Aquatic and terrestrial proxy evidence for Middle Pleistocene palaeolake and lake-shore development at two Lower Palaeolithic sites of Schöningen, Germany

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Aquatic and terrestrial proxy evidence for Middle Pleistocene palaeolake and lake-shore development at two Lower Palaeolithic sites of Schöningen, Germany. / Krahn, Kim J.; Tucci, Mario; Urban, Brigitte et al.
in: Boreas, Jahrgang 50, Nr. 3, 07.2021, S. 723-745.

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Krahn KJ, Tucci M, Urban B, Pilgrim J, Frenzel P, Soulié-Märsche I et al. Aquatic and terrestrial proxy evidence for Middle Pleistocene palaeolake and lake-shore development at two Lower Palaeolithic sites of Schöningen, Germany. Boreas. 2021 Jul;50(3):723-745. Epub 2021 Mai 6. doi: 10.1111/bor.12523

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title = "Aquatic and terrestrial proxy evidence for Middle Pleistocene palaeolake and lake-shore development at two Lower Palaeolithic sites of Sch{\"o}ningen, Germany",
abstract = "The archaeological sites in the open-cast mine of Sch{\"o}ningen, Germany, represent outstanding archives for understanding Middle Pleistocene interglacial–glacial transitions and human adaption. Aquatic microfossil and pollen assemblages from the {\textquoteleft}Reinsdorf sequence{\textquoteright}, likely correlated to Marine Isotope Stage 9, document environmental changes from a thermal maximum to succeeding glacial conditions recorded in two sequences of excavation sites 12 II and 13 II. Multi-proxy analyses enable detailed reconstruction of lake-shore and landscape developments despite variable microfossil preservation in changing carbonate- and organic-rich deposits. Rich aquatic vegetation with abundant charophytes suggests repeated phases with water depths of 0.5–2 m at site 13 II, while even greater temporary depths are deduced for 12 II DB. Mesorheophilic and mesotitanophilic ostracod species indicate stream inflows with medium–low calcium contents of >18 mg Ca L–1 originating from nearby springs. Diatoms point to meso-eutrophic conditions and an alkaline pH of the lake water. Interglacial conditions with thermophile forests but no aquatic microfossils preserved, suggesting a dry or only temporarily flooded site, mark the beginning of the sequence. Continuous presence of aquatic organisms and overall dominance of small tychoplanktonic diatoms during a subsequent cool steppe phase provide evidence for increased water depths and unstable habitats characterized by erosion and probably prolonged periods of lake ice cover. During the succeeding boreal forest-steppe phase, surface runoff into the productive, shallow lake decreased due to a more extensive vegetation cover. Concurrently, intensified groundwater input in contact with the nearby salt wall caused elevated salinities. Following a lake level drop, stream inflows and lake levels increased again towards the end of the Reinsdorf sequence and promoted development of a diverse fauna and flora at the lake shore; thereby maintaining an attractive living and hunting environment for early humans during a phase of generally cooler temperatures and landscape instability at the transition into a glacial period.",
keywords = "Ecosystems Research",
author = "Krahn, {Kim J.} and Mario Tucci and Brigitte Urban and Julien Pilgrim and Peter Frenzel and Ingeborg Souli{\'e}-M{\"a}rsche and Antje Schwalb",
note = "We would like to thank Nicholas Conard, Sabine Gaudzinski-Windheuser, Andreas Koutsodendris, Volker Mosbrugger, Jordi Serangeli, Thomas Terberger, Elaine Turner, Thijs van Kolfschoten and the excavation team for supporting the project. We thank the student assistants who helped with the laboratory work and Theresia Lauke and Sarah Teuber for preparing their bachelor theses within this project. We are thankful to Birgit Plessen and Sylvia Pinkerneil for processing the geochemistry samples at the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences. Many thanks also to Carlos Wetzel for taking SEM pictures of some diatoms for taxonomic clarification and Anja Schwarz, Sandra B?ddeker and John Smol for their helpful comments. The authors wish to thank David Horne and an anonymous reviewer for their constructive comments, which helped to significantly improve the manuscript. This research is a contribution to the project ?Climate and Environmental Variability during the late Middle Pleistocene at the Palaeolithic Sites of Sch?ningen, Northern Germany?, funded by Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG grant SCHW 671/22-1, UR 25/11-1; project number 350769604). Further funding was received from the Ministry of Science and Culture, (Nieders?chsisches Ministerium f?r Wissenschaft und Kultur) Hannover, Germany (PRO*Niedersachsen, project: 74ZN1230).",
year = "2021",
month = jul,
doi = "10.1111/bor.12523",
language = "English",
volume = "50",
pages = "723--745",
journal = "Boreas",
issn = "0300-9483",
publisher = "John Wiley & Sons Inc.",
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TY - JOUR

T1 - Aquatic and terrestrial proxy evidence for Middle Pleistocene palaeolake and lake-shore development at two Lower Palaeolithic sites of Schöningen, Germany

AU - Krahn, Kim J.

