Human response to the Younger Dryas along the southern North Sea basin, Northwest Europe.

Autor: Crombé P; Prehistory Research Unit, Department of Archaeology, Ghent University, Sint-Pietersnieuwtraat 35, Ghent, Belgium. Philippe.crombe@ugent.be., Pironneau C; ArcheOs-Research Laboratory for Biological Anthropology, Department of Archaeology, Ghent University, Sint-Pietersnieuwtraat 35, Ghent, Belgium., Robert P; ArcheOs-Research Laboratory for Biological Anthropology, Department of Archaeology, Ghent University, Sint-Pietersnieuwtraat 35, Ghent, Belgium., van der Sloot P; Agence Wallonne du Patrimoine, Direction opérationnelle-Zone Est, Rue du Maréchal Foch 21, B-4400, Flémalle, Belgium., Boudin M; Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage, Jubelpark 1, 1000, Brussels, Belgium., De Groote I; ArcheOs-Research Laboratory for Biological Anthropology, Department of Archaeology, Ghent University, Sint-Pietersnieuwtraat 35, Ghent, Belgium., Verheyden S; Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, 29 Rue Vautier, 1000, Brussels, Belgium., Vandendriessche H; Prehistory Research Unit, Department of Archaeology, Ghent University, Sint-Pietersnieuwtraat 35, Ghent, Belgium.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Scientific reports [Sci Rep] 2024 Aug 05; Vol. 14 (1), pp. 18074. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Aug 05.
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-68686-z
Abstrakt: Currently in NW Europe little is known about the human response to the extensive cold reversal at the end of the Pleistocene, the Younger Dryas (ca. 12,850 till ca. 11,650 cal BP), mainly due to the poor chronological resolution of the archaeological sites belonging to the Ahrensburgian Culture. Here we present a series of 33 radiocarbon dates performed on the seminal cave site of Remouchamps, situated in the Belgian Meuse basin. Combined with a revision of the available radiocarbon evidence along the southern North Sea basin (Belgium, southern Netherlands, western Germany), it is suggested that the first half of the Younger Dryas, characterized as extremely cold and wet, faced a significant population reduction. Repopulation started around the middle of the Younger Dryas, from ca. 12,200 cal BP onward, probably in response to a slight climatic improvement leading to somewhat warmer summers. This might be considered a prelude to the subsequent population boost of the Early Holocene (Mesolithic).
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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