PANGAEA_996858
Multi-proxy dataset (pollen, NPPs, micro- and macro-charcoal) from an Iron Age oasis site in Lizq, north-central Oman, covering the period from 2350 cal yr BP to present
Unkelbach, Julia
Multi-proxy dataset (pollen, NPPs, micro- and macro-charcoal) from an Iron Age oasis site in Lizq, north-central Oman, covering the period from 2350 cal yr BP to present
2026-09-01
PANGAEA
Dataset
https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.996858
Investigator
Julia
Unkelbach
julia.unkelbach@biologie.uni-goettingen.de
Earth Science
DEPTH, sediment/rock
AGE
Lycopodium tablets
Spores
Sample volume
Phoenix dactylifera
Vachellia
Pinus
Prosopis
Pistacia
Juniperus
Citrus
Maerua
Ficus
Ziziphus
Prunus
Sideroxylon mascatense
Olea europaea
Blepharis
Ruellia
Cornulaca
Haloxylon
Ephedra
Chrozophora oblongifolia
Euphorbia
Ricinus communis
Crotalaria
Malvaceae
Myrtus
Phyllanthus
Dodonaea
Solanum
Zygophyllum
Heliotropium
Ochradiscus
Artemisia
Gymnocarpos
Helianthemum
Limonium stocksii
Poaceae
Cyperaceae
Chenopodium
Aerva
Pulicaria
Cichorioideae-type
Justicia heterocarpa
Trianthema portulacastrum
Aizoon
Apiaceae
Rhazya
Arnebia hispidissima
Asperugo
Brassicaceae undifferentiated
Cleome
Dianthus
Silene
Spergularia
Commelina
Citrullus colocynthis
Erodium
Orobanche
Peperomia
Linaria
Plantago
Rumex
Ranunculus
Galium
Oldenlandia corymbosa
Scrophulariaceae undifferentiated
Schweinfurthia
Typha
Urticaceae undifferentiated
Tribulus
Acanthaceae undifferentiated
Boraginaceae undifferentiated
Fabaceae undifferentiated
Aloe vera
Pollen indeterminata
Fern spores
Glomus
Gaeumannomyces
Sporormiella
Sordaria
Delitschia
Arnium
Coniochaeta
Alternaria
Neurospora/Gelasinospora
Pleospora
Thecaphora
Curvularia
Savoryella
Fungal spores
Fruiting body
Uredospore
Fungal remains undifferentiated
Arcella
Brachionus, eggs
Rhabdocoela cocoons
Acari
Insect hair
Insect fragment undifferentiated
Microfossils indeterminata
Bryophyte spore undifferentiated
Microcharcoal
Microcharcoal
Macrocharcoal
Macrocharcoal, wood-type
Macrocharcoal, leaf-type
Macrocharcoal, grass-type
Macrocharcoal
geoscientificInformation
Arabian Peninsula
climate dynamics
human activity
LZ5_Oman
Palynology
Plastic bag
U2908
Vegetation dynamics
Age, 14C AMS
Light microscope, ZEISS Primostar 3 [x400 magnification]
Calculated
Measured
Stereomicroscope, ZEISS [x12 magnification]
2023-02-25
2023-02-25
Complete
22.698347
22.698347
58.181068
58.181068
0.0 m (DEPTH, sediment/rock)
2.0 m (DEPTH, sediment/rock)
unrestricted
CC-BY-4.0: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
English
PANGAEA
Data Publisher for Earth & Environmental Science
https://www.pangaea.de/
Data Center Contact
Michael
Diepenbroek
info@pangaea.de
Leobener Str.
Bremen
Bremen
28359
Germany
online
2443 data points
text/tab-separated-values
Unkelbach, Julia; Behling, Hermann; Schmidt, Conrad (2025): Reconstruction of vegetation, climate, fire and human activity at an Iron Age oasis site in Lizq, northern Central Oman, beginning in 400 cal yr BCE. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 675, 113091, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2025.113091
The presented multi-proxy data from Lizq, north-central Oman, document the vegetation, climate, and fire history, as well as the local human activity since the Samad Late Iron Age from around 2350 cal yr BP (around 400 BC) to present. The pollen record provides information about vegetation changes due to climatic fluctuations over Southeastern Arabia as well as about changes in the cultivated vegetation due to dynamic human practices (political and cultural developments, agriculture, herding, and grazing). A clear shift to more xerophytic vegetation and long-distance transport of Pinus pollen grains from the North was reconstructed indicating a weakening of the (summer) monsoon activity in north-central Oman from around 1700-1450 cal yr BP (250-500 AD). Since then, the influence of southern-directed dry polar-continental air masses prevails. Palynological results also indicate plant cultivation on site from at least 2200 cal yr BP (250 BC), but possibly already since the building of the Lizq Early Iron Age fort in the 5th to 4th century BC. Over the last 2420 years there has been limited influence of animal husbandry and natural or anthropogenic fires on the local vegetation in the Lizq area. ** For all details see the full metadata description at "https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.996858"!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyr
AGE
http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=292684
Acari
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2025.113091
Reconstruction of vegetation, climate, fire and human activity at an Iron Age oasis site in Lizq, northern Central Oman, beginning in 400 cal yr BCE
https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev.ns.30.120180.002253
Age, 14C AMS
DIF
9.4
2026-09-01
2026-09-03