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Reiss, Lilian, Stuwe, Christian, Einwogerer, Thomas, Handel, Marc, Maier, Andreas, Meng, Stefan, Pasda, Kerstin ORCID: 0000-0003-3016-3815, Simon, Ulrich ORCID: 0000-0002-0195-467X, Zolitschka, Bernd ORCID: 0000-0001-8256-0420 and Mayr, Christoph ORCID: 0000-0001-9002-9963 (2022). Evaluation of geochemical proxies and radiocarbon data from a loess record of the Upper Palaeolithic site Kammern-Grubgraben, Lower Austria. E G Quatern. Sci. J., 71 (1). S. 23 - 44. GOTTINGEN: COPERNICUS GESELLSCHAFT MBH. ISSN 2199-9090

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Abstract

Two loess sections from the Upper Palaeolithic site of Kammern-Grubgraben (Lower Austria) were analysed to test geochemical proxies, as well as radiocarbon data of different components, for their reliability and consistency in an archaeological context. Only a reliable basal age (28.9-27.8 ka cal BP) was obtained from charcoal fragments derived from a tundra gley underlying the archaeological horizons and assigned to Greenland Interstadials 3 or 4. Grain size, organic and inorganic geochemistry, and stable isotopes of the fine organic fraction (delta C-13(org)) and of rhizoconcretions (delta C-13, delta O-18) were analysed to provide information on palaeoenvironmental conditions. Low-resolution geochemical and sedimentological analyses document a humidity-related variability, while delta C-13(org) values indicate predominant C-3 vegetation. High-resolution elemental variations derived from X-ray fluorescence scanning exhibit increasing Ca and decreasing Fe and Ti values, indicating drier conditions towards the top. Secondary pedogenic carbonate concretions provide post-sedimentary (Holocene) ages and are not suitable for assessing climate and environmental changes for the Palaeolithic.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Reiss, Lilian UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Stuwe, Christian UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Einwogerer, Thomas UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Handel, Marc UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Maier, Andreas UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Meng, Stefan UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Pasda, Kerstin UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0003-3016-3815 UNSPECIFIED Simon, Ulrich UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0002-0195-467X UNSPECIFIED Zolitschka, Bernd UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0001-8256-0420 UNSPECIFIED Mayr, Christoph UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0001-9002-9963 UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-685241
DOI:	10.5194/egqsj-71-23-2022
Journal or Publication Title:	E G Quatern. Sci. J.
Volume:	71
Number:	1
Page Range:	S. 23 - 44
Date:	2022
Publisher:	COPERNICUS GESELLSCHAFT MBH
Place of Publication:	GOTTINGEN
ISSN:	2199-9090
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; MIS 3/2 TRANSITION; PALEOSOL SEQUENCE; CENTRAL-EUROPE; GRAIN-SIZE; LATE PLEISTOCENE; CLIMATIC CHANGES; PALEOENVIRONMENTAL RECONSTRUCTION; SECONDARY CARBONATES; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION Multiple languages Geology Multiple languages
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/68524