scholarly journals Late Mesolithic-Early Neolithic Sealers: a case study on the exploitation of marine resources during the Mesolithic-Neolithic transition in the south-western Baltic Sea

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aikaterini Glykou
Keyword(s):  
Baltic Sea ◽  
Marine Resources ◽  
Early Neolithic ◽  
The South ◽  
Neolithic Transition ◽  
Late Mesolithic

FLEXIBILITY VS. SPECIALISATION IN RO-RO SHIPPING IN THE SOUTH BALTIC SEA

Transport ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 27 (3) ◽  
pp. 250-262 ◽  
Author(s):  
Johan Woxenius
Keyword(s):  
Baltic Sea ◽  
Transport System ◽  
Open Systems ◽  
The South ◽  
Trade Off ◽  
Short Sea Shipping ◽  
Trade Offs ◽  
Empirical Context ◽  
Selection Of

The trade-off between flexibility and specialisation implies delicate tasks for transport system designers and marketing managers. The outcome of their efforts ranges from highly specialised solutions for a restricted number of users and types of cargoes to very open systems for common use adapted to accommodate a wide variety of transport demands. The purpose of this article is to adapt theories on openness and trade-offs, characterise a selection of flexible and specialised European short sea shipping concepts and analyse how substantial changes in the future character of the competition with road and rail can affect the development of ro-ro shipping in the South Baltic Sea. A matrix with commercial openness and technological openness on the axes is used for categorising sub-segments in the empirical context of the South Baltic Sea. Foreseeable changes in key cost and competition parameters until 2020 are taken into account in discussing potential scenarios. A plausible outcome for the ferry/ro-ro shipping segment is that a branch with slow services for unaccompanied freight will be diverted from the current homogenous market offerings. During the study, the Swedish Orient Line launched a service with these characteristics, which is analysed in a case study.

scholarly journals DEVELOPMENT OF BONE ARROWHEADS IN THE UPPER VOLGA LOWLAND IN VII V CAL BC: A CASE STUDY OF THE MULTILAYER SITE ZAMOSTJE 2

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
О.В. Лозовская
Keyword(s):  
Early Neolithic ◽  
Projectile Points ◽  
Upper Volga ◽  
Ancient Society ◽  
Cultural Layers ◽  
Informative Element ◽  
Neolithic Cultures ◽  
Late Mesolithic ◽  
The Upper Volga Region

Охотничий инвентарь и, в первую очередь, наконечники метательного вооружения являются наиболее информативным элементом культуры в древнем обществе. В позднем мезолите и раннем неолите Верхнего Поволжья наблюдается большое разнообразие костяных наконечников стрел, отражающее локальные особенности местного и/или пришлого населения. На примере материалов стоянки Замостье 2 (306 экз.) рассмотрены изменения основных типов наконечников в период с начала VII по конец V тыс. cal BC выделены характерные формы изделий для пяти культурных слоев (двух слоев позднего, а также слоев финального мезолита, верхневолжской и льяловской культур раннего и среднего неолита) и предложена типолого хронологическая схема развития наконечников стрел для поселения Замостье 2 и прилегающих территорий. Hunting equipment and, in the first place, projectile points are the most informative element of culture in ancient society. In the Late Mesolithic and Early Neolithic of the Upper Volga region, a large variety of bone arrowheads is observed, which reflects the local features of the indigenous and / or newcomer population. Using the materials from the site Zamostje 2 (306 items), we examined changes in the main types of arrowheads from the beginning of 7th to the end of the 5th millennium cal BC. The revealed characteristic forms of arrowheads for the five cultural layers (Late and Final Mesolithic, Upper Volga and Lyalovo Early and Middle Neolithic cultures) served as the basis for the proposed typologicalchronological scheme of arrowheads development for the Zamostje 2 settlement and adjacent territories.

scholarly journals Neolitički prijelaz na zemljoradnju na sjevernom Jadranu. Tolerancija laktoze, mljekarstvo i lipidni biomarkeri na keramici

2013 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mihael Budja
Keyword(s):  
Freshwater Fish ◽  
Lipid Biomarkers ◽  
Early Neolithic ◽  
Animal Products ◽  
Northern Adriatic ◽  
Neolithic Transition ◽  
Lactose Tolerance ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Meat Animal

In this paper, we discuss the Neolithic transition to farming in Northern Adriatic, lactose tolerance, dairying and lipid biomarkers on pottery. While archaeological and biochemical data suggest that dairying was adopted in the Neolithic in Europe, archaeogenetic data show the absence of the allelic variant –13910*T and zero persistence in Neolithic populations in Europe. The Mala Triglavca case study shows that the Early Neolithic economy in the Caput Adriae region was mixed. It consisted of milk and processed milk, meat animal products, freshwater fish and various plants. The Vlaška group herders managed a broader spectrum of resources than exclusively ovicaprids, and were able to produce a wide range of low-lactose, storable products by fermenting milk.

scholarly journals δ18O-inferred salinity from Littorina littorea (L.) gastropods in a Danish shell midden at the Mesolithic–Neolithic transition

