Palaeoenvironments of Ancient Humans in Britain: The Application of Oxygen and Carbon Isotopes to the Reconstruction of Pleistocene Environments

Candy, Ian; Stephens, Mark; Hancock, Jonathan; Waghorne, Ruth

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“…It is worth noting, that these values are nearly in the range estimated for the Taxus Zone in eastern Poland and lower than the temperatures estimated for the climatic optimum of the Holsteinian Interglacial (Text- fig. 6), which may suggest that the latter was warmer than the early Middle Pleistocene interglacials (MIS 19,17,15,13) and the Holocene (cf., Jouzel et al 2007;Candy et al 2011Candy et al , 2014. This has also been indicated by pollen-inferred temperatures (Krupiński 1995) and shows that, despite being relatively underutilised, the palaeotemperature estimations based on oxygen isotopes of mollusc shells and thermometry equations appear promising for interglacial episodes (cf., Candy et al 2011).…”

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“…6), which may suggest that the latter was warmer than the early Middle Pleistocene interglacials (MIS 19,17,15,13) and the Holocene (cf., Jouzel et al 2007;Candy et al 2011Candy et al , 2014. This has also been indicated by pollen-inferred temperatures (Krupiński 1995) and shows that, despite being relatively underutilised, the palaeotemperature estimations based on oxygen isotopes of mollusc shells and thermometry equations appear promising for interglacial episodes (cf., Candy et al 2011). They require further comparisons and high resolution studies, but the palaeolake records from eastern Poland appears of crucial importance for MIS 11 sharing many similarities with other European sequences of that age (Turner 1970;Müller 1974;Meyer 1974;Nitychoruk 1995, 1996;Dabkowski et al 2012;Koutsodendris et al 2012).…”

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“…The combination of modern and past data at West Runton in eastern England demonstrated no distinguishable differences between actual summer temperatures and those of the Cromerian Complex inferred from δ 18 O of V. piscinalis shells, and was considered in the context of early human occupation (Candy et al 2011). Although being in contrast with the Antarctic ice core data (EPICA 2004;Jouzel et al 2007) and SPECMAP project (Imbrie et al 1984) indicating temperatures for the interglacials of the Cromerian Complex lower than those noted in the Holocene, they were supported by coleopterans providing the warmest month temperature range of 16-19°C fully comparable with the present-day July temperature of 16-17°C (Candy et al 2011). It is worth noting, that these values are nearly in the range estimated for the Taxus Zone in eastern Poland and lower than the temperatures estimated for the climatic optimum of the Holsteinian Interglacial (Text- fig.…”

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“…These calculations, often supported by empirical and laboratory data (White et al 1999;Bugler et al 2009), usually yield reliable results in the highly resolved studies of recent sediments (von Grafenstein et al 1996;Wurster and Patterson 2001;Apolinarska et al 2015). They are less popular but applicable to the fossil record (Dettman and Lohmann 1993;Grimes et al 2002;Hren et al 2013), dealing mostly with the Late Glacial-Holocene lake systems (von Grafenstein et al 1994(von Grafenstein et al , 2000Hammarlund et al 2003), whereas data for Pleistocene interglacials are hardly available (Candy et al 2011).…”

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“…Faunal assemblages are also prone to climatic changes, but direct absolute temperature reconstructions are restricted to selected organisms, namely coleopterans (e.g., Amman et al 1983;Coope 1986;Atkinson et al 1987), chironomids (e.g., Lang et al 2010;van Asch et al 2012), ostracods (e.g., von Grafenstein et al 1994 and molluscs (e.g., von Grafenstein et al 2000;Baroni et al 2006;Candy et al 2011;Apolinarska et al 2015).…”

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Palaeotemperature estimation in the Holsteinian Interglacial (MIS 11) based on oxygen isotopes of aquatic gastropods from eastern Poland