AU - Tucci, Mario

AU - Urban, Brigitte

AU - Pilgrim, Julien

AU - Frenzel, Peter

AU - Soulié-Märsche, Ingeborg

AU - Schwalb, Antje

N1 - We would like to thank Nicholas Conard, Sabine Gaudzinski-Windheuser, Andreas Koutsodendris, Volker Mosbrugger, Jordi Serangeli, Thomas Terberger, Elaine Turner, Thijs van Kolfschoten and the excavation team for supporting the project. We thank the student assistants who helped with the laboratory work and Theresia Lauke and Sarah Teuber for preparing their bachelor theses within this project. We are thankful to Birgit Plessen and Sylvia Pinkerneil for processing the geochemistry samples at the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences. Many thanks also to Carlos Wetzel for taking SEM pictures of some diatoms for taxonomic clarification and Anja Schwarz, Sandra B?ddeker and John Smol for their helpful comments. The authors wish to thank David Horne and an anonymous reviewer for their constructive comments, which helped to significantly improve the manuscript. This research is a contribution to the project ?Climate and Environmental Variability during the late Middle Pleistocene at the Palaeolithic Sites of Sch?ningen, Northern Germany?, funded by Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG grant SCHW 671/22-1, UR 25/11-1; project number 350769604). Further funding was received from the Ministry of Science and Culture, (Nieders?chsisches Ministerium f?r Wissenschaft und Kultur) Hannover, Germany (PRO*Niedersachsen, project: 74ZN1230).

PY - 2021/7

Y1 - 2021/7

N2 - The archaeological sites in the open-cast mine of Schöningen, Germany, represent outstanding archives for understanding Middle Pleistocene interglacial–glacial transitions and human adaption. Aquatic microfossil and pollen assemblages from the ‘Reinsdorf sequence’, likely correlated to Marine Isotope Stage 9, document environmental changes from a thermal maximum to succeeding glacial conditions recorded in two sequences of excavation sites 12 II and 13 II. Multi-proxy analyses enable detailed reconstruction of lake-shore and landscape developments despite variable microfossil preservation in changing carbonate- and organic-rich deposits. Rich aquatic vegetation with abundant charophytes suggests repeated phases with water depths of 0.5–2 m at site 13 II, while even greater temporary depths are deduced for 12 II DB. Mesorheophilic and mesotitanophilic ostracod species indicate stream inflows with medium–low calcium contents of >18 mg Ca L–1 originating from nearby springs. Diatoms point to meso-eutrophic conditions and an alkaline pH of the lake water. Interglacial conditions with thermophile forests but no aquatic microfossils preserved, suggesting a dry or only temporarily flooded site, mark the beginning of the sequence. Continuous presence of aquatic organisms and overall dominance of small tychoplanktonic diatoms during a subsequent cool steppe phase provide evidence for increased water depths and unstable habitats characterized by erosion and probably prolonged periods of lake ice cover. During the succeeding boreal forest-steppe phase, surface runoff into the productive, shallow lake decreased due to a more extensive vegetation cover. Concurrently, intensified groundwater input in contact with the nearby salt wall caused elevated salinities. Following a lake level drop, stream inflows and lake levels increased again towards the end of the Reinsdorf sequence and promoted development of a diverse fauna and flora at the lake shore; thereby maintaining an attractive living and hunting environment for early humans during a phase of generally cooler temperatures and landscape instability at the transition into a glacial period.

AB - The archaeological sites in the open-cast mine of Schöningen, Germany, represent outstanding archives for understanding Middle Pleistocene interglacial–glacial transitions and human adaption. Aquatic microfossil and pollen assemblages from the ‘Reinsdorf sequence’, likely correlated to Marine Isotope Stage 9, document environmental changes from a thermal maximum to succeeding glacial conditions recorded in two sequences of excavation sites 12 II and 13 II. Multi-proxy analyses enable detailed reconstruction of lake-shore and landscape developments despite variable microfossil preservation in changing carbonate- and organic-rich deposits. Rich aquatic vegetation with abundant charophytes suggests repeated phases with water depths of 0.5–2 m at site 13 II, while even greater temporary depths are deduced for 12 II DB. Mesorheophilic and mesotitanophilic ostracod species indicate stream inflows with medium–low calcium contents of >18 mg Ca L–1 originating from nearby springs. Diatoms point to meso-eutrophic conditions and an alkaline pH of the lake water. Interglacial conditions with thermophile forests but no aquatic microfossils preserved, suggesting a dry or only temporarily flooded site, mark the beginning of the sequence. Continuous presence of aquatic organisms and overall dominance of small tychoplanktonic diatoms during a subsequent cool steppe phase provide evidence for increased water depths and unstable habitats characterized by erosion and probably prolonged periods of lake ice cover. During the succeeding boreal forest-steppe phase, surface runoff into the productive, shallow lake decreased due to a more extensive vegetation cover. Concurrently, intensified groundwater input in contact with the nearby salt wall caused elevated salinities. Following a lake level drop, stream inflows and lake levels increased again towards the end of the Reinsdorf sequence and promoted development of a diverse fauna and flora at the lake shore; thereby maintaining an attractive living and hunting environment for early humans during a phase of generally cooler temperatures and landscape instability at the transition into a glacial period.

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DO - 10.1111/bor.12523

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VL - 50

SP - 723

EP - 745

JO - Boreas

JF - Boreas

SN - 0300-9483

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