Lateglacial and early holocene environments and human occupation in Brandenburg, Eastern Germany
The paper reports on the results of the pollen, plant macrofossil and geochemical analyses and the AMS 14C-based chronology of the «Rüdersdorf» outcrop situated east of Berlin in Brandenburg (Germany). The postglacial landscape changed from an open one to generally forested by c...
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| author | Kobe, Franziska Bittner, Martin K. Leipe, Christian Hoelzmann, Philipp Long, Tengwen Wagner, Mayke Zibulski, Romy Tarasov, Pavel E. |
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| description | The paper reports on the results of the pollen, plant macrofossil and geochemical analyses and the AMS 14C-based chronology of the «Rüdersdorf» outcrop situated east of Berlin in Brandenburg (Germany). The postglacial landscape changed from an open one to generally forested by ca. 14 cal. kyr BP. Woody plants (mainly birch and pine) contributed up to 85% to the pollen assemblages ca. 13.4–12.5 cal. kyr BP. The subsequent Younger Dryas ( YD) interval is characterized by a decrease in arboreal pollen (AP) to 75% but led neither to substantial deforestation nor spread of tundra vegetation. This supports the concept that the YD cooling was mainly limited to the winter months, while summers remained comparably warm and allowed much broader (than initially believed) spread of cold-tolerant boreal trees. Further support for this theory comes from the fact that the relatively low AP values persisted until ca. 10.6 cal. kyr BP, when the «hazel phase» of the regional vegetation succession began. The postglacial hunter-gatherer occupation is archaeologically confirmed in Brandenburg since ca. 13 cal. kyr BP, i.e. much later than in the western part of Germany and ca. 1000 years after the major amelioration in the Rüdersdorf environmental record. |
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| spelling | nottingham-591532019-09-30T10:42:39Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/59153/ Lateglacial and early holocene environments and human occupation in Brandenburg, Eastern Germany Kobe, Franziska Bittner, Martin K. Leipe, Christian Hoelzmann, Philipp Long, Tengwen Wagner, Mayke Zibulski, Romy Tarasov, Pavel E. The paper reports on the results of the pollen, plant macrofossil and geochemical analyses and the AMS 14C-based chronology of the «Rüdersdorf» outcrop situated east of Berlin in Brandenburg (Germany). The postglacial landscape changed from an open one to generally forested by ca. 14 cal. kyr BP. Woody plants (mainly birch and pine) contributed up to 85% to the pollen assemblages ca. 13.4–12.5 cal. kyr BP. The subsequent Younger Dryas ( YD) interval is characterized by a decrease in arboreal pollen (AP) to 75% but led neither to substantial deforestation nor spread of tundra vegetation. This supports the concept that the YD cooling was mainly limited to the winter months, while summers remained comparably warm and allowed much broader (than initially believed) spread of cold-tolerant boreal trees. Further support for this theory comes from the fact that the relatively low AP values persisted until ca. 10.6 cal. kyr BP, when the «hazel phase» of the regional vegetation succession began. The postglacial hunter-gatherer occupation is archaeologically confirmed in Brandenburg since ca. 13 cal. kyr BP, i.e. much later than in the western part of Germany and ca. 1000 years after the major amelioration in the Rüdersdorf environmental record. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Faculty of Geography 2019-02-01 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en cc_by https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/59153/1/Lateglacial_And_Early_Holocene_Environments_And_Hu.pdf Kobe, Franziska, Bittner, Martin K., Leipe, Christian, Hoelzmann, Philipp, Long, Tengwen, Wagner, Mayke, Zibulski, Romy and Tarasov, Pavel E. (2019) Lateglacial and early holocene environments and human occupation in Brandenburg, Eastern Germany. GEOGRAPHY, ENVIRONMENT, SUSTAINABILITY, 12 (2). pp. 132-147. ISSN 2071-9388 pollen analysis; plant macrofossils; sediment geochemistry; AMS 14C dating; vegetation; climate change https://ges.rgo.ru/jour/article/view/597# doi:10.24057/2071-9388-2018-50 doi:10.24057/2071-9388-2018-50 |
| spellingShingle | pollen analysis; plant macrofossils; sediment geochemistry; AMS 14C dating; vegetation; climate change Kobe, Franziska Bittner, Martin K. Leipe, Christian Hoelzmann, Philipp Long, Tengwen Wagner, Mayke Zibulski, Romy Tarasov, Pavel E. Lateglacial and early holocene environments and human occupation in Brandenburg, Eastern Germany |
| title | Lateglacial and early holocene environments and human occupation in Brandenburg, Eastern Germany |
| title_full | Lateglacial and early holocene environments and human occupation in Brandenburg, Eastern Germany |
| title_fullStr | Lateglacial and early holocene environments and human occupation in Brandenburg, Eastern Germany |
| title_full_unstemmed | Lateglacial and early holocene environments and human occupation in Brandenburg, Eastern Germany |
| title_short | Lateglacial and early holocene environments and human occupation in Brandenburg, Eastern Germany |
| title_sort | lateglacial and early holocene environments and human occupation in brandenburg, eastern germany |
| topic | pollen analysis; plant macrofossils; sediment geochemistry; AMS 14C dating; vegetation; climate change |
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