Timescale for Climatic Events of Subboreal/Subatlantic Transition Recorded at the Valakupiai Site, Lithuania

Bibliographic Data

ID9245569
AuthorsJacek Pawlyta (0000-0001-8725-4326), Algirdas Gaigalas, Adam Michczyński (0000-0003-2795-6830), Anna Pazdur (0000-0002-6078-798X), Aleksander Sanko (0000-0001-7793-4379)
Year2007
Volume49
Issue2
Pages889-897
Publication date2007-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueRadiocarbon (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0033-8222 • E-ISSN: 1945-5755
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0033822200042752
OpenAlexW1902342921
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited6

Oxbow lake deposits of the Neris River at the Valakupiai site in Vilnius (Lithuania) have been studied by different methods including radiocarbon dating. A timescale was attained for the development of the oxbow lake and climatic events recorded in the sediments. 14 C dates obtained for 24 samples cover the range 990–6500 BP (AD 580 to 5600 BC). Medieval human activity was found in the upper part of the sediments. Mollusk fauna found in the basal part of the terrace indicate contact between people living in the Baltic and the Black Sea basins. Mean rates were calculated for erosion of the river and for accumulation during the formation of the first terrace

Archaeology · Erosion · Fauna · Geography · Holocene · Peat · Physical geography · Radiocarbon dating · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Geology and Paleoclimatology Research · Marine and environmental studies · Ecology · Geology · Oceanography · Paleontology