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18 km northwards – Zooarchaeological and Technological Analysis of the Ahrensburgian Assemblage from Nahe LA 11 at Lake Itzstedt (Kr. Segeberg/D)

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The site of Nahe was partly excavated in two seasons in the years 2003 and 2004 in the hope of finding a second Stellmoor. To date, the site has not been published nor studied in any detail. Unfortunately, the stratigraphy of the site is complicated and the number of finds is rather small. A total of 112 reindeer remains was studied zooarchaeologically and technologically. The results indicate that there are at least five individuals in the assemblage. The presence of rich meat-parts indicates that the animals were at least processed locally, and, furthermore, hunted near the site. The processing of the bones led to the high rate of c. 25% anthropogenically modified bones. Different activity patterns can be distinguished from the skinning of animals to the extraction of marrow. The small herd identified points to a herd structure that is typical for the winter season. Taking this into consideration the analysis illustrates the potential of Nahe in the study of Younger Dryas reindeer migration routes as it may be possible that the people in Nahe hunted on the same reindeer herd paths only slightly later in the yearly cycle than the people in Stellmoor. Nevertheless, excavations will be necessary to prove the observed patterns of the zooarchaeological analysis, to further specify the stratigraphical knowledge and to unearth a bone industry to complement existing studies from Stellmoor. © 2017 Roemisch-Germanisches Zentralmuseum. All rights reserved.
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441Archäologisches Korrespondenzblatt 47 · 2017
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18 KM NORTHWARDS –
zooarchaeological and technological analysis
of the ahrensBurgian assemBlage from nahe la11
at lake itzstedt (kr. segeBerg / d)
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Archäologisches Korrespondenzblatt 47 · 2017
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               
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 M. Wild · Zooarchaeological and Technological Analysis of the Ahrensburgian Assemblage
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
thanatocoenosis 





       
       





  


       fig. 3
      

(see tab. 3   

fauna Belonging to a potentially natural thanatocoenosis
      
tab. 1Esox luciusLarus mari-
nus Larus  Cygnus cygnus or 
(Cygnus olor Anatidae

Archäologisches Korrespondenzblatt 47 · 2017

Lutra lutra

terrestrial fauna from the lake sediments
 

      Bos
primigenius phalanxAlces alces Cervus elaphus
metacarpuspelvisfemurtibia
Capreolus capreolus
Canis lupus familiaris Sus scrofa 
Os frontaleSus scrofa f. domesticascapula

     
             

  








taxa NISP NISP (%) MNI MNI (%)
Rangifer tarandus 112   
Alces alces 1  1 
Bos primigenius 1  1 
Capreolus capreolus 1  1 
Cervus elaphus 3 2.33 1 
Sus scrofa 1  1 
Sus scrofa f. domestica 1  1 
Canis cf. familaris 1  1 
Lutra lutra 1  1 
Esox lucius 1  1 
Larus marinus 1  1 
Laridae 1  1 
Anatidae 2  2 
Cygnus cygnus / olor 2  1 
  100.00  100.00
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 M. Wild · Zooarchaeological and Technological Analysis of the Ahrensburgian Assemblage
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              
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THE REMAINS OF REINDEER AT NAHE
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Archäologisches Korrespondenzblatt 47 · 2017
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
       
   



fig. 7
    

element NISP NISP (%) MNI
  21  1
 1  1
 12 
 1  1
 atlas 1  1
axis 4  3
vertebrae thoracales  
vertebrae lumbales 4 
vertebrae cervicales  
vertebrae  3 
sternum 1  1
costae  
 scapula 2  1
humerus   2
radius 4  2
ulna 1  1
metacarpus 1  1
 pelvis 2  2
femur 3  2
tibia   2
tarsale centrale 1  1
 2  1
calcaneus 2  1
metatarsus 2  1
 phalanx I  1
 112 100.00
Tab. 2 







