Palynological investigations into the Late Pleistocene and Holocene history of vegetation and settlement at the L枚ddigsee, Mecklenburg, Germany
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- 作者：Susanne Jahns
- 关键词：Vegetation history ; Late Pleistocene ; Holocene ; Northern Germany ; Late Neolithic settlement ; Younger Slavic settlement
- 刊名：Vegetation History and Archaeobotany
- 出版时间：January, 2007
- 出版年：2007
- 期刊代码：138_0939-6314
- 类别：ear
- 卷：16
- 期：2-3
- 页码：157-169
- 数据来源：sp
摘要
A Late Pleistocene and Holocene sediment core from the nowadays terrestrialised portion of the L枚ddigsee in Southern Mecklenburg, Germany was palynologically investigated. The lake is situated in the rarely investigated Young moraine area at the transition from the Weichselian to the Saalian glaciation. The high-resolution pollen diagram contributes to the establishment of the north-eastern German Late Pleistocene pollen stratigraphy. The vegetation distribution pattern after the end of the Weichselian is in good agreement with other studies from North-eastern Germany, but also has its own characteristics. The Holocene vegetation development reveals features from the north-eastern and north-western German lowlands. A special focus was laid on the environmental history of the two settlements on an island within the lake (Late Neolithic and Younger Slavic period), which were preserved under moist conditions. Both settlements were constructed during a period of low lake level. Although there is evidence of agriculture in the area during the respective periods, the two island settlements seem to have served other purposes.