Catherine Jessen
Biographic Data
| ID | 5657765 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Catherine Jessen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Catherine |
| FAMILY NAME | Jessen |
| SIGNATURE | JESSEN C |
| AFFILIATIONS | National Museum of Denmark |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2710-6270 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 17 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The steady loss – Palynological investigation into the main triggers of changes in vegetation and pastoral activity during the Norse period in southern Greenland
Pastoral farming formed a key element of Norse subsistence strategies in South Greenland but with climatic changes of the Little Ice Age they may have reached their limit. Most recently, studies into hydrological changes across the Norse period (10th–15th century AD) revealed a severe drying trend that was coincident with the Norse demise during the early to mid-15th century AD. This study examines lake sediments from a central area of the Norse …
Quantifying the last 7500 years of land-use changes on the island of Karmøy, southwestern Norway, with focus on three periods with monumental burial mounds
Landscape changes investigated during three phases with monumental burial mounds. • Agriculture began c. 500–700 years before the first burial mounds were constructed. • Agriculture was introduced c. 2000 BC and expanded in the Roman Iron Age (1–550 CE). • The strategic location near the Karmsund Strait became increasingly important over time. The northern part of the island Karmøy in southwestern Norway contain one of Scandinavia’s largest assem…
Two millennia of climate change, wildfires, and caribou hunting in west Greenland
Changing climatic conditions is a perpetual circumstance for mankind. In this study, we investigate local environmental and climatic changes near Kangerlussuaq, west Greenland. Our reconstruction is based on a lake sediment core and methods include chemical proxies and a palynological analysis. The investigated site is located 15 km from the Aasivissuit Inuit summer hunting ground, which has been in use for caribou hunting for more than 2000 year…
Non-destructive 3D prospection at the Viking Age fortress Borgring, Denmark
Non-invasive methods are increasingly important for understanding archaeological sites and their contexts. Larger earth-built constructions are nevertheless still difficult to study without extensive excavations. At the recently discovered Viking-Age ring fortress Borgring in Denmark a suite of non-destructive methods was applied with the aim of understanding how this highly eroded earthen fortress was constructed, and investigating how the const…
Borgring. Uncovering the strategy for a Viking Age ring fortress in Denmark
In 2014, Borgring, near Køge, Denmark, was identified as the fifth geometrical Viking Age ring fortress in Denmark, complementing an exclusive group of monuments including Trelleborg. Excavations and surveys in 2016–18 allow a detailed reconstruction of the site and its history. Borgring is a fortification with the same geometry, construction, and location as other Trelleborg-type fortresses, though exhibiting notable differences. Finds, includin…
The lost landscape of Borgring
Geoarchaeological investigations at Borgring, a recently identified Danish Viking Age ring fortress, reconstructs the original landscape showing how the site was expanded and modified to accommodate a structure of pre-defined size and how this large-scale project demonstrates the willingness to invest significant resources in its precise positioning. The investigations also assess the possibility of navigating along the nearby stream from the coa…
Early Maglemosian culture in the Preboreal landscape
The transition from Late Palaeolithic to early Mesolithic cultures is strongly associated with the major environmental and climatic changes occurring with the shift from the Younger Dryas to the Holocene in northern Europe. In this paper, we present an interdisciplinary study combining archaeological and palaeoenvironmental research in an attempt to examine the relationship between environment and culture during this transition. Lundby Mose is a …
Late-Holocene sea-surface conditions offshore Newfoundland based on dinoflagellate cysts
Dinoflagellate cysts and XRF core scanning data from two marine sediment cores from embayments north (Bonavista Bay) and south (Placentia Bay) of Newfoundland show significant changes in ocean and atmospheric conditions of the SW Labrador Sea region during the last 5700 years. Fresh and cold conditions, probably accompanied by seasonal sea ice, prevailed both north and south of Newfoundland from c. 5.7 to 4.0 cal. kyr BP. This may be linked to in…
