NEW RESULTS OF THE PALAEOENVIRONMENTAL AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH OF THE SUBNEOLITHIC HUNTER-GATHERER COMMUNITIES OF THE NIEMEN CULTURE CASE STYDY FOR LIPSK SITE (NE POLAND)

Abstract

Results of studies on Lipsk and other sites in the Biebrza Basin indicate some periods of climatic changes and an increase of morphogenetic processes activity. Presence of peats dated at 7050±60 (MKL-4798) 6033-5789 cal. yr BC on sandy sediments in profile L22 could be correlated with the older colluvial deposits at Lipowo. In profile L20 on the Preboreal peats enters the Boreal or Early Atlantic sandy sediments, which were covered by the Atlantic peats. The aeolian activity could have led to the appearance of sands at the bottom of the L20 profile between 9880±100 BP 9803-9182 cal. yr BC and 7350±110 6425-6026 cal. yr BC.

Keywords

• podlasie region
• biebrza basin
• niemen culture
• subneolithic hunter-gatherer communities.