Supplementary Materials S1-S4 to Leipe et al., 2024. Human activities, early farming and natural environment in the north-western Kanto Plain (Central Japan) during the Final Jomon–Early Kofun period (990 cal BCE–330 cal CE) inferred from palynological and archaeobotanical records

<p>This dataset represents the Supplementary Materials S1-S4 to Leipe et al. (2024), <em>QEH</em> 2, 100030.</p> <p>Leipe et al., 2024. Human activities, early farming and natural environment in the north-western Kanto Plain (Central Japan) during the Final Jomon&ndash;Early Kofun period (990 cal BCE&ndash;330 cal CE) inferred from palynological and archaeobotanical records. <em>Quaternary Environments and Humans</em> 2, 100030 (doi:&nbsp;<a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.qeh.2024.100030">https://doi.org/10.1016/j.qeh.2024.100030</a>).</p> <p><strong>Supplementary Material S1</strong>: Pollen and non-pollen palynomorph records of a section (490.5-668.5 cm depth) of the MJ20 sediment core from Morinji Marsh, Tatebayashi City, Gunma Prefecture, Kanto region, Central Japan.</p> <p><strong>Supplementary Material S2</strong>. Sample-specific total counts of macrobotanical (seeds and fruits) and fungal remains and floated litres of sediment samples from ash pits (Yayoi period) and hearths (Kofun period) of the Ikegami archaeological site, Kumagaya City, Saitama Prefecture, Kanto region, Central Japan.</p> <p><strong>Supplementary Material S3</strong>. Photographs of charred remains of<em> Juglans ailantifolia</em> and <em>Aesculus turbinata</em> from the Middle Yayoi period ash pit samples at the Ikegami archaeological site, Kumagaya City, Saitama Prefecture, Kanto region, Central Japan.</p> <p><strong>Supplementary Material S4</strong>. Description of the As-B tephra in the MJ20 sediment core from Morinji Marsh, Tatebayashi City, Gunma Prefecture, Kanto region, Central Japan.</p>