MIS 3 mammoth remains from Sweden—implications for faunal history, palaeoclimate and glaciation chronology

Ukkonen, Pirkko; Arppe, Laura; Houmark‐Nielsen, Michael; Kjær, Kurt H.; Karhu, Juha A.

doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2007.06.021

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“…The new AMS radiocarbon dates on mammoths from northeastern Germany fit well into the known colonisation pattern based on other directly dated mammoth remains, which show a continuous distribution of mammoth in the Late Weichselian moraine areas of northern Europe (Berglund et al, 1976;Aaris-Sørensen et al, 1990;Ukkonen et al, 1999Ukkonen et al, , 2008Lougas et al, 2002) before the second expansion of the Scandinavian ice sheet. The three most recent dates from this study are the first records of mammoths in the eastern part of the European Lowlands from the last millennia before the advance of the ice sheet in this region.…”

Section: Palaeoecological Context and Colonisation Pattern Of The Latsupporting

confidence: 74%

“…the collapse of the tundra-steppe biome, human influence, at least in some regions of Europe, should not be underestimated (Stuart, 2005). In this context, the Late Weichselian moraine areas of northern Europe are of a special interest, because in the eastern part they were recolonised after deglaciation, as is demonstrated by dates on mammoth younger than the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) sensu stricto (Ukkonen et al, 1999(Ukkonen et al, , 2008Lougas et al, 2002). This paper for the first time presents radiocarbon dates on mammoths from northeastern Germany and suggests directions for further palaeoecological studies on Mammuthus primigenius.…”

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confidence: 99%

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First radiocarbon dates on woolly mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius) from northern Germany

Sommer¹,

Benecke

2009

J Quaternary Science

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A major gap in the radiocarbon chronology of woolly mammoth in Europe results from an absence of dated records from the Late Weichselian moraine regions of the Northern European Lowlands. In the past many fossil mammoth remains were discovered in the province of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania in northeastern Germany. Seven finds, which were well preserved, were radiocarbon dated by accelerator mass spectrometry. The dates, ranging from 44.8 to 23.9 14 C ka BP (50-28 cal. ka BP), can be correlated with Marine Isotope Stage (MIS) 3 of the late Quaternary, and indicate that mammoth was able to colonise this region during a period of rapid environmental changes. The new radiocarbon evidence fits well into the known colonisation pattern of woolly mammoth and shows a continuous distribution in the Late Weichselian moraine areas of northern Germany before the expansion of the Scandinavian ice sheet.

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Section: Palaeoecological Context and Colonisation Pattern Of The Latsupporting

confidence: 74%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

First radiocarbon dates on woolly mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius) from northern Germany

Sommer¹,

Benecke

2009

J Quaternary Science

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“…Ukkonen et al, 2007;Tütken et al, 2007, Arppe andKarhu, 2010), and the large body-size of mammoth is likely to have made them less susceptible to the isotopic effects of local humidity and physiological effects (Tütken et al, 2007).…”

Section: δ 18 O Data -Comparison With European-wide Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Ayliffe et al, 1992;Genoni et al, 1998;Ukkonen et al, 2007;Tütken et al, 2007;Iacumin et al, 2010;Arppe and Karhu, 2010;Skrzypek et al 2011). Working within this context, this study aims to reconstruct the climatic background at Kraków Spadzista Street (B) through oxygen isotopic analysis of mammoth tooth remains found at the site, and relate the results to the question of human occupation of the northern Plains and the D-O cycles.…”

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“…The isotopic results from Spadzista can be compared with previously published data available for European mammoth remains dated 50-20ka (Ayliffe et al, 1992;Genoni et al, 1998;Arppe and Karhu, 2006;Tütken et al, 2007;Tütken et al, 2008;Ukkonen et al, 2007;Arppe and Karhu, 2010), including four previously published results for the Kraków Spadzista site complex (Arppe and Karhu, 2010) (Iacumin et al, 1996) (Equation…”

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Investigating climate at the Upper Palaeolithic site of Kraków Spadzista Street (B), Poland, using oxygen isotopes