Szymanek

2017

Acta Geologica Polonica

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ABSTRACT:Szymanek, M., 2017. Palaeotemperature estimation in the Holsteinian Interglacial (MIS 11) based on oxygen isotopes of aquatic gastropods from eastern Poland. Acta Geologica Polonica, 67 (4), 585-605. Warszawa.For quantitative estimation of past water temperature of four Holsteinian (MIS 11) palaeolakes from eastern Poland, the oxygen isotope palaeothermometer was applied to shells of the aquatic gastropods Viviparus diluvianus and Valvata piscinalis. The δ 18 O composition of their shells demonstrated the average growth-season water temperatures during the mesocratic stage of the interglacial (Ortel Królewski Lake), during its climatic optimum -the Carpinus-Abies Zone (Ossówka-Hrud, Roskosz and Szymanowo Lakes), and in the post-optimum (Szymanowo Lake). The calculation was based on δ 18 O Shell values and the δ 18 O Water assumed for the Holsteinian from the modern oxygen isotope composition of precipitation and the expected amount of evaporative enrichment. The mean oxygen isotope palaeotemperatures of Ortel Królewski lake waters were in the range of 18.1-21.9°C and were uniform for the Taxus and Pinus-Larix zones. Ossówka-Hrud and Roskosz Lakes had mean temperatures of 17.4-21.0°C during the climatic optimum, whereas the temperature of Szymanowo lake waters was estimated at 20.6-21.7°C at that time. These values are concordant with the pollen-inferred July air temperatures noted during the Holsteinian in eastern Poland. Relatively high values of ~25°C in the post-optimum noted at Szymanowo were connected with the presence of a shallow and warm isolated bay indicated by pollen and mollusc records.

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Section: Comparison To Other Recordsmentioning

confidence: 90%

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2017

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Lake and Peat Records of Climate Change and Archaeology

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Handbook of Archaeological Sciences

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MIS 13–12 in Britain and the North Atlantic: understanding the palaeoclimatic context of the earliest Acheulean

Candy

Schreve

White

2015

J Quaternary Science

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Research over the last two decades has revealed a rich record of Lower Palaeolithic occupation in Britain before 450 000 years. Acheulean industries (Mode II) first appear in the later part of the early Middle Pleistocene [Marine Isotope Stage (MIS) 19-13]. This paper reviews: (i) the age of the earliest Acheulean in Britain; (ii) the climates under which the earliest Acheulean industries occur, as recorded by the palaeoecological assemblages that are found at key archaeological sites; and (iii) the spatial and temporal pattern of regional climate change, i.e. the magnitude of glacial/interglacial cycles that occurred as a backdrop to the first arrival of Mode II archaeology in Britain. This review suggests that in Britain, the earliest Acheulean populations arrived during MIS 13 and that early occupation occurred under a range of climatic/environmental settings but frequently under posttemperate late interglacial or interstadial-type cool boreal environments. Furthermore, this review shows that the pattern of climate forcing in Western Europe during MIS 13-12 was not analogous to the interglacial cycles of the past 450 000 years as latitudinal climate gradients appear to have been less pronounced. The paper concludes by discussing the significance of these observations for understanding the arrival of the earliest Acheulean in Britain.localities. We summarize the palaeoclimatic data from British terrestrial sequences spanning MIS 13-12, characterizing this major climatic transition in Britain and placing the earliest Acheulean into this environmental framework. The British record is compared with sea surface temperature (SST) records from the North Atlantic and palaeoenvironmental records from southern Europe. Ã See Moir (1923).†Sequence contains evidence for climatic variability; values from the base of the sequence are shown here.

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Palaeoenvironments of Ancient Humans in Britain: The Application of Oxygen and Carbon Isotopes to the Reconstruction of Pleistocene Environments

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Palaeotemperature estimation in the Holsteinian Interglacial (MIS 11) based on oxygen isotopes of aquatic gastropods from eastern Poland

Palaeotemperature estimation in the Holsteinian Interglacial (MIS 11) based on oxygen isotopes of aquatic gastropods from eastern Poland

Lake and Peat Records of Climate Change and Archaeology

MIS 13–12 in Britain and the North Atlantic: understanding the palaeoclimatic context of the earliest Acheulean

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