Evolution of Waterways and Early Human Settlements in the Eastern Baltic Area: Radiocarbon-Based Chronology

• Main Authors: Dolukhanov, P M, Shukurov, A M, Arslanov, Kh A, Subetto, D A, Zaitseva, G I, Djinoridze, E N, Kuznetsov, D D, Ludikova, A V, Sapelko, T V, Savalieva, L A
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Radiocarbon 2007
• Subjects: Neva; karelian
• Online Access: https://journals.uair.arizona.edu/index.php/radiocarbon/article/view/2951

Newly obtained radiocarbon measurements are used to suggest that the initial settlement of the northeastern Baltic area was largely controlled by the Ladoga-Baltic waterway in the north of the Karelian Isthmus, which emerged ~11,500 cal BP and remained in action for ~7000 yr. The transgression of Ladoga Lake started ~5000 cal BP and reached its maximum at ~3000 cal BP (~11001000 cal BC). The formation of a new outlet via the Neva River led to a rapid regression of the lake that stimulated the spread of farming populations.