Early Postglacial in Aamosen. Geological and Pollen-Analytical Investigations of Maglemosian Settlements in the West-Zealand Bog Aamosen. Vol. I

Abstract

This paper is a discussion and interpretation of the stratigraphical and pollenanalytical material presented by the author in Vol. II of this paper: "Description of sections and pollen-analyses - A presentation of the bog-geololical material".

Eight pollen diagrams from the bog Aamosen are presented, covering Preboreal, Boreal, and early Atlantic periods.

On the basis of the curves of the diagrams an attempt is made to elucidate the development of the vegetation in the area. The water-level in the basin is determined from the succession of sediments and from the pollen diagrams, and a possible alternation with the oscillations of the Littorina sea is pointed out.

The climate development is discussed, and a climatic oscillation in the early Atlantic period is deduced from the courses of the curves for Hedera and Viscum.

Finally the habitation at the Maglemose settlement Verup 5 in Aamosen is interpreted, and individual phases of it are pollen-analytically dated.