 M. Wild · Zooarchaeological and Technological Analysis of the Ahrensburgian Assemblage
 



atlasfemur epiphysis  
calcanei
             
element (specimens) measurement values (mm) values (reference; mm)
   ant
  ant
atlas   
axis   
  
  
scapula   
 31.0 
  
humerus   
radius   
  
 
ulna   
metacarpus  42.0 
pelvis  
 24.1
sc 
tibia   
 
talus   
  
  
  
  
calcaneus   
  
metatarsus   
  
Tab. 3 
       
articularis distalis

diaphysis
caput femoris
ulna

acetabulumcorpus
ant
Siliumdiaphysis
vertebrailiumdiaphysis
vertebrailiumscapula.
Archäologisches Korrespondenzblatt 47 · 2017
humerus
radiusmetacarpus metatarsus     
scapula
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 M. Wild · Zooarchaeological and Technological Analysis of the Ahrensburgian Assemblage
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Archäologisches Korrespondenzblatt 47 · 2017
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 M. Wild · Zooarchaeological and Technological Analysis of the Ahrensburgian Assemblage
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antler technology
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Archäologisches Korrespondenzblatt 47 · 2017
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implications of nahe for possiBle migration routes of reindeer
DURING THE YOUNGER DRYAS
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 M. Wild · Zooarchaeological and Technological Analysis of the Ahrensburgian Assemblage
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
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     
      
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
       

Archäologisches Korrespondenzblatt 47 · 2017
    



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
  
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
      
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


         

    

           
   

 
    

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
    
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   

     


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
          
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  
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       
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          
       
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    th  th   
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       
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          
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

      

       

         
        


             
       


      


        

 

    
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
   


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
       

    
        

 M. Wild · Zooarchaeological and Technological Analysis of the Ahrensburgian Assemblage

  
      
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
  
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


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
   
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
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
     
    
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
         


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       
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
     
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  
       
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
    
      
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
       
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        
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     
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      
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          

      


   th  th    

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

  
o


         

    
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
       
     



           


   
      


2


       
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

         
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
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    

     
      
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



      
         

Archäologisches Korrespondenzblatt 47 · 2017
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
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



  


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
  











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


             

           
 
        
        
         
     
      
        

    



       
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

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


     



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

       
      


  




       
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
    



  
     st    
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





  

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Zusammenfassung / Summary / Résumé
18 km nordwärts – Archäozoologische und technologische Analyse eines Inventars  
der Ahrensburger Kultur von Nahe LA11 am Itzstedter See (Kr. Segeberg / D)
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
  


 M. Wild · Zooarchaeological and Technological Analysis of the Ahrensburgian Assemblage
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
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

18 km Northwards – Zooarchaeological and Technological Analysis  
of the Ahrensburgian Assemblage from Nahe LA11 at Lake Itzstedt (Kr. Segeberg / D)

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

18 km plus au Nord – Etude archéozoologique et technologique  
de l’ensemble Ahrensbourgien du site de Nahe LA11 au Lac Itzstedt (Kr. Segeberg / D)


  

                  

                

  

            
  

