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On the border between land and water

The environmental conditions of the Neolithic occupation from 4.3 until 1.6 ka BC at Serteya, Western Russia

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ID12133841
AuthorsPiotr Kittel (0000-0001-6987-7968, Department of Geology and Geomorphology, Faculty of Geographical Sciences University of Lodz Lodz Poland, corresponding author), A N Mazurkevich (0000-0003-1394-1814, State Hermitage Museum), Andrey Mazurkevich (The State Hermitage Museum St. Petersburg Russia), Magda Wieckowska-Lüth (0000-0002-1940-6700, Archaeobotanical and Palynological Laboratory, Institute of Prehistoric and Protohistoric Archaeology University of Kiel Kiel Germany), Magda Wieckowska‐lüth (Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel), Dominik Pawłowski (0000-0003-4616-6666, Department of Palaeoenvironmental Research, Institute of Geology Adam Mickiewicz University Poznan Poland), E V Dolbunova (0000-0003-1843-9620, British Museum), Ekaterina Dolbunova (The State Hermitage Museum St. Petersburg Russia), Mateusz Płóciennik (0000-0003-1487-6698, Department of Invertebrate Zoology and Hydrobiology University of Lodz Lodz Poland), Emilie Gauthier (0000-0002-9238-8190, Laboratoire de Chrono‐Environnement, UMR CNRS 6249 Université Bourgogne Franche‐Comté Besançon France), Marek Krąpiec (0000-0003-4270-1668, Faculty of Geology, Geophysics, and Environmental Protection AGH University of Science and Technology Krakow Poland), Y Maigrot (0000-0001-5636-3685, UMR 8215 Trajectoires CNRS‐Université Paris 1 Panthéon—Sorbonne Nanterre France), Maxime Danger (0000-0002-8238-3353, UMR 8215 Trajectoires CNRS‐Université Paris 1 Panthéon—Sorbonne Nanterre France), Agnieszka Mroczkowska (0000-0002-3534-7843, Department of Geology and Geomorphology, Faculty of Geographical Sciences University of Lodz Lodz Poland), Daniel Okupny (0000-0002-8836-6044, Institute of Marine and Environmental Sciences University of Szczecin Szczecin Poland), Jacek Szmańda (0000-0002-4058-8334, Institute of Geography Pedagogical University of Krakow Krakow Poland), Eva Thiebaut (Laboratoire de Chrono‐Environnement, UMR CNRS 6249 Université Bourgogne Franche‐Comté Besançon France), Michał Słowiński (0000-0002-3011-2682, Past Landscape Dynamics Laboratory, Institute of Geography and Spatial Organization Polish Academy of Sciences Warsaw Poland)
Year2020
Volume36
Issue2
Pages173-202
Publication date2020-11-12
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueGeoarchaeology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0883-6353 • E-ISSN: 1520-6548
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/gea.21824
OpenAlexW3100777736
LanguageEN
Citations received17
References cited93

The paper presents the results of a palaeoecological study of Neolithic archaeological layers from a wetland, multilayer site, Serteya II (Western Russia). It contains, domestic structures, rich organic artefacts, skeletons, and ecofacts preserved within lacustrine deposits that are extremely important on a European scale. We employed a set of specialised palaeoecological analyses and accelerator mass spectrometry radiocarbon dating to identify the principal environmental conditions which attracted Neolithic hunter‐fisher‐gatherer communities from 4300 to 1600 cal. BC. The distinct impact of communities using a nonproductive economy on the ecology of the palaeolake shore zone was recorded. Also, palaeolake water level changes influenced the palaeoeconomic activity of local Neolithic societies, such as gathering of plants (for the medicinal use or serving as dietary components), fishing activities, and possible funeral practices. In addition, the identified phases of high‐water level changes, which were responses to climatic oscillations, were correlated with supraregional climatic events, especially ca. 6.2, 5.9, and 4.2 ka cal. BP. Thus, our results allowed for the reconstruction of environment transformations and conditions of Neolithic communities' activity, as well as for a better understanding of the relationships between local Neolithic communities' way of life and neolithisation processes in Eastern Europe

Archaeology · Biology · Geography · Physical geography · Radiocarbon dating · Shore · Wetland · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Geology and Paleoclimatology Research · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology · Ecology · Geology · Oceanography

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