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ArticleScientific reports2024

Human response to the Younger Dryas along the southern North Sea basin, Northwest Europe.

Philippe Crombé, Camille Pironneau, Prudence Robert, Pierre van der Sloot, Mathieu Boudin, Isabelle De Groote, Sophie Verheyden, Hans Vandendriessche

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Philippe CrombéPrehistory Research Unit, Department of Archaeology, Ghent University, Sint-Pietersnieuwtraat 35, Ghent, Belgium. Philippe.crombe@ugent.be.
Camille PironneauArcheOs-Research Laboratory for Biological Anthropology, Department of Archaeology, Ghent University, Sint-Pietersnieuwtraat 35, Ghent, Belgium.
Prudence RobertArcheOs-Research Laboratory for Biological Anthropology, Department of Archaeology, Ghent University, Sint-Pietersnieuwtraat 35, Ghent, Belgium.
Pierre van der SlootAgence Wallonne du Patrimoine, Direction opérationnelle-Zone Est, Rue du Maréchal Foch 21, B-4400, Flémalle, Belgium.
Mathieu BoudinRoyal Institute for Cultural Heritage, Jubelpark 1, 1000, Brussels, Belgium.
Isabelle De GrooteArcheOs-Research Laboratory for Biological Anthropology, Department of Archaeology, Ghent University, Sint-Pietersnieuwtraat 35, Ghent, Belgium.
Sophie VerheydenRoyal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, 29 Rue Vautier, 1000, Brussels, Belgium.
Hans VandendriesschePrehistory Research Unit, Department of Archaeology, Ghent University, Sint-Pietersnieuwtraat 35, Ghent, Belgium.

Funding

Special Research Fund of Ghent University BOF22/GOA/008The Research Foundation - Flanders G0C9323N
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Currently in NW Europe little is known about the human response to the extensive cold reversal at the end of the Pleistocene, the Younger Dryas (ca. 12,850 till ca. 11,650 cal BP), mainly due to the poor chronological resolution of the archaeological sites belonging to the Ahrensburgian Culture. Here we present a series of 33 radiocarbon dates performed on the seminal cave site of Remouchamps, situated in the Belgian Meuse basin. Combined with a revision of the available radiocarbon evidence along the southern North Sea basin (Belgium, southern Netherlands, western Germany), it is suggested that the first half of the Younger Dryas, characterized as extremely cold and wet, faced a significant population reduction. Repopulation started around the middle of the Younger Dryas, from ca. 12,200 cal BP onward, probably in response to a slight climatic improvement leading to somewhat warmer summers. This might be considered a prelude to the subsequent population boost of the Early Holocene (Mesolithic).

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ArchaeologyRadiometric DatingClimateEuropeHistory, AncientHumansNorth SeaAhrensburgian cultureClimate variabilityNW EuropeRadiocarbon datingRemouchampsYounger Dryas

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PMID39103459
PMCPMC11300873

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