Schlagwörter / Keywords / Mots clés



Markus Wild






INHALTSVERZEICHNIS
Jörg Orschiedt, Tim Schüler, Marta Połtowicz-Bobak, Dariusz Bobak,
Stefan Karol Kozłowski, Thomas Terberger, Human Remains
from Maszycka Cave (woj. małopolskie / PL): the Treatment of Human Bodies
in the Magdalenian ..........................................................423
Markus Wild, 18 km Northwards – Zooarchaeological and Technological Analysis
of the Ahrensburgian Assemblage from Nahe LA11 at Lake Itzstedt (Kr. Segeberg / D) ........441
Holger Baitinger, Das jungneolithische Steinbeildepot von Altenstadt (Wetteraukreis) –
neue Erkenntnisse zu einem alten Fundkomplex ....................................461
Josef Hložek, Petr Menšík, Miluše Dobisíková, Petr Tomášek, Ein versorgtes Schädeltrauma
aus dem Bereich der Aunjetitzer Kultur. Zu einem Grabfund
aus Holubice (okr. Praha-západ / CZ) ..............................................475
Martin Lemke, Zwei bronzene Acheloosmasken aus der hellenistischen Hafensiedlung Rhizon
(Montenegro) ..............................................................489
Stefan F. Pfahl, Ein neo-punischer Grafto und eine numidische Münze aus Oberhausen
bei Augsburg...............................................................501
Marko Jelusić, Zu einem Schildzeichen der Notitia dignitatum. Neubewertung einer Grabmalerei
mit der Darstellung des spätantiken Soldaten Flavius Maximianus
aus der Villa Maria-Katakombe in Syrakus (reg. Siciliana / I) .............................513
Ursula Koch, Merowingische Zierscheiben mit einem gekreuzten Menschenpaar ................533
Sebastian Messal, Imitationen karolingisch-ottonischer Vorbilder? Zwei runde Bleianhänger
mit Kreuzmotiv und Leiterbandkreis aus Rostock-Dierkow .............................549
Inhalt Jahrgang 47, 2017...........................................................563
ISSN 0342-734X
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Claus von Carnap-Bornheim · Falko Daim · Peter Ettel
Ursula Warnke (eds)
Harbours as Objects
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The Priority Programme 1630 »Harbours from the Roman Period to the
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physics and Field Research: Developing Methods«, »Geoarchaeology:
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Die römische Besiedlung
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Archäologisches Korrespondenzblatt 47 · 2017
inhalt jahrgang 47, 2017
 
 
thth ......................... 

...................................................................... 
Waffenbrüder
 ................... 
 
 .................. 

 ..................................................................................
 cistae

 .................................................................. 
 
 .......................................... 
 
 ..................................................................................
 
 .......................................... 
 
 ..................................................................................
 
 ................................................. 
 ....................... 
 
 ......................... 
 ................... 

 ........................................... 
 ................ 
  ................... 
 
 .......................................... 
 
 ............ 
 
 .......................................... 
 
 ........................................... 
 cistae

 .................................................................. 
 
 .......................................... 
 
 ........................................... 
 Solidus
th ................................... 
 Jahresinhaltsverzeichnis
 
thth ......................... 

 ................................................ 

 ................................................. 
 .................. 

 ............. 

 ................................................................... 

............................................................... 
.................................... 
 
 .................. 

 ........................................................... 
 Waffenbrüder
 ................... 
 .............. 

 ...................................................................... 
 Waffenbrüder
........................... 
 
 ................................................. 

 ............................................................ 
 ..................... 

 .................. 
 
 ..................................................................................
 ................... 

 ................... 
 
 ...................................................................... 
 
 .................. 
 
 ................................................ 

.................................................................... 
...................................... 
 
 ..................................................................................
cistae

 .................................................................. 
 
 .......................................... 
Archäologisches Korrespondenzblatt 47 · 2017
Solidus
th ................................... 
 
 ................................................................... 

 ......................... 
 ......... 
 
 .................. 
 
 ............ 

