People, lakes and seashores: Studies from the Baltic Sea basin and adjacent areas in the early and Mid-Holocene

Groß, Daniel; Zander, Annabell; Boëthius, Adam; Dreibrodt, Stefan; Grøn, Ole; Hansson, Anton; Jessen, Catherine; Koivisto, Satu; Larsson, Lars; Lübke, Harald; Nilsson, Björn

doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2018.01.021

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“…Radiocarbon analysis of hazelnut shells and oak dates the oldest site now located at 7-8 m depth to c. 9000 cal BP. At that time the settlement was situated on the estuary of the former Saxå River, a 'typical' location for larger late Maglemose coastal sites (Nilsson et al 2018). The palaeochannel is clearly visible today, and several smaller sites are located along this channel or in nearby shallow areas, but these are heavily eroded.…”

Section: Pilhakenmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In Sweden, 44 underwater archaeological sites are known (http://splashcos-viewer.eu/). Of these, 25% have been test excavated with modern documentation methods (Larsson 2017;Nilsson et al 2018). Some of the known sites have to be regarded as clusters of sites (Tredenborg, Vendelsöfjorden and Måkläppen), and taking this into account, at least 62 archaeological find spots have been discovered in Swedish territories.…”

Section: Submerged Stone Age Landscapes and Archaeological Sitesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…One of the most famous sites, which has been examined on several occasions during the last 50 years, is Haväng near the Verkeån River north of the city of Simrishamn (Fig. 4.4; Nilsson 1961;Hansen 1985Hansen , 1995Björck and Dennegård 1988;Gaillard and Lemdahl 1994;Nilsson et al 2018;Hansson 2018). The earliest scientific investigations at Haväng concentrated on the submerged pine forest.…”

Section: Havängmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…During a span of 3500 years (11,500-8000 cal BP) at least 3500 km 2 of the Baltic Sea was dry land. Despite its high scientific potential and the presence of some archaeologically unique sites (Nilsson et al 2018), only a small part of this now-inundated landscape has been thoroughly surveyed (Holmlund et al 2017).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…This research programme includes a wide range of researchers from the disciplines of geology, bioarchaeology, marine archaeology, digital heritage and marine survey technology (e.g. Holmlund et al 2017;Nilsson et al 2018).…”

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Sweden: Submerged Landscapes of the Early Mesolithic

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The Archaeology of Europe’s Drowned Landscapes

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In the Swedish waters of the southwestern Baltic Sea, large areas (3500 km 2) of inundated land are present. Due to the complex patterns of past sea-level oscillations, combined with cold and brackish water, conditions for preserved Early Mesolithic sites (11,500-8000 cal BP) are good. So far, only 44 archaeological sites, or clusters of sites, have been found. Recent geoarchaeological and diving surveys have resulted in new information about now-submerged terrestrial remains of forests, river valleys, lakes and bogs and suggest that Swedish waters hide many unrevealed sites with a high scientific potential. From both an environmental and a cultural heritage perspective, these remains are impor-tant‚ but they have limited protection, since many are not defined as archaeological sites. Novel interdisciplinary research efforts combining ecological, environmental and archaeological perspectives are now being devoted to changing the way submerged landscapes are treated and protected.

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Section: Pilhakenmentioning

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Holocene shore‐level changes, southern Lolland and the Femern Belt, Denmark

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Philippsen

Groß

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J Quaternary Science

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We propose a new shore‐level displacement curve for southern Lolland and the Femern Belt in south‐eastern Denmark based on 94 new and four published radiocarbon ages of organic material and shells of marine molluscs. Mires existed in the deeper parts of the Femern Belt during the Early Holocene, and a large lake formed as the water level gradually rose. The lake phase was followed first by a brackish‐water phase from c. 8500 cal a bp and by a marine phase after c. 7800 cal a bp when the relative sea level was ~8 m lower than at present. Over the past 6500 years the sea level has gradually risen by ~2 m and reached its highest level in recent times. There are no indications of a higher than present sea level in the area and no indications of 1–2 m sea‐level oscillations as reported from other parts of the region. The relative sea‐level curve for southern Lolland differs from relative sea‐level curves from northern parts of Denmark, which are more influenced by glacio‐isostatic uplift. Southern Lolland has been uplifted by 4–5 m over the last 8000 years, whereas the Limfjord region in northern Denmark has been uplifted by around 12 m during the same period.

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Acoustic Detection and Mapping of Submerged Stone Age Sites with Knapped Flint

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Boldreel

Boumda

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Handbook of Cultural Heritage Analysis

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This chapter presents a non-destructive survey technique under development: acoustic detection and mapping of submerged Stone Age sites. While it has been experimentally established that reasonable amounts of man-knapped flint pieces can be excited by and respond to specific acoustic signal through meters of sea floor sediment, it is not yet known how small assemblages of knapped flint pieces one can obtain a response from and how deep in the sea floor this will be possible. It also remains to check experimentally if other knapped materials than flint (obsidian, quartzite, basalt, etc.) respond in a similar way given that some of their basic characteristics potentially differ from those registered for flint. This technique will facilitate a much more effective and cheap detection and mapping of submerged Stone Age sites with knapped lithics compared to the techniques available at present. Especially the deep sites down to the approximately 120 m deep coastlines of the glaciations, which are very difficult to localize today, represent an important research potential. In general, the highly productive coast lines must be assumed to have played an important economic role of human society from the Palaeolithic onwards, which means that we miss an important part of the picture of the human cultural development. In spite of the promising perspective of methodological improvement, one must be aware of the limitations of the acoustic method. It will not be able to map Stone Age sites lacking knapped lithics. This chapter presents and discusses the method's basic technological principles and the experimental results obtained so far, elucidating its potential.

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People, lakes and seashores: Studies from the Baltic Sea basin and adjacent areas in the early and Mid-Holocene

Cited by 24 publications

References 72 publications

Sweden: Submerged Landscapes of the Early Mesolithic

Sweden: Submerged Landscapes of the Early Mesolithic

Holocene shore‐level changes, southern Lolland and the Femern Belt, Denmark

Acoustic Detection and Mapping of Submerged Stone Age Sites with Knapped Flint

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