Holocene climate change and prehistoric settlement in the lower Danube valley

被引:9
作者
Bonsall, C. [1 ]
Macklin, M. G. [2 ,3 ]
Boroneant, A. [4 ]
Pickard, C. [1 ]
Bartosiewicz, L. [5 ]
Cook, G. T. [6 ]
Higham, T. F. G. [7 ]
机构
[1] Univ Edinburgh, Sch Hist Class & Archaeol, Edinburgh EH8 9AG, Midlothian, Scotland
[2] Aberystwyth Univ, Dept Geog & Earth Sci, Aberystwyth SY23 3DB, Dyfed, Wales
[3] Massey Univ, Inst Agr & Environm, Palmerston North, New Zealand
[4] Vasile Parvan Inst Archaeol, Bucharest 010667, Romania
[5] Eotvos Lorand Univ, Inst Archaeol Sci, H-1088 Budapest, Hungary
[6] Scottish Univ Environm Res Ctr, Glasgow G75 OQF, Lanark, Scotland
[7] Univ Oxford, Res Lab Archaeol & Hist Art, Oxford OX1 3QJ, England
关键词
Climate change; Floods; Radiocarbon discontinuities; Iron Gates of Danube; Mesolithic; Neolithic; STONE-AGE SITES; COLD EVENT; ISOTOPE RECORDS; FLUVIAL RECORD; ALPS; FLUCTUATIONS; VARIABILITY; EUROPE; IMPACT; DATES;
D O I
10.1016/j.quaint.2014.09.031
中图分类号
P9 [自然地理学];
学科分类号
0705 ; 070501 ;
摘要
An analysis of the summed probability distributions of 293 radiocarbon dates from Late Glacial to mid-Holocene sites in the Danubian Iron Gates highlights the existence of well-marked C-14 discontinuities at c. 9.5-9.0 ka, 8.65-8.0 ka and after 7.8 ka cal BP. These coincide with climate anomalies recorded in Greenland ice cores and palaeoclimate archives from the Danube catchment. Four possible explanations are considered: dwindling fish resources, changes in the social environment, flood-induced settlement relocations, and taphonomic effects. On present evidence, the last two factors are thought to be the most likely cause of the discontinuities observed in the Iron Gates Mesolithice-Early Neolithic radiocarbon record. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd and INQUA. All rights reserved.
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页码:14 / 21
页数:8
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