Pollen data were collected from a one-meter peat succession recovered from the top of the Tropea Promontory (Calabria), a territory continuously inhabited throughout Prehistory and Protohistory. The peat was deposited in a small pond/marsh that was gradually filled up. Six ¹⁴C dates allowed the peat growth to be constrained to between ca. 3000 and 1000 calBC. Considerable landscape and land use changes occurred in the area in that time interval, due to both environmental changes and intensive human activities. An open landscape with scattered oak woods characterized the high plain, whereas on the wet soils surrounding the marsh, wet woodlands (Alnus), and hygrophilous vegetation (Cyperaceae) developed, their relative abundance being used to mark the local environmental evolution. The occurrence of different anthropogenic indicators reveals that the area was exploited for agricultural practices (cereal cultivation) and livestock grazing, the latter being the main activity practiced around the marsh between the Eneolithic (stable settlements) and the Early-Middle Bronze Age (seasonal presence). The possibility of climatic influence on the peat evolution was studied by comparisons with well-dated isotope records. The marsh contraction phase roughly coincides with the 4.2 ka calBP event, while the end of peat accumulation postdates the 3.0 ka calBP rapid climate change event.

花粉数据是从特罗佩亚海角（Calabria）顶部恢复的一米长的泥炭序列中收集的，特罗佩亚海角是整个史前史和原始史以来一直有人居住的地区。泥炭沉积在一个逐渐被填满的小池塘/沼泽中。六个¹⁴ C日期使泥炭的生长被限制在约200℃至190℃之间。3000和1000 calBC。由于环境变化和人类密集活动，该时间间隔内该地区发生了相当大的景观和土地利用变化。广阔的平原上空旷的树林散布着橡木树林，而在沼泽周围的湿土上，湿林地（阿尔努斯），并发展了吸湿性植被（莎草科），它们的相对丰度被用于标记当地的环境演变。不同的人为指标的出现表明该地区已被用于农业实践（谷物种植）和放牧牲畜，后者是在新石器时代（稳定定居点）和青铜器早期到中期（季节性存在）之间的沼泽周围进行的主要活动。 ）。通过与年代久远的同位素记录进行比较，研究了气候对泥炭演化的影响。沼泽收缩期大致与4.2 ka calBP事件相吻合，而泥炭堆积的结束要早于3.0 ka calBP快速气候变化事件。