sampson and Papadopoulou, Maria and Pedziszewska, Anna and PerezandDiaz, Sebastián and Piovesan, Gianluca and Pluskowski, Aleks and Pokorný, Petr and Poska, Anneli and Reitalu, Triin and Rösch, Manfred and Sadori, Laura and Sá Ferreira, Carla and Sebag, David and Słowiński, Michał and Stancikaite, Miglė and Stivrins, Normunds and Tunno, Irene and Veski, Siim and Wacnik, Agnieszka and Masi, Alessia}, article_number = {3}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-021-01652-4}, keywords = {The Black Death; plague; pandemic; palaeoecology; DNA research}, language = {eng}, issn = {2397-334X}, journal = {NATURE ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION}, title = {Palaeoecological data indicates land-use changes across Europe linked to spatial heterogeneity in mortality during the Black Death pandemic}, url = {https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-021-01652-4}, volume = {6}, year = {2022} }
TY - JOUR ID - 2247070 AU - Izdebski, Adam - Guzowski, Piotr - Poniat, Radosław - Masci, Lucrezia - Palli, Jordan - Vignola, Cristiano - Bauch, Martin - Cocozza, Carlo - Neves Fernandes, Luis Ricardo - Ljungqvist, Fredrik Charpentier - Newfield, Timothy - Seim, Andrea - Abel-Schaad, Daniel - Alba-Sanchez, Francisca Alba - Bjoerkman, Leif - Brauer, Achim - Brown, Alex - Czerwinski, Sambor - Ejarque, Ana - Fiłoc, Magdalena - Florenzano, Assunta - Fredh, Erik Daniel - Fyfe, Ralph - Jasiunas, Nauris - Kołaczek, Piotr - Kouli, Katerina - Kozaková, Radka - Kupryjanowicz, Mirosława - Lageras, Per - Lamentowicz, Mariusz - Lindbladh, Matts - Lopez-Saez, José Antonio - Luelmo-Lautenschlaeger, María de los Reyes - Marcisz, Katarzyna - Mazier, Florence - Mensing, Scott - Mercuri, Anna Maria - Milecka, Krystyna - Miras, Yannick - Noryskiewicz, Agnieszka Maria - Novenko, Elena - Obremska, Milena - Panajiotidis, Sampson - Papadopoulou, Maria - Pedziszewska, Anna - Perez-Diaz, Sebastián - Piovesan, Gianluca - Pluskowski, Aleks - Pokorný, Petr - Poska, Anneli - Reitalu, Triin - Rösch, Manfred - Sadori, Laura - Sá Ferreira, Carla - Sebag, David - Słowiński, Michał - Stancikaite, Miglė - Stivrins, Normunds - Tunno, Irene - Veski, Siim - Wacnik, Agnieszka - Masi, Alessia PY - 2022 TI - Palaeoecological data indicates land-use changes across Europe linked to spatial heterogeneity in mortality during the Black Death pandemic JF - NATURE ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION VL - 6 IS - 3 SP - 297-306 EP - 297-306 PB - Nature SN - 2397334X KW - The Black Death KW - plague KW - pandemic KW - palaeoecology KW - DNA research UR - https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-021-01652-4 N2 - The Black Death (1347–1352 CE) is the most renowned pandemic in human history, believed by many to have killed half of Europe’s population. However, despite advances in ancient DNA research that conclusively identified the pandemic’s causative agent (bacterium Yersinia pestis), our knowledge of the Black Death remains limited, based primarily on qualitative remarks in medieval written sources available for some areas of Western Europe. Here, we remedy this situation by applying a pioneering new approach, ‘big data palaeoecology’, which, starting from palynological data, evaluates the scale of the Black Death’s mortality on a regional scale across Europe. We collected pollen data on landscape change from 261 radiocarbon-dated coring sites (lakes and wetlands) located across 19 modern-day European countries. We used two independent methods of analysis to evaluate whether the changes we see in the landscape at the time of the Black Death agree with the hypothesis that a large portion of the population, upwards of half, died within a few years in the 21 historical regions we studied. While we can confirm that the Black Death had a devastating impact in some regions, we found that it had negligible or no impact in others. These inter-regional differences in the Black Death’s mortality across Europe demonstrate the significance of cultural, ecological, economic, societal and climatic factors that mediated the dissemination and impact of the disease. The complex interplay of these factors, along with the historical ecology of plague, should be a focus of future research on historical pandemics. ER -
IZDEBSKI, Adam; Piotr GUZOWSKI; Radosław PONIAT; Lucrezia MASCI; Jordan PALLI; Cristiano VIGNOLA; Martin BAUCH; Carlo COCOZZA; Luis Ricardo NEVES FERNANDES; Fredrik Charpentier LJUNGQVIST; Timothy NEWFIELD; Andrea SEIM; Daniel ABEL-SCHAAD; Francisca Alba ALBA-SANCHEZ; Leif BJOERKMAN; Achim BRAUER; Alex BROWN; Sambor CZERWINSKI; Ana EJARQUE; Magdalena FIŁOC; Assunta FLORENZANO; Erik Daniel FREDH; Ralph FYFE; Nauris JASIUNAS; Piotr KOŁACZEK; Katerina KOULI; Radka KOZAKOVÁ; Mirosława KUPRYJANOWICZ; Per LAGERAS; Mariusz LAMENTOWICZ; Matts LINDBLADH; José Antonio LOPEZ-SAEZ; María de los Reyes LUELMO-LAUTENSCHLAEGER; Katarzyna MARCISZ; Florence MAZIER; Scott MENSING; Anna Maria MERCURI; Krystyna MILECKA; Yannick MIRAS; Agnieszka Maria NORYSKIEWICZ; Elena NOVENKO; Milena OBREMSKA; Sampson PANAJIOTIDIS; Maria PAPADOPOULOU; Anna PEDZISZEWSKA; Sebastián PEREZ-DIAZ; Gianluca PIOVESAN; Aleks PLUSKOWSKI; Petr POKORNÝ; Anneli POSKA; Triin REITALU; Manfred RÖSCH; Laura SADORI; Carla SÁ FERREIRA; David SEBAG; Michał SŁOWI$\backslash$'NSKI; Miglė STANCIKAITE; Normunds STIVRINS; Irene TUNNO; Siim VESKI; Agnieszka WACNIK a Alessia MASI. Palaeoecological data indicates land-use changes across Europe linked to spatial heterogeneity in mortality during the Black Death pandemic. \textit{NATURE ECOLOGY \&{} EVOLUTION}. Nature, 2022, roč.~6, č.~3, s.~297-306. ISSN~2397-334X. Dostupné z: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-021-01652-4.