Dewey Edition23
Reviews'The articles not only report the currentstate of research in their specific fields, but do so against the background oftheir new research data. These are based on the most modern, partly innovativemethods. The reader is led to the front line of research.' Dr Ulrich Schmölcke,Centre for Baltic and Scandinavian Archaeology (ZBSA) 'The work - boththe data and the interdisciplinary approach - is highly original. Much of thedata is completely new, especially from underwater contexts. The methods usedare cutting edge.' Dr Aki Hakonen, University of Oulu
Table Of ContentPreface Algirdas Girininkas, Vladas Zulkus 1. Flooded Landscapes in the Lithuanian Waters of the Baltic Sea Vladas Zulkus2. Changes in Baltic Sea Relict Coasts and the Subsistence Economy in Lithuania in the Late Pleistocene and Early Holocene Vladas Zulkus, Algirdas Girininkas 3. Lateglacial-Middle Holocene Environmental Dynamics in the Coastal Area of the Baltic Sea: A New Insight for the Territory of Lithuania Migle Stancikaite, Albertas Bitinas, Aldona Damusyte, Giedre Vaikutiene, Algirdas Girininkas, Tomas Rimkus Linas Daugnora, Vladas Zulkus 4. The Search for Holocene Rivers on the Lithuanian Coastland Nikita Dobrotin5. The Final Palaeolithic and Mesolithic in the Coastal Part of Lithuania: Societies, Technologies and Resource Management Tomas Rimkus 6. Osteological Material and the Natural Environment on the Baltic Coast: the Middle Pleistocene to the Middle Holocene Linas Daugnora, Algirdas Girininkas7. Molecular Studies of 11,000-Year-Old Scots Pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) Found on the Bed of the Baltic SeaJurata Buchovska, Darius Danusevicius 8. Sulphur content and its palaeoecological significance demonstrated in Early Holocene relict trees from the bottom of the Baltic Sea Jolita Petkuviene, Sergej Suzdalev, Vladas Zulkus9. Phosphorus Traces Left by Stone Age People in Aukstumala Highmoor Jolita Petkuviene, Algirdas Girininkas, Tomas Rimkus
SynopsisLithuanian Baltic Sea Coasts During the Holocene focuses on the relicts of the cultural and natural landscapes that survived in the Baltic Sea during the final Paleolithic-Middle Neolithic period in Lithuania. Using a combination of interdisciplinary research methodologies from archaeology, physical and biomedical sciences, with innovative use of underwater technologies, the contributors identify complex underwater landscapes (relic forests, peat bogs, lagoons, paleodelts or palaeo-riverbeds) and cultural objects to determine the evolution of marine paleobasin formation, sea level fluctuations and climate change.