ЭКОЛОГИЯ PALAEOECOLOGY OF THE MOSKVARIVER FLOODPLAIN: SOIL, POLLEN AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL RECORDS A.L. Alexandrovskiy1, E.G. Ershova2, N.A. Krenke3 1Institute of Geography, RAS Staromonetny pereulok, 29, Moscow, Russia, 119017 2Lomonosov Moscow State University Leninskie Gory, 1, Moscow, Russia, 119991 3Institute of Archaeology, RAS Ul. <...> Ulyanova, 19, Moscow, Russia, 117036 Floodplain deposits in the valley of the Moskva-river contain a series of buried soils of the Holocene age, which can be an important source of palaeoecological information. <...> Archaeological monuments attributed to these soils are dated: Neolithic (Soil 4), Early Bronze Age (Soil 3), the Iron Age and the Middle Ages (Soil 2). <...> Buried soils have well developed profiles and diagnostic features. <...> Buried soils of Subboreal period (Soil 3) are traced in rare cases and have no clear diagnostic features; pollen analysis shows that this soil could be developed under mixed forests dominated by spruce. <...> Radiocarbon dating suggests that the landscapes of the lower levels of the valley have changed dramatically between 5000 and 4500 cal BP. <...> The forest-steppe communities, typical for the Atlantic period, were replaced by dense spruce forests due to early Subboreal climate change. <...> Some traces of human impact on the floodplain vegetation from the Neolithic and Bronze Age were revealed. <...> The question of synchronicity of soil formation in different river systems is discussed [48]. <...> Also the 62 Alexandrovskiy A.L., Ershova E.G., Krenke N.A. Palaeoecology of the Moskva-river floodplain. floodplain contains clearly stratified culture layer of different age [9; 2; 4; 2010]. <...> Soil humus, and, in some cases, coal and archeological objects were used for radiocarbon dating. <...> However, this data was limited to the culture layer of Iron and Middle Age. <...> Numerous sites with a series of buried soils and archaeological monuments of different eras (from the Mezolithic Age to the late Middle Ages) were found specifically in the floodplain [42—47]. <...> Map of the studied area in the valley of the Moskvariver near the town Zvenigorod. <...> Archaeological sites are marked with black circles 63 Вестник РУДН, серия Экология и безопасность жизнедеятельности, 2014, № 3 The area is <...>