Landscape potential for the adoption of crop cultivation: Role of local soil properties and groundwater table rise during 6000–5400 BP in Flevoland (central Netherlands)

Biggelaar, D.F.A.M. van den; Kluiving, Sjoerd; Bohncke, S.J.P.; Balen, R.T. van; Kasse, C.; Prins, Maarten A.; Kolen, J.C.A.

doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2014.09.063

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“…For example, to quantify fault offsets across the Peel Boundary Fault zone (Cohen, 2005) and to quantify degree of compaction-lowering of intercalated peats at shorter and further distance of burying deltaic river branches (Van Asselen, 2011). Furthermore, these water level isochrones based on basal peat data have provided context for many archaeological excavating studies on the Mesolithic and Neolithic of the Rhine-Meuse delta (e.g., Louwe Kooijmans, 1972;Van der Woude, 1983;Verbruggen, 1992) as well as in the further coastal plain (e.g., Peeters, 2007;Van den Biggelaar et al, 2015).…”

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HOLSEA-NL: Holocene water level and sea-level indicator dataset for the Netherlands

de Wit,

Cohen,

Van de Wal

2024

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Abstract. Deltas and coastal plains worldwide developed under the influence of relative sea level rise (RSLR) during the Holocene. In the Netherlands, Holocene RSLR results from both regional sea-level rise and regional subsidence patterns, mainly caused by glacial isostatic adjustment (GIA: Scandinavian forebulge collapse) and longer-term North Sea Basin tectono-sedimentary subsidence. Past coastal and inland water levels are preserved in geological indicators marking the gradual drowning of an area, for example basal peats. Such geological water-level indicators have been used in the Netherlands for varying types of research. However, uniform overviews of these data exist only for smaller local subsets and not for the entire Netherlands. In this paper we present a data set of 712 Holocene water-level indicators from the Dutch coastal plain that are relevant for studying RSLR and regional subsidence, compiled in HOLSEA workbook format. This format was expanded to allow for registering basal-peat type geological indicators, documenting Dutch-setting specific parameters and accompanying uncertainties, to assess indicative meaning, and to appropriately correct the raw vertical positions of the indicators. Overall, our new, internally consistent, expanded documentation provided for the water-level indicators encourages users to choose the information relevant for their research and report RSLR uncertainties transparently. From the indicators, 59 % was collected in 1950–2000, mainly in academic studies and survey mapping campaigns; 37 % was collected in 2000–2020 in academic studies and archaeological surveying projects, 4 % was newly collected (this study), the latter mainly in previously under sampled central and northern Netherlands regions. Prominent regional differences exist in the vertical position and abundance of the indicators. Older indicators in our data set are mostly located in the deeper seaward area of the Netherlands. These indicators correspond well with previous transgression reconstructions, that are partly based on the same data. The younger, landwards set of indicators in the Rhine-Meuse central and Flevoland regions corresponds with the transgression phase reaching further inland, from 8000 cal. BP onwards. Northern indicators of Middle Holocene age (8–5 ka cal. BP), in general lie 2–3 meters lower compared to those in the south. For younger data this difference is less, showing spatial and temporal variation in RSLR throughout the Netherlands.

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HOLSEA-NL: Holocene water level and sea-level indicator dataset for the Netherlands

de Wit,

Cohen,

Van de Wal

2024

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“…Detailed quantitative assessment of differences in sediment size structure and material composition were done on 22 sediment grabs collected by means of 100 ml plastic sample bottles from the upper 10 cm of sediment in the different zones of the bay. The samples were analyzed for grain size distribution, organic, CaCO 3 and lithogenic contents at the Sediment Analysis Laboratory of the Free University Amsterdam using general approach as described by Li et al (2015); Van den Biggelaar et al (2015) and Verhagen et al (2017) but with some essential differences, as the use of Na 4 P 2 O 7 was found to cause flocculation. After thorough mixing, subsamples of about 1 g were pretreated with 5 ml of 30% hydrogen peroxide (10 ml for strongly organic samples) to remove organic material, followed by 300 mg of CaCl 2 and then heated with 300 mg of NaCl to improve grain dispersal.…”

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Patterns of distribution and drivers of change in shallow seagrass and algal assemblages of a non-estuarine Southern Caribbean mangrove lagoon

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“…If after sea level rise or stream channel diversion the once dry locations were flooded, people moved away or adapted to this new situation, e.g. promoting the adoption of crop cultivation caused by the increased extent of wetland area (Van de Biggelaar et al 2014 ). In terms of coastal management it can be stated that people at that time were reactive (in a passive mode) against the threat of the rising water (Fig.…”

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How geoarchaeology and landscape archaeology contribute to niche construction theory (NCT)

Kluiving

2015

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In this paper a review is given of examples of geoarchaeological and landscape archaeological research from four locations throughout Europe. Case-studies from the North Sea coastal zone in the Netherlands and the Eastern Mediterranean are presented to illustrate the potential contribution of geoarchaeology and landscape archaeology to niche construction theory (NCT) studies. Typical landscapes as coast lines, lake shores and rivers as example of small and large scale use of the natural landscape and/or topography are discussed with implications for NCT, mainly over the Holocene period. Through environmental reconstruction, we provide relative dates for starting points when humans (a) were altering their own selective environment as an inceptive change, or (b) responded to a (deteriorated) selective environment in a counteractive change. Geoarchaeology and landscape archaeology valuable contribution to NCT studies is the focus of the disciplines on landscape gradients. NCT phase transitions from inceptive to counteractive changes are proposed as useful alternative in the debate about the onset of the Anthropocene.

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Landscape potential for the adoption of crop cultivation: Role of local soil properties and groundwater table rise during 6000–5400 BP in Flevoland (central Netherlands)

Cited by 6 publications

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HOLSEA-NL: Holocene water level and sea-level indicator dataset for the Netherlands

HOLSEA-NL: Holocene water level and sea-level indicator dataset for the Netherlands

Patterns of distribution and drivers of change in shallow seagrass and algal assemblages of a non-estuarine Southern Caribbean mangrove lagoon

How geoarchaeology and landscape archaeology contribute to niche construction theory (NCT)

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