 ................................................ 
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... In combination with the lithic artifacts the finds can be assigned to the Ahrensburgian. The excavated area is interpreted as a refuse zone of a nearby camp site, which is assumed to lay on a slight elevation (Wild, 2017). The investigation was accompanied by numerous drillings that were carried out by Hartmut Usinger. ...
... Succeeding excavations in the paleoshoreline were carried out by Ingo Clausen of the Archaeological State Department Schleswig-Holstein. These investigations revealed further stone artefacts as well as faunal remains (Weber et al., 2011;Wild, 2017). ...
... Faunal remains have been investigated by Wild (2017) and radiocarbon ages of bones and antler suggest a temporal classification into the Dryas 3 period and partly into the early Preboreal period. For that time, a ford situation can be reconstructed at the south-eastern end of the lake in the form of a shallow water area above a sand ridge, situated at the foot of the morain. ...
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The exploration of Lateglacial vegetation history in Schleswig-Holstein is elaborate and comprehensive. Despite being one of the most studied areas, regarding to the Lateglacial, no biostratigraphy covering the complete Lateglacial and Early Holocene periods without hiatus have so far been recovered. In this paper we present a biostratigraphy of the Nahe paleolake, therewith intending to deal with this desideratum. The special strength of the presented sequence is expressed in the fact that these are the only palynologically investigated sequentially annual laminated limnic sediments of the Lateglacial in Schleswig-Holstein. These laminated sediments, as well as radiocarbon dating of botanical macrofossils and three geochemically confirmed cryptotephra layers (Laacher See Tephra, Vedde Ash and Saksunarvatn Ash), provide excellent chronological control and allow for a Europe-wide correlation. Particularly important is a complete discussion of the vegetation history and the spatial proximity to Late Paleolithic sites, which renders it possible to evaluate potential human–environment-interaction long before classical palynological human indicators occur.
... Here, the top of the moraine was intensely surveyed by Thomas Poelmann for the last 30 years. These collections yielded > 12.000 lithics that were mostly attributed to the Ahrensburgian but also to the Hamburgian (Wild, 2017). ...
... The faunal assemblage has been investigated by Wild (2017). Altogether 154 bones and antler fragments originate to 86% from reindeer (Rangifer tarandus). ...
... Apart from that seven terrestrial mammal species and six fish species have been identified. According to Wild (2017) these can be regarded as background fauna as the species are mainly represented by single bones. ...
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Sediments from the Nahe palaeolake in Schleswig-Holstein provided a continuous and high-resolution palynological record in the vicinity of a Lateglacial archaeological site in northern Germany. The principal objective of the study was to investigate potential reflections of Palaeolithic human-environmental interaction, which is generally regarded as challenging. Charcoal particle frequencies in different size classes and coinciding fungal spores reveal a remarkable pattern at the transition from the Dryas 3 to the Preboreal period that corresponds to the chronological attribution of parts of the archaeological record. The applied indicators of human action render it possible to define a temporally limited phase of generally elevated large charcoal particle inputs, reflecting potentially anthropogenic activity. The interpretation of the palynological record leads to the hypothesis that the climatically driven rapid change of the vegetation at the Pleistocene-Holocene transition caused temporally increased hunting activities by Late Palaeolithic hunter-gatherers. The excellent age control of the record allowed to date this phase between 11,650 and 11,520 cal yr BP.
... A similar situation was found at the site of Nahe LA 11 only some 20 km north of Stellmoor. In regular surveys, a large Ahrensburgian assemblage was collected and in subsequent excavations mainly reindeer remains were found in the wetlands at the foot of the hill Wild 2017). ...
... Thus, they are also recovered due to external factors, i.e. infrastructural activities, rather than subject to systematic survey. However, the more prominent sites were the result of systematic surveys and excavations such as Stellmoor (Rust 1943) or Nahe LA 11 (Wild 2017). ...
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Time and timing are essential to many archaeological questions, especially when dealing with archaeo-cultural borders or transitions. In this paper, we address the transition from the Final Palaeolithic to the Early Mesolithic on the North German Plain with respect to chronological evidence. Based on several well-dated sites from the area, we aim to discuss preconditions and consequences for the spreading of Early Mesolithic technocomplexes. Furthermore, we highlight which problems have to be approached when dealing with this timeframe. It is shown that the onset of the Mesolithic in the area under consideration currently appears to date not prior to the Middle Preboreal, i.e. from ca. 9200 calBC onwards. The short cold spell, the Preboreal Oscillation, seems to coincide with a seizure between the hunter-gatherers of the Ahrensburgian and the aforementioned Early Holocene societies. It is made clear that the Pleistocene/Holocene border should not generally be parallelised with the Ahrensburgian/Early Mesolithic in the respective area.
