Abstract
The first palaeoecological record from a wetland site located on the English chalk has provided data indicating that the early post-glacial flora of the Yorkshire Wolds contained a strong species-rich grassland element. It is suggested that before post-glacial forests had become fully established, mesolithic peoples had occupied the area and were causing forest disturbance as early as c. 8900 bp. Consequently, the species-rich grasslands, which had never been completely ousted by the initial forest expansion, were able to survive the Boreal and Atlantic periods and were a consistent component of the post-glacial chalkland landscape.
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