Holocene soil erosion in Eastern Europe-land use and/or climate controlled? The example of a catchment at the Giant Chalcolithic settlement at Maidanetske, central Ukraine

Dreibrodt, Stefan; Hofmann, Robert; Sípos, György; Schwark, Lorenz; Videiko, Mykhailo; Shatilo, Liudmyla; Martini, Sarah; Saggau, Philipp; Bork, Hans‐Rudolf; Kirleis, Wiebke; Duttmann, Rainer; Müller, Johannes

doi:10.1016/j.geomorph.2020.107302

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“…5 ka BP, balkas almost stabilized or even switched to a minor incision phase, which resulted in the repeated development of bottom gullies (Figure 17) due to an increase in precipitation in the Late Holocene. Incisions of the same age were also detected in the fluvial net headwaters in the western part of the East European Plain [57] and as far as the Pyrenees [58].…”

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The Late Quaternary Evolution of the Upper Reaches of Fluvial Systems in the Southern East European Plain

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Networks of dry valleys (or balkas) and hollows in the upper reaches of fluvial basins in extraglacial areas in the Penultimate Glaciation (Marine Isotope Stage 6—MIS 6) regions of the East European Plain demonstrate clear incision/aggradation rhythms corresponding to global glacial/interglacial climate cycles. The first phase of each incision/aggradation rhythm began after the global glacial maximum and was characterized by a cool and humid climate, permafrost and sparse vegetation, when high surface runoff and active linear erosion formed a dense network of gullies. The second phase occurred at the glacial–interglacial transition and the subsequent interglacial period with its warm and humid climate and dense vegetation. This phase was distinguished by the partial filling of fluvial forms with slopewash deposits, the transformation of gullies into dry valleys (balkas) and the subsequent stabilization of fluvial forms marked by the formation of mature soils on the sides and bottoms of balkas. The third phase of the rapid accumulation of balkas developed during the cold and dry part of the next glacial epoch, resulting in the balkas becoming shallow hollows filled in with sediments. The last full incision/aggradation rhythm occurred in the late MIS 6 to mid-MIS 2. The erosion network formed during the late MIS 6 was almost completely filled by mid-MIS 2, and its manifestation in the modern topography is limited to a network of shallow hollows in the upper parts of the fluvial systems. The modern (incomplete) incision/aggradation rhythm began in the late MIS 2 and caused the formation of the modern erosion landscape in the upper reaches of fluvial systems. This rhythm is now in the stabilization phase, and the main accumulation phase of this rhythm is still far in the future.

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Section: Sequence Of Erosion and Accumulation Eventsmentioning

confidence: 66%

The Late Quaternary Evolution of the Upper Reaches of Fluvial Systems in the Southern East European Plain

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“…9). We know similar patterns from recent non-literate societies, in which certain spaces are kept free for subsequent household displacements [38] . To summarize, both large settlements thus demonstrate how systematic the conceptualization of the space was devised even at the outset of their construction.…”

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confidence: 78%

Tripolye Mega-Sites: “Collective Computational Abilities” of Prehistoric Proto-Urban Societies?

2022

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In the East European region between Prut and Dnieper, proto-urban mega-sites developed ca. 4100−3600 BCE with population agglomerations of around 10000 inhabitants per site. An outline of complexity categories, based on P. Turchin et al. (2018), illustrates that "computational abilities" are first developed to make the shift from dispersed to agglomerated settlement patterns. The development of an internal decision-making system for a polity that organizes communication via public buildings on different levels, together with a site-specific track system, may be responsible for this shift (or made it possible). However, after generations, this communication pattern was not developed into further collective communication abilities (e.g., into a writing system), while at the same time a tendency toward centralizing decision processes probably destroyed the communication flow. This ultimately led to the collapse of Tripolye mega-sites.

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“…An unprecedented amount of work has been carried out on the study of the natural environment of the era of mega-sites (Dal Corso et al, 2018;Dal Corso et al, 2019;Dreibrodt et al, 2020;Albert et al, 2020). This made it possible to get a picture of the dynamics of its changes.…”

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Urbanization the Eastern Borders of Old Europe

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2022

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Maria Gimbutas created an impressive picture of Old Europe, using, among others, materials from Trypillia Culture. From the very beginning, she took into account new archaeological discoveries from the 70s of the 20th century, namely, information about the large settlements. But fifty years ago, their studies were just beginning and this topic was not particularly popular among researchers outside of Ukraine. Today, news about life on the eastern borders of Old Europe, where these megasites, appeared more than 6000 years ago, appeares on the pages of leading archaeological publications and becomes the subject of discussions among archaeologists from different countries.

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Holocene soil erosion in Eastern Europe-land use and/or climate controlled? The example of a catchment at the Giant Chalcolithic settlement at Maidanetske, central Ukraine

Cited by 13 publications

References 48 publications

The Late Quaternary Evolution of the Upper Reaches of Fluvial Systems in the Southern East European Plain

The Late Quaternary Evolution of the Upper Reaches of Fluvial Systems in the Southern East European Plain

Tripolye Mega-Sites: “Collective Computational Abilities” of Prehistoric Proto-Urban Societies?

Urbanization the Eastern Borders of Old Europe

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