Oxygen isotope values of precipitation and the thermal climate in Europe during the middle to late Weichselian ice age

Arppe, Laura; Karhu, Juha A.

doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2010.02.013

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“…The three duplicate analyses comparing the pre-treatment methods employed in this study with those used by Arppe and Karhu (2010) show differences of ≤0.5‰, and suggest no consistent offsets have been introduced between the new sample set and the four presently available values due to pre-treatment processes.…”

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confidence: 73%

“…The carbon dioxide produced was dried, and transferred cryogenically into a PRISM mass spectrometer for isotopic analysis, conducted at the Koch et al 1997). Three samples from the present sample set were therefore re-analysed following the pre-treatment method applied to the four samples previously reported from the Kraków Spadzista site cluster (Arppe and Karhu 2010).…”

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“…Working within this context, this study aims to reconstruct the climatic background at Kraków Spadzista Street (B) through oxygen isotopic analysis of mammoth tooth remains found at the site, and relate the results to the question of human occupation of the northern Plains and the D-O cycles. Previous oxygen isotopic analyses of four samples of mammoth tooth enamel from the Spadzista site cluster have given preliminary indications of a 1.5-2.7‰ depletion in local precipitation compared with modern values (Arppe and Karhu, 2010). These suggest climatic conditions were colder than present, but still relatively mild for a glacial period.…”

Section: Amh Occupation Sites Across the North European Plains And Armentioning

confidence: 95%

“…Ayliffe et al, 1992;Genoni et al, 1998;Ukkonen et al, 2007;Tütken et al, 2007;Iacumin et al, 2010;Arppe and Karhu, 2010;Skrzypek et al 2011). Working within this context, this study aims to reconstruct the climatic background at Kraków Spadzista Street (B) through oxygen isotopic analysis of mammoth tooth remains found at the site, and relate the results to the question of human occupation of the northern Plains and the D-O cycles.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The isotopic results from Spadzista can be compared with previously published data available for European mammoth remains dated 50-20ka (Ayliffe et al, 1992;Genoni et al, 1998;Arppe and Karhu, 2006;Tütken et al, 2007;Tütken et al, 2008;Ukkonen et al, 2007;Arppe and Karhu, 2010), including four previously published results for the Kraków Spadzista site complex (Arppe and Karhu, 2010) (Iacumin et al, 1996) (Equation…”

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Investigating climate at the Upper Palaeolithic site of Kraków Spadzista Street (B), Poland, using oxygen isotopes

Pryor¹,

O’Connell²,

Wojtal³

et al. 2013

Quaternary International

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Between 50,000 and 20,000 years ago, Europe experienced a series of rapid climate change events known as the Dansgaard-Oeschger cycles, which may have made areas of northern Europe more attractive for occupation by early modern humans at certain times than at others. This paper investigates when humans were occupying northern Europe in relation to these climatic changes at the archaeological site of Kraków Spadzista Street (B), by applying oxygen isotope analysis of mammoth tooth enamel carbonates (δ18O and δ13C) found at the site. The new isotopic data suggest that mean annual temperatures at Kraków Spadzista were 4-9oC colder than present and, based on comparisons with previously published isotopic data for mammoth in Europe, we argue that the Kraków assemblage most likely formed during a cold Dansgaard-Oeschger event. This suggests modern humans were able to occupy and survive in this area of northern Europe during the harsh cold phases that affected Europe at this time. ABSTRACTBetween 50,000 and 20,000 years ago, Europe experienced a series of rapid climate change events known as the Dansgaard-Oeschger cycles, which may have made areas of northern Europe more attractive for occupation by early modern humans at certain times than at others. This paper investigates when humans were occupying northern Europe in relation to these climatic changes at the archaeological site of Kraków Spadzista Street (B), by applying oxygen isotope analysis of mammoth tooth enamel carbonates (δ 18 O and δ 13 C) found at the site. The new isotopic data suggest that mean annual temperatures at Kraków Spadzista were 4-9 o C colder than present and, based on comparisons with previously published isotopic data for mammoth in Europe, we argue that the Kraków assemblage most likely formed during a cold DansgaardOeschger event. This suggests modern humans were able to occupy and survive in this area of northern Europe during the harsh cold phases that affected Europe at this time.

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Section: Amh Occupation Sites Across the North European Plains And Armentioning

confidence: 95%

Section: Amh Occupation Sites Across the North European Plains And Armentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Comparison With Previous Studiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Investigating climate at the Upper Palaeolithic site of Kraków Spadzista Street (B), Poland, using oxygen isotopes

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O’Connell²,

Wojtal³

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Mammals as Palaeoenvironmental Indicators

Louys¹,

O’Regan²

2023

Handbook of Archaeological Sciences

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Multi‐disciplinary study of a late Pleistocene woolly rhinoceros found in the Pannonian Basin and implications for the contemporaneous palaeoenvironment

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Lisztes‐Szabó

et al. 2023

J Quaternary Science

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Excavation campaigns conducted at the Pécel‐Kis hársas site (Hungary) between 2014 and 2017 yielded the remains of a mature female woolly rhinoceros (Coelodonta antiquitatis) and six lithic artefacts. Radiocarbon dating confirmed that the rhinoceros died ca. 20.4k cal a bp, at the very end of the Last Glacial Maximum and, considering the position of the artefacts when found, it was probably killed by Epigravettian hunters. Based on dental analyses of the specimen, a vigorous lichen‐ (and possibly moss‐)consuming diet could be inferred for the end of the animal's lifetime. Based on Sr results, we can exclude the possibility of long‐range migration. In accordance with the optimum environmental demands of the foraging lichen, the low δ18O value of osseous material implies a relatively cold contemporaneous climate with a calculated mean annual air temperature of around 0.7 °C. Meanwhile, the extremely low δ15N value may have resulted from the proximity of the discontinuous permafrost zone and some intensive soil dislocation. Consequently, poor vegetation and an open, tundra‐like habitat can be assumed to have been dominant at the site at that time, which is also supported by palaeoenvironmental modeling experiments.

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Oxygen isotope values of precipitation and the thermal climate in Europe during the middle to late Weichselian ice age

Cited by 72 publications

References 110 publications

Investigating climate at the Upper Palaeolithic site of Kraków Spadzista Street (B), Poland, using oxygen isotopes

Investigating climate at the Upper Palaeolithic site of Kraków Spadzista Street (B), Poland, using oxygen isotopes

Mammals as Palaeoenvironmental Indicators

Multi‐disciplinary study of a late Pleistocene woolly rhinoceros found in the Pannonian Basin and implications for the contemporaneous palaeoenvironment

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