MAMMOETVONDSTEN UIT ORVELTE, GEMEENTE WESTERBORK (DR.)
Digging a shaft for the pipeline network of the Nederlandse Gasunie, the contractor,Nacap bv, discovered a mammoth tusk and bones in an old stream valley, filled with peat and gyttja layers. During a rescue excavation more bones and samples were retrieved. Several scientists visited the site and m...
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ftunivgronojs:oai:prd-ojs.ojs3203:article/36799 2023-10-09T21:50:21+02:00 MAMMOETVONDSTEN UIT ORVELTE, GEMEENTE WESTERBORK (DR.) Molema, J. Bosch, J.H.A. Bottema, S. Brinkhuizen, D.C. Cappers, R. van Kolfschoten, T. Mol, D. Mook-Kamps, B. Woldring, H. 1992-12-11 application/pdf https://ugp.rug.nl/Paleo-aktueel/article/view/36799 nld dut Groninger Instituut voor Archeologie https://ugp.rug.nl/Paleo-aktueel/article/view/36799/34272 https://ugp.rug.nl/Paleo-aktueel/article/view/36799 Paleo-aktueel; No. 3 (1991): Paleo-aktueel 3; 14-25 Paleo-aktueel; Nr 3 (1991): Paleo-aktueel 3; 14-25 1572-6622 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 1992 ftunivgronojs 2023-09-12T20:16:36Z Digging a shaft for the pipeline network of the Nederlandse Gasunie, the contractor,Nacap bv, discovered a mammoth tusk and bones in an old stream valley, filled with peat and gyttja layers. During a rescue excavation more bones and samples were retrieved. Several scientists visited the site and made brief studies of different aspects. The stream valley, dating from the Pleniglacial period, was cut off from a farger system during the Moershoofd interstadial and rapidy filled with peat and gyttja deposits. This is clearly indicated by the 14C dates of two levels and a bone, which point to around 45.000 BP.The mammal bones were identified as belonging to three mammoth individuals and a woolly rhinoceros. Botanical samples provided evidence for the reconstruction of the vegetation and confirmed the geological history of the valley. A preliminary pollen diagram is being prepared for about three metres of claygyttja deposits and a sample from near a mammoth jaw has been examined for macrofossils. The environment was treeless, scrub of Betula nana (dwarf birch) growing in a sheltered valley with snow cover. The macrofossil record features plant species even nowadays occurring in the area or elsewhere in the northern Netherlands nowadays. Marsh vegetation, water plants and algae suggest the presence of seepage water rich in minerals; the sandy upland offered poorer conditions. Article in Journal/Newspaper Betula nana Dwarf birch Rijksuniversiteit Groningen: University of Groningen Press |
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Digging a shaft for the pipeline network of the Nederlandse Gasunie, the contractor,Nacap bv, discovered a mammoth tusk and bones in an old stream valley, filled with peat and gyttja layers. During a rescue excavation more bones and samples were retrieved. Several scientists visited the site and made brief studies of different aspects. The stream valley, dating from the Pleniglacial period, was cut off from a farger system during the Moershoofd interstadial and rapidy filled with peat and gyttja deposits. This is clearly indicated by the 14C dates of two levels and a bone, which point to around 45.000 BP.The mammal bones were identified as belonging to three mammoth individuals and a woolly rhinoceros. Botanical samples provided evidence for the reconstruction of the vegetation and confirmed the geological history of the valley. A preliminary pollen diagram is being prepared for about three metres of claygyttja deposits and a sample from near a mammoth jaw has been examined for macrofossils. The environment was treeless, scrub of Betula nana (dwarf birch) growing in a sheltered valley with snow cover. The macrofossil record features plant species even nowadays occurring in the area or elsewhere in the northern Netherlands nowadays. Marsh vegetation, water plants and algae suggest the presence of seepage water rich in minerals; the sandy upland offered poorer conditions. |
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Molema, J. Bosch, J.H.A. Bottema, S. Brinkhuizen, D.C. Cappers, R. van Kolfschoten, T. Mol, D. Mook-Kamps, B. Woldring, H. |
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Molema, J. Bosch, J.H.A. Bottema, S. Brinkhuizen, D.C. Cappers, R. van Kolfschoten, T. Mol, D. Mook-Kamps, B. Woldring, H. MAMMOETVONDSTEN UIT ORVELTE, GEMEENTE WESTERBORK (DR.) |
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Molema, J. Bosch, J.H.A. Bottema, S. Brinkhuizen, D.C. Cappers, R. van Kolfschoten, T. Mol, D. Mook-Kamps, B. Woldring, H. |
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MAMMOETVONDSTEN UIT ORVELTE, GEMEENTE WESTERBORK (DR.) |
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MAMMOETVONDSTEN UIT ORVELTE, GEMEENTE WESTERBORK (DR.) |
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MAMMOETVONDSTEN UIT ORVELTE, GEMEENTE WESTERBORK (DR.) |
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MAMMOETVONDSTEN UIT ORVELTE, GEMEENTE WESTERBORK (DR.) |
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MAMMOETVONDSTEN UIT ORVELTE, GEMEENTE WESTERBORK (DR.) |
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mammoetvondsten uit orvelte, gemeente westerbork (dr.) |
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Groninger Instituut voor Archeologie |
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1992 |
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https://ugp.rug.nl/Paleo-aktueel/article/view/36799 |
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Betula nana Dwarf birch |
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Betula nana Dwarf birch |
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Paleo-aktueel; No. 3 (1991): Paleo-aktueel 3; 14-25 Paleo-aktueel; Nr 3 (1