28. Interglacial pollen records from schöningen, North Germany

Urban, Brigitte

doi:10.1016/s1571-0866(07)80053-4

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“…The stacking pattern of the interglacial deposits and the distribution of the archaeological sites are related to lakelevel fluctuations of the interglacial lake (Lang et al, 2012). These lake-level fluctuations have previously been recognized in the palaeo-ecological analysis of floral (Jechorek, 2000;Urban, 2007;Urban et al, 2011) and faunal associations (B€ ohme, 2000, 2007). The aim of this paper is to provide a synoptic overview of the geological setting and stratigraphic framework of the Sch€ oningen sites.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 85%

“…2). Younger lacustrine deposits were studied by Urban (1995Urban ( , 2007 in the former northern field of the open-cast mine and were numerically dated to correlate with MIS 7 (Heijnis, 1992). The remnant tunnel valley was completely filled by glacilacustrine deposits and overlain by subglacial till during the Drenthe ice advance of the Saalian glaciation.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…This succession was deposited by eastwards to southwards prograding delta systems into a lake, which formed within the remnant tunnel valley and was affected by repeated lake-level changes (Lang et al, 2012). These lake-level changes are attributed to climatic shifts during a persistent warm phase (Urban, 2007;Urban et al, 2011;Lang et al, 2012).…”

Section: Interglacial Deposits and Archaeological Sitesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The part of the Holsteinian succession that contains sites 12-II and 13-II is referred to as Reinsdorf ( Fig. 2; Urban, 1995Urban, , 2007Urban et al, 2011).…”

Section: Interglacial Deposits and Archaeological Sitesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…1 and 2). In addition to the archaeological findings, there exists an extensive biostratigraphic data base, which includes palynological data (Urban et al, 1988(Urban et al, , 1991Urban, 1995Urban, , 2007 and analyses of plant remains (Jechorek, 2000), mollusks (Mania, 2007), mammals (van Kolfschoten, 1995(van Kolfschoten, , 2007(van Kolfschoten, , 2014, fish, reptiles, and amphibians (B€ ohme, 2000, 2007). However, the interpretation of this important environmental archive has long been controversial.…”

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confidence: 99%

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The Middle Pleistocene tunnel valley at Schöningen as a Paleolithic archive

Lang

Böhner

Polom

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Journal of Human Evolution

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Section: Settingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Interglacial Deposits and Archaeological Sitesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The part of the Holsteinian succession that contains sites 12-II and 13-II is referred to as Reinsdorf ( Fig. 2; Urban, 1995Urban, , 2007Urban et al, 2011).…”

Section: Interglacial Deposits and Archaeological Sitesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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The Middle Pleistocene tunnel valley at Schöningen as a Paleolithic archive

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The Course of the Ice Age

Ehlers

2022

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The site formation history of Schöningen 13II-4 (Germany): Testing different models of site formation by means of spatial analysis, spatial statistics and orientation analysis

Peters

Kolfschoten

2020

Journal of Archaeological Science

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The Lower Palaeolithic, Middle Pleistocene locality Sch€ oningen has been a focus of archaeological research for over two decades. The locality is best-known for the discovery of wooden spears in close association with numerous butchered remains of horses and other large mammals in the Spear Horizon (Sch€ o 13II-4), with an age of ca. 300 kyr. Several site formation models have been proposed to explain the faunal accumulation at the site: 1) single hunting event on a dried lake shore; 2) multiple hunting events in the soft mud of a lake shore; 3) deposition on an exposed delta plain; 4) geogenic displacement by hydrological processes; 5) hominin waste disposal and storage behaviour; and 6) hominin butchering activities on a frozen lake surface. Visual spatial analyses allow for the (subjective) incorporation of archaeological knowledge in the interpretation of spatial data, while spatial statistics allow for more objective and reproducible inferences about spatial patterns. The combination of the two could thus provide a vital tool in disentangling complex site formation processes. This study uses a combination of visual spatial analyses, spatial statistics and orientation analyses in order to further disentangle the site formation history of Sch€ o 13II-4 and to assess the impact of post-depositional processes on the faunal assemblage. This study revealed the existence of intra-site and inter-species differences in spatial distribution and orientation. The results of this study are compared to the suggested site formation models for Sch€ o 13II-4 to test which of these models is most parsimonious with the spatial distribution and orientation of the faunal assemblage. It is concluded that the previously proposed site formation models are overly simplified and cannot be used to explain the site formation history of Sch€ o 13II-4.

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28. Interglacial pollen records from schöningen, North Germany

Cited by 25 publications

References 22 publications

The Middle Pleistocene tunnel valley at Schöningen as a Paleolithic archive

The Middle Pleistocene tunnel valley at Schöningen as a Paleolithic archive

The Course of the Ice Age

The site formation history of Schöningen 13II-4 (Germany): Testing different models of site formation by means of spatial analysis, spatial statistics and orientation analysis

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