Pryor¹,

O’Connell²,

Wojtal³

et al. 2013

Quaternary International

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Between 50,000 and 20,000 years ago, Europe experienced a series of rapid climate change events known as the Dansgaard-Oeschger cycles, which may have made areas of northern Europe more attractive for occupation by early modern humans at certain times than at others. This paper investigates when humans were occupying northern Europe in relation to these climatic changes at the archaeological site of Kraków Spadzista Street (B), by applying oxygen isotope analysis of mammoth tooth enamel carbonates (δ18O and δ13C) found at the site. The new isotopic data suggest that mean annual temperatures at Kraków Spadzista were 4-9oC colder than present and, based on comparisons with previously published isotopic data for mammoth in Europe, we argue that the Kraków assemblage most likely formed during a cold Dansgaard-Oeschger event. This suggests modern humans were able to occupy and survive in this area of northern Europe during the harsh cold phases that affected Europe at this time. ABSTRACTBetween 50,000 and 20,000 years ago, Europe experienced a series of rapid climate change events known as the Dansgaard-Oeschger cycles, which may have made areas of northern Europe more attractive for occupation by early modern humans at certain times than at others. This paper investigates when humans were occupying northern Europe in relation to these climatic changes at the archaeological site of Kraków Spadzista Street (B), by applying oxygen isotope analysis of mammoth tooth enamel carbonates (δ 18 O and δ 13 C) found at the site. The new isotopic data suggest that mean annual temperatures at Kraków Spadzista were 4-9 o C colder than present and, based on comparisons with previously published isotopic data for mammoth in Europe, we argue that the Kraków assemblage most likely formed during a cold DansgaardOeschger event. This suggests modern humans were able to occupy and survive in this area of northern Europe during the harsh cold phases that affected Europe at this time.

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Geophysical constraints on the dynamics and retreat of the Barents Sea ice sheet as a paleobenchmark for models of marine ice sheet deglaciation

Patton

Andreassen

Bjarnadóttir

et al. 2015

Reviews of Geophysics

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Our understanding of processes relating to the retreat of marine‐based ice sheets, such as the West Antarctic Ice Sheet and tidewater‐terminating glaciers in Greenland today, is still limited. In particular, the role of ice stream instabilities and oceanographic dynamics in driving their collapse are poorly constrained beyond observational timescales. Over numerous glaciations during the Quaternary, a marine‐based ice sheet has waxed and waned over the Barents Sea continental shelf, characterized by a number of ice streams that extended to the shelf edge and subsequently collapsed during periods of climate and ocean warming. Increasing availability of offshore and onshore geophysical data over the last decade has significantly enhanced our knowledge of the pattern and timing of retreat of this Barents Sea ice sheet (BSIS), particularly so from its Late Weichselian maximum extent. We present a review of existing geophysical constraints that detail the dynamic evolution of the BSIS through the last glacial cycle, providing numerical modelers and geophysical workers with a benchmark data set with which to tune ice sheet reconstructions and explore ice sheet sensitivities and drivers of dynamic behavior. Although constraining data are generally spatially sporadic across the Barents and Kara Seas, behaviors such as ice sheet thinning, major ice divide migration, asynchronous and rapid flow switching, and ice stream collapses are all evident. Further investigation into the drivers and mechanisms of such dynamics within this unique paleo‐analogue is seen as a key priority for advancing our understanding of marine‐based ice sheet deglaciations, both in the deep past and in the short‐term future.

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MIS 3 mammoth remains from Sweden—implications for faunal history, palaeoclimate and glaciation chronology

Cited by 70 publications

References 83 publications

First radiocarbon dates on woolly mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius) from northern Germany

First radiocarbon dates on woolly mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius) from northern Germany

Investigating climate at the Upper Palaeolithic site of Kraków Spadzista Street (B), Poland, using oxygen isotopes

Geophysical constraints on the dynamics and retreat of the Barents Sea ice sheet as a paleobenchmark for models of marine ice sheet deglaciation

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