| Автор | Kinnaird, Tim C. |
| Автор | Sanderson, David C. W. |
| Автор | Woodward, Naomi L. |
| dc.description | ABSTRACTLuminescence methods were used to date a palaeoenvironmental coastal exposure on Stronsay, Orkney. The section consists of glacial sediments that are overlain by intercalated peats and windblown sands, implying varying past environmental conditions. Rapid luminescence characterisation was undertaken using screening methods in combination with quantitative dating of selected samples, providing information on depositional processes and chronology. A temporal discontinuity between the glacial sediments and later peats encompasses the period associated with an important Mesolithic site located inland, and implies erosional episodes. The onset of blanket bog formation on Stronsay dates to 3760±330 yrs BP, consistent with observations elsewhere in Orkney and northern Scotland. Periods of enhanced aeolian activity on Stronsay occurred in the late Bronze Age (2700±265 yrs BP) and at the beginning of the Little Ice Age (650±75 yrs BP). Recent periods of sand deposition in the 19th and 20th centuries (AD 1865±20 and 1960±5) correspond to periods of known historic storminess. These results add to an expanding catalogue of data on sand movements throughout the Holocene in Orkney, and set a framework to interpret the evolution of nearby archaeological and natural landscapes from prehistoric to modern times. |
| Формат | application.pdf |
| Издатель | Royal Society of Edinburgh Scotland Foundation |
| Копирайт | Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 2012 |
| Тема | Coastal environmental change |
| Тема | Holocene |
| Тема | optically-stimulated luminescence |
| Название | Applying luminescence methods to geoarchaeology: a case study from Stronsay, Orkney |
| Тип | research-article |
| DOI | 10.1017/S1755691012011115 |
| Electronic ISSN | 1755-6929 |
| Print ISSN | 1755-6910 |
| Журнал | Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh |
| Том | 102 |
| Первая страница | 191 |
| Последняя страница | 200 |
| Аффилиация | Kinnaird Tim C.; <institution>SUERC</institution>, Rankine Avenue, Scottish Enterprise Technology Park, East Kilbride, G75 0QF, <country>Scotland, UK</country> E-mail: <email>t.kinnaird@suerc.gla.ac.uk</email>; <email>d.sanderson@suerc.gla.ac.uk</email> |
| Аффилиация | Sanderson David C. W.; SUERC |
| Аффилиация | Woodward Naomi L.; <institution>University of Aberdeen</institution>, St Mary’s, Elphinstone Road, Aberdeen, AB24 3UF, <country>Scotland, UK</country> E-mail: <email>naomi.woodward@gmail.com</email> |
| Выпуск | 3 |