... The Nahe palaeolake is located in Schleswig-Holstein (northern Germany) about 30 km north of Hamburg. The former lake basin was part of a larger glacial lake system and is separated from further elongated incision lakes by two narrow sand ridges to the northwest and southeast (Wild 2017). To the southeast, Lake Itzstedt is the water-bearing remnant of the lake system. ...
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This paper presents evidence for a limnological response to the Laacher See eruption (LSE) as detected in lake sediments from Nahe, northern Germany. The sediment section of the Allerød period dating to between 13 422 and 12 708 cal. a BP is preserved in annual laminations. Within this section, the LSE was identified as a cryptotephra layer (12 944±44 cal. a BP). Microfacies analysis, continuous high‐resolution geochemical measurements and pollen analyses enabled a high‐resolution reconstruction of environmental change. The older part of the Allerød (c. 13 422 to 12 943 cal. a BP) was characterized by relatively stable sedimentation conditions. Evidence for windier conditions dating to c. 13 160 to 13 080 cal. a BP probably reflects the Gerzensee oscillation. Pronounced changes of the lake sedimentation followed the LSE. Four unusually thick varves with increased amounts of allochthonous material indicate serious disturbance of the local environment immediately after the LSE, related to increased storminess and/or the occurrence of high intensity rainfall events. A pronounced reduction of biogenic silica accumulation for c. 60 years after the LSE could reflect a period of acidification. Indications of a simultaneous lake level increase until c. 60 years after the LSE are in line with the supposed reduced evapotranspiration associated with cooler conditions. About 120 years after the LSE, increased oxygen access at the lake bottom, allochthonous input and Cl fluxes point to an onset of increasingly stronger westerly winds, probably as a long‐term response to the LSE. This supports the idea of a southward shift of the mid‐latitude westerlies wind system within the interval between the LSE and the beginning of the Younger Dryas. The pace of the southwards shift of this wind system decreased from 10 km a−1 in the initial phase (40–120 years after LSE) to 6 km a−1 in the later phase (120–200 years after LSE).
... The Nahe palaeolake is located in Schleswig-Holstein (northern Germany) about 30 km north of Hamburg. The former lake basin was part of a larger glacial lake system and is separated from further elongated incision lakes by two narrow sand ridges to the northwest and southeast (Wild 2017). To the southeast, Lake Itzstedt is the water-bearing remnant of the lake system. ...
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This paper presents evidence for a limnological response to the Laacher See eruption (LSE) as detected in lake sediments from Nahe, northern Germany. The sediment section of the Allerød period dating to between 13 422 and 12 708 cal. aBPis preserved in annual laminations.Within this section, theLSEwas identified as a cryptotephra layer (12 944+/-44 cal. a BP). Microfacies analysis, continuous high-resolution geochemical measurements and pollen analysesenabled ahigh-resolution reconstructionof environmental change.Theolder part of the Allerød(c. 13 422 to 12 943 cal. a BP) was characterized by relatively stable sedimentation conditions. Evidence for windier conditions dating to c. 13 160 to 13 080 cal. a BP probably reflects the Gerzensee oscillation. Pronounced changes of the lake sedimentation followed the LSE. Four unusually thick varves with increased amounts of allochthonous material indicate serious disturbance of the local environment immediately after the LSE, related to increased storminess and/ or the occurrence of high intensity rainfall events. A pronounced reduction of biogenic silica accumulation for c. 60 years after the LSE could reflect a period of acidification. Indications of a simultaneous lake level increase until c. 60 years after the LSE are in line with the supposed reduced evapotranspiration associated with cooler conditions. About120 years after the LSE, increasedoxygen access at the lake bottom, allochthonous inputand Cl fluxes point to anonset of increasinglystrongerwesterly winds, probablyasa long-term response to theLSE.This supports the idea of a southward shift of the mid-latitudewesterlies wind system within the interval between the LSE and the beginning of the Younger Dryas. Thepace of the southwards shift of thiswind system decreased from10 km a-1 in the initial phase (40–120 years after LSE) to 6 km a-1 in the later phase (120–200 years after LSE).
... Such a replacement occurred at the Pleistocene/ Holocene transition in most areas of the North European Plain. Large herds of reindeer (Rangifer tarandus) migrated through the lowlands and gave rise to, and sustained, an osseous industry that relied on reindeer antler during the Ahrensburgian and Sviderian (Rust, 1943;Wild, 2017). With the warming trends of the Holocene, these herds disappeared and were replaced by more sedentary taxa. ...
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