Isostatic land uplift and Mesolithic landscapes: Lake-tilting, a key to the discovery of Mesolithic sites in the interior of Northern Sweden

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1451-1458

  Bergman, Ingela ^a   Påsse, Tore ^b   Olofsson, Anders ^c   Zackrisson, Olle ^d   Hörnberg, Greger ^d   Hellberg, Erik ^d   Bohlin, Elisabeth ^d  

^a The Silvermuseum of Arjeplog   (Sweden)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF SWEDEN   (Sweden)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Deglaciation; Fennoscandia; Glacio isostatic uplift; Lake tilting; Mesolithic; Pioneer; Shore level displacement

Indexed keywords

DEGLACIATION; GLACIOISOSTASY; LAKE; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; MESOLITHIC; SETTLEMENT HISTORY; SHORELINE; UPLIFT;

(NORTH); SWEDEN;

EID: 0141925241     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-4403(03)00040-2     Document Type: Article

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