Dynamic early Holocene vegetation development on the Faroe Islands inferred from high-resolution plant macrofossil and pollen data
Vegetation dynamics during the earliest part of the Holocene (11,250"10,250"cal yr BP) have been reconstructed from a lacustrine sequence on Sandoy, the Faroe Islands, using detailed plant macrofossil and pollen evidence. The plant macrofossils suggest the initial vegetation was sparse herb and shrub tundra, with Salix herbacea and open-ground species, followed by the development of a denser and more species-rich arctic heathland after 11,150"cal…
Variability and seasonality of North Atlantic climate during the early Holocene
Based on their position in relation to major ocean currents, palaeoclimatic archives in the Faroe Islands are expected to be sensitive recorders of variations in North Atlantic circulation. The multiproxy analysis (magnetic susceptibility, total carbon, nitrogen and sulphur, biogenic silica, grains >255 μm) of a lacustrine record with both winter and summer climate indicators illustrates the variability of Faroese climate during the early Holocen…
A late Holocene palaeoenvironmental record from Altona Bay, St. Croix, US Virgin Islands
Geografisk Tidsskrift, Danish Journal of Geography 108(2):59–70, 2008 A reconstruction of the palaeoenvironmental development of Altona Bay, St. Croix, northeastern Caribbean, has been made based on the sedimentological, geochemical and pollen analyses of a 1.83 m long vibracore. For chronological control, AMS 14C measurements were made at 5 levels downcore. The sedimentary sequence covers the last c. 4,700 years, containing both (mangrove) peat …
Early Maglemosian culture in the Preboreal landscape
The transition from Late Palaeolithic to early Mesolithic cultures is strongly associated with the major environmental and climatic changes occurring with the shift from the Younger Dryas to the Holocene in northern Europe. In this paper, we present an interdisciplinary study combining archaeological and palaeoenvironmental research in an attempt to examine the relationship between environment and culture during this transition. Lundby Mose is a …
Variability and seasonality of North Atlantic climate during the early Holocene
Based on their position in relation to major ocean currents, palaeoclimatic archives in the Faroe Islands are expected to be sensitive recorders of variations in North Atlantic circulation. The multiproxy analysis (magnetic susceptibility, total carbon, nitrogen and sulphur, biogenic silica, grains >255 μm) of a lacustrine record with both winter and summer climate indicators illustrates the variability of Faroese climate during the early Holocen…
A late Holocene palaeoenvironmental record from Altona Bay, St. Croix, US Virgin Islands
Geografisk Tidsskrift, Danish Journal of Geography 108(2):59–70, 2008 A reconstruction of the palaeoenvironmental development of Altona Bay, St. Croix, northeastern Caribbean, has been made based on the sedimentological, geochemical and pollen analyses of a 1.83 m long vibracore. For chronological control, AMS 14C measurements were made at 5 levels downcore. The sedimentary sequence covers the last c. 4,700 years, containing both (mangrove) peat …
Variability and seasonality of North Atlantic climate during the early Holocene
Based on their position in relation to major ocean currents, palaeoclimatic archives in the Faroe Islands are expected to be sensitive recorders of variations in North Atlantic circulation. The multiproxy analysis (magnetic susceptibility, total carbon, nitrogen and sulphur, biogenic silica, grains >255 μm) of a lacustrine record with both winter and summer climate indicators illustrates the variability of Faroese climate during the early Holocen…
A late Holocene palaeoenvironmental record from Altona Bay, St. Croix, US Virgin Islands
Geografisk Tidsskrift, Danish Journal of Geography 108(2):59–70, 2008 A reconstruction of the palaeoenvironmental development of Altona Bay, St. Croix, northeastern Caribbean, has been made based on the sedimentological, geochemical and pollen analyses of a 1.83 m long vibracore. For chronological control, AMS 14C measurements were made at 5 levels downcore. The sedimentary sequence covers the last c. 4,700 years, containing both (mangrove) peat …
Dynamic early Holocene vegetation development on the Faroe Islands inferred from high-resolution plant macrofossil and pollen data
Vegetation dynamics during the earliest part of the Holocene (11,250"10,250"cal yr BP) have been reconstructed from a lacustrine sequence on Sandoy, the Faroe Islands, using detailed plant macrofossil and pollen evidence. The plant macrofossils suggest the initial vegetation was sparse herb and shrub tundra, with Salix herbacea and open-ground species, followed by the development of a denser and more species-rich arctic heathland after 11,150"cal…
Late-Holocene sea-surface conditions offshore Newfoundland based on dinoflagellate cysts
Dinoflagellate cysts and XRF core scanning data from two marine sediment cores from embayments north (Bonavista Bay) and south (Placentia Bay) of Newfoundland show significant changes in ocean and atmospheric conditions of the SW Labrador Sea region during the last 5700 years. Fresh and cold conditions, probably accompanied by seasonal sea ice, prevailed both north and south of Newfoundland from c. 5.7 to 4.0 cal. kyr BP. This may be linked to in…
Early Maglemosian culture in the Preboreal landscape
The transition from Late Palaeolithic to early Mesolithic cultures is strongly associated with the major environmental and climatic changes occurring with the shift from the Younger Dryas to the Holocene in northern Europe. In this paper, we present an interdisciplinary study combining archaeological and palaeoenvironmental research in an attempt to examine the relationship between environment and culture during this transition. Lundby Mose is a …
Borgring. Uncovering the strategy for a Viking Age ring fortress in Denmark
In 2014, Borgring, near Køge, Denmark, was identified as the fifth geometrical Viking Age ring fortress in Denmark, complementing an exclusive group of monuments including Trelleborg. Excavations and surveys in 2016–18 allow a detailed reconstruction of the site and its history. Borgring is a fortification with the same geometry, construction, and location as other Trelleborg-type fortresses, though exhibiting notable differences. Finds, includin…
The lost landscape of Borgring
Geoarchaeological investigations at Borgring, a recently identified Danish Viking Age ring fortress, reconstructs the original landscape showing how the site was expanded and modified to accommodate a structure of pre-defined size and how this large-scale project demonstrates the willingness to invest significant resources in its precise positioning. The investigations also assess the possibility of navigating along the nearby stream from the coa…
Non-destructive 3D prospection at the Viking Age fortress Borgring, Denmark
Non-invasive methods are increasingly important for understanding archaeological sites and their contexts. Larger earth-built constructions are nevertheless still difficult to study without extensive excavations. At the recently discovered Viking-Age ring fortress Borgring in Denmark a suite of non-destructive methods was applied with the aim of understanding how this highly eroded earthen fortress was constructed, and investigating how the const…
The steady loss – Palynological investigation into the main triggers of changes in vegetation and pastoral activity during the Norse period in southern Greenland
Pastoral farming formed a key element of Norse subsistence strategies in South Greenland but with climatic changes of the Little Ice Age they may have reached their limit. Most recently, studies into hydrological changes across the Norse period (10th–15th century AD) revealed a severe drying trend that was coincident with the Norse demise during the early to mid-15th century AD. This study examines lake sediments from a central area of the Norse …
Quantifying the last 7500 years of land-use changes on the island of Karmøy, southwestern Norway, with focus on three periods with monumental burial mounds
Landscape changes investigated during three phases with monumental burial mounds. • Agriculture began c. 500–700 years before the first burial mounds were constructed. • Agriculture was introduced c. 2000 BC and expanded in the Roman Iron Age (1–550 CE). • The strategic location near the Karmsund Strait became increasingly important over time. The northern part of the island Karmøy in southwestern Norway contain one of Scandinavia’s largest assem…
Two millennia of climate change, wildfires, and caribou hunting in west Greenland
Changing climatic conditions is a perpetual circumstance for mankind. In this study, we investigate local environmental and climatic changes near Kangerlussuaq, west Greenland. Our reconstruction is based on a lake sediment core and methods include chemical proxies and a palynological analysis. The investigated site is located 15 km from the Aasivissuit Inuit summer hunting ground, which has been in use for caribou hunting for more than 2000 year…
Geography (10 works) · Geology (8 works) · Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (8 works) · Archaeology (7 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (7 works) · Physical geography (7 works) · Holocene (5 works) · Oceanography (5 works) · Ancient history (3 works) · Ecology (3 works)