Located in the eastern Carpathian Basin, a substantial part of the Banat region is characterized by wide undulating plains in which numerous prehistoric sites have been found, from Early Neolithic settlements to some of the largest known Late Bronze Age fortifications in Europe such as Corneşti-Iarcuri. Since palynological archives have proven to be extremely rare, respective studies used to concentrate on peat bogs in mountainous areas which occur at minimum distances of 100 km. This paper counters the generalization of such data by presenting the first available pollen records from lowland sites, where an open woodland mainly composed of Tilia, Quercus and Corylus prevailed throughout most of the Holocene. Human impact has been documented since the Early Neolithic, around 6000 cal. BC, but is especially evident in a drastic reduction of tree cover between the Copper and the Early Bronze Age (after 3000 cal. BC), in which fires seem to have played an essential role. From the Late Bronze Age onwards (after 1600 cal. BC), the landscape was eventually transformed into a cultural steppe by intensified land use under increasingly arid conditions.

巴纳特地区位于喀尔巴阡山脉东部，其特征是宽阔起伏的平原，发现了许多史前遗址，从新石器时代早期的定居点到欧洲一些已知的最大的青铜时代晚期的设防，例如Corneşti-Iarcuri 。由于孢粉学档案已经被证明是极为罕见的，因此分别进行的研究主要集中在山区的泥炭沼泽中，这些泥炭沼泽的最小距离为100 km。本文通过介绍低地站点的第一个可用花粉记录来反驳此类数据的普遍性，这些低地站点主要是由Tilia，Quercus和Corylus组成的开放林地整个全新世都盛行。自新石器时代早期以来（约6000 cal），对人类的影响已有记载。公元前，但在铜和青铜时代（公元前3000年前）之间的树木覆盖率急剧下降时尤其明显，在这种情况下，火灾似乎起了至关重要的作用。从青铜时代晚期开始（公元前1600年以后），土地在日益干旱的条件下被集约利用，最终将其转变为文化草原。