E&G Quaternary Science Journal
E&G Quaternary Science Journal
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Articles | Volume 68, issue 2
Articles | Volume 68, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/egqsj-68-95-2019
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Articles | Volume 68, issue 2
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15 Jul 2019
Research article |  | 15 Jul 2019

Holocene floodplain evolution in a central European loess landscape – geoarchaeological investigations of the lower Pleiße valley in NW Saxony

Christian Tinapp, Susann Heinrich, Christoph Herbig, Birgit Schneider, Harald Stäuble, Jan Miera, and Hans von Suchodoletz

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It was possible to define the turning point from extremely clayey and organic- rich sedimentation in the Early and Middle Holocene towards the deposition of coarser-grained and less organic overbank fines in the lower Pleiße valley near Leipzig, NW Saxony. This change occurred between 4000 and 3300 BCE more than 1000 years after the beginning of Early Neolithic settlement and was obviously linked with land clearance by the first farmers.
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