Late Holocene Environmental History and Norse Settlement in Outer Fjords from South Greenland: A Case Study at Lake Qallimiut

To complement discussions about vegetation history and climate variations in south Greenland, especially during the Norse settlement, we developed a sedimentological multiproxy approach to study a 4300-year-old lacustrine core comprising pollen analysis, NPPs analysis, physical measurements (magneti...

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Autores: Gauthier, Emilie, Currás, Andrés, Massa, Charly, Guillemot, Typhaine, Richard, Hervé, Bichet, Vincent
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2023
País:España
Institución:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositorio:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
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Palabra clave:Warm medieval period
Lacustrine sediments
Late Holocene
Little Ice Age
Norse settlement
Pollen analysis
South Greenland
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spelling Late Holocene Environmental History and Norse Settlement in Outer Fjords from South Greenland: A Case Study at Lake QallimiutGauthier, EmilieCurrás, AndrésMassa, CharlyGuillemot, TyphaineRichard, HervéBichet, VincentWarm medieval periodLacustrine sedimentsLate HoloceneLittle Ice AgeNorse settlementPollen analysisSouth GreenlandTo complement discussions about vegetation history and climate variations in south Greenland, especially during the Norse settlement, we developed a sedimentological multiproxy approach to study a 4300-year-old lacustrine core comprising pollen analysis, NPPs analysis, physical measurements (magnetic susceptibility, density, and grain size), and geochemical analyses (X-ray fluorescence, X-ray diffraction, and elemental analyses). Sediment archives were retrieved from a river-fed lake, Lake Qallimiut, located in the outer fjords of the Vatnahverfi area. The pollen analysis indicated a transition from juniper and willow cover to a dwarf birch forest. Non-pollen palynomorphs (NPPs) suggested grazing pressure and the presence of wild herbivores between 2300 and 1800 cal. BC. From ca. 1000 cal. AD, the presence of Norse farmers was evidenced in this area by archaeological surveys, and pollen analyses confirm the presence of human activities from the 11th century to the end of the 13th century. However, human impact progressively vanished between the 12th and 13th centuries, much earlier than at the other Vatnahverfi sites.This work received financial support from the University of Bourgogne, the University of Franche-Comté, the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), the French Polar Institute (IPEV), the “Green Greenland” CEP&S Project (ANR-10-CEPL-0008), the InterArctic (ANR-17-CE03-0009), and the Belmont-Forum NICH-Arctic project (ANR-20-AORS-0003).Peer reviewedMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing InstituteUniversité de BourgogneUniversité de Franche-ComtéCentre National de la Recherche Scientifique (France)Agence Nationale de la Recherche (France)Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas [https://ror.org/02gfc7t72]202320232023info:eu-repo/semantics/articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501Publisher's versioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10261/338678https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85154034210reponame:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSICinstname:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)InglésThe underlying dataset has been published as supplementary material of the article in the publisher platform at DOI 10.3390/geosciences13040123https://doi.org/10.3390/geosciences13040123Síinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:digital.csic.es:10261/3386782026-05-22T06:33:51Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Late Holocene Environmental History and Norse Settlement in Outer Fjords from South Greenland: A Case Study at Lake Qallimiut
title Late Holocene Environmental History and Norse Settlement in Outer Fjords from South Greenland: A Case Study at Lake Qallimiut
spellingShingle Late Holocene Environmental History and Norse Settlement in Outer Fjords from South Greenland: A Case Study at Lake Qallimiut
Gauthier, Emilie
Warm medieval period
Lacustrine sediments
Late Holocene
Little Ice Age
Norse settlement
Pollen analysis
South Greenland
title_short Late Holocene Environmental History and Norse Settlement in Outer Fjords from South Greenland: A Case Study at Lake Qallimiut
title_full Late Holocene Environmental History and Norse Settlement in Outer Fjords from South Greenland: A Case Study at Lake Qallimiut
title_fullStr Late Holocene Environmental History and Norse Settlement in Outer Fjords from South Greenland: A Case Study at Lake Qallimiut
title_full_unstemmed Late Holocene Environmental History and Norse Settlement in Outer Fjords from South Greenland: A Case Study at Lake Qallimiut
title_sort Late Holocene Environmental History and Norse Settlement in Outer Fjords from South Greenland: A Case Study at Lake Qallimiut
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Gauthier, Emilie
Currás, Andrés
Massa, Charly
Guillemot, Typhaine
Richard, Hervé
Bichet, Vincent
author Gauthier, Emilie
author_facet Gauthier, Emilie
Currás, Andrés
Massa, Charly
Guillemot, Typhaine
Richard, Hervé
Bichet, Vincent
author_role author
author2 Currás, Andrés
Massa, Charly
Guillemot, Typhaine
Richard, Hervé
Bichet, Vincent
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Université de Bourgogne
Université de Franche-Comté
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (France)
Agence Nationale de la Recherche (France)
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas [https://ror.org/02gfc7t72]
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Warm medieval period
Lacustrine sediments
Late Holocene
Little Ice Age
Norse settlement
Pollen analysis
South Greenland
topic Warm medieval period
Lacustrine sediments
Late Holocene
Little Ice Age
Norse settlement
Pollen analysis
South Greenland
description To complement discussions about vegetation history and climate variations in south Greenland, especially during the Norse settlement, we developed a sedimentological multiproxy approach to study a 4300-year-old lacustrine core comprising pollen analysis, NPPs analysis, physical measurements (magnetic susceptibility, density, and grain size), and geochemical analyses (X-ray fluorescence, X-ray diffraction, and elemental analyses). Sediment archives were retrieved from a river-fed lake, Lake Qallimiut, located in the outer fjords of the Vatnahverfi area. The pollen analysis indicated a transition from juniper and willow cover to a dwarf birch forest. Non-pollen palynomorphs (NPPs) suggested grazing pressure and the presence of wild herbivores between 2300 and 1800 cal. BC. From ca. 1000 cal. AD, the presence of Norse farmers was evidenced in this area by archaeological surveys, and pollen analyses confirm the presence of human activities from the 11th century to the end of the 13th century. However, human impact progressively vanished between the 12th and 13th centuries, much earlier than at the other Vatnahverfi sites.
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https://doi.org/10.3390/geosciences13040123
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