The Holocene ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 233-243
Author(s):  
Jonathan P Lewis ◽  
Angela L Lamb ◽  
David B Ryves ◽  
Peter Rasmussen ◽  
Melanie J Leng ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Changes ◽  
Littorina Littorea ◽  
Stone Age ◽  
Early Neolithic ◽  
Training Set ◽  
Shell Midden ◽  
Neolithic Transition ◽  
Time Period ◽  
The Common ◽  
Late Mesolithic

Norsminde Fjord has received extensive geoarchaeological investigation, hosting one of the classic Stone Age shell midden sites in Denmark, and one of the best examples of the widespread oyster decline at the Mesolithic–Neolithic transition. Here, intra-shell δ18O (and δ13C) analyses from the common periwinkle Littorina littorea (L.) are used to infer inter-annual environmental changes at the Mesolithic–Neolithic transition (four from each period). This study utilises a modern δ18O L. littorea-salinity training set previously developed for the Limfjord, Denmark to quantify winter salinity. δ18O values range between +1.6% and +4.0% in the late Mesolithic and ‒6.3% to +2.0% in the early Neolithic. Using maximum δ18O values, winter salinity at the known temperature of growth cessation in L. littorea (i.e. +3.7 ± 1°C) for the first annual cycle of each shell ranges between 25.5 and 26.8 psu (standard deviation (SD): 0.56) for the late Mesolithic, with an average salinity of 26.1 psu. Early-Neolithic shells range between 19.4 and 28.2 psu (SD: 4.59) with an average salinity of 23.7 psu. No statistically significant change in salinity occurs between the late Mesolithic and early Neolithic. This result supports recent diatom/mollusc-based inferences that salinity was not the sole cause of the oyster decline, although some evidence is presented here for more variable seasonal salinity conditions in the early Neolithic, which (along sedimentary change and temperature deterioration) might have increased stress on oyster populations in some years. It is recommended here that for robust palaeoenvironmental inferences, where possible, multiple specimens should be used from the same time period in conjunction with multiproxy data.

Holocene diatom biostratigraphy of the SW Gulf of Gdańsk, Southern Baltic Sea (part III)

2008 ◽  
Vol 37 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Małgorzata Leśniewska ◽  
Małgorzata Witak
Keyword(s):  
Baltic Sea ◽  
The South ◽  
Gulf Of Gdańsk ◽  
The Baltic Sea ◽  
Southern Baltic Sea ◽  
Gulf Of Gdansk ◽  
Southern Baltic ◽  
The Baltic ◽  
Palaeoenvironmental Changes

Holocene diatom biostratigraphy of the SW Gulf of Gdańsk, Southern Baltic Sea (part III)The palaeoenvironmental changes of the south-western part of the Gulf of Gdańsk during the last 8,000 years, with reference to the stages of the Baltic Sea, were reconstructed. Diatom analyses of two cores taken from the shallower and deeper parts of the basin enabled the conclusion to be drawn that the microflora studied developed in the three Baltic phases: Mastogloia, Littorina and Post-Littorina. Moreover, the so-called anthropogenic assemblage was observed in subbottom sediments of the study area.

IMPACT OF THE SOUTH-TO-NORTH WATER DIVERSION PROJECT ON GROUNDWATER RESOURCES: A CASE STUDY IN PINGGU BASIN, BEIJING, CHINA

2013 ◽  
Vol 12 (11) ◽  
pp. 2239-2247 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guomin Li ◽  
Haizhen Xu ◽  
Ming Li ◽  
Shouquan Zhang ◽  
Yanhui Dong ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Groundwater Resources ◽  
Water Diversion ◽  
The South ◽  
Water Diversion Project ◽  
North Water ◽  
Beijing China

Associations of Sphagnum rubellum Wils. on the bogs of the south-east part of Baltic region

2003 ◽  
pp. 50-61 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. A. Smagin ◽  
M. G. Napreenko
Keyword(s):  
Baltic Sea ◽  
Plant Cover ◽  
Karelian Isthmus ◽  
Baltic Region ◽  
The South ◽  
The Baltic Sea ◽  
Kaliningrad Region ◽  
The Baltic ◽  
Typical Habitat ◽  
New Syntaxa

The paper characterizes the 3 associations comprising plant communities with Sphagnum rubellum in the south-eastern part of the Baltic region. The new syntaxa differ from each other both in their floristic characters and the pronounced affinity to definite regional mire types and particular habitats. The ass. Drosero-Sphagnetum rubelli is typical of the relatively most thorough ranges. It is observed from the Kaliningrad region to the Karelian Isthmus and, according to the published reference, occurs even throughout the whole area around the Baltic Sea. Its most typical habitat is that of margins of mire lakes and pools. The ass. Eriophoro-Sphagnetum rubelli occurs in central plateaus of convex plateau-like bogs, typical of the areas adjacent to the Baltic Sea coast. It occupies extended flat mire ecotopes with the water level 0.2–0.25 m deep. The ass. Empetro-Sphagnetum rubelli is characteristic of the retrogressive complex in the convex bogs of the East-Baltic Province. It is mostly observed along the coast of the Gulf of Finland. Its stands are rather dynamic and unstable in both space and time. The presence of communities comprised by these 3 associations is an important vegetation character of the series of regional mire types. Assuming an association level of the respective syntaxa seems rational for the purposes of adequate reflection of plant cover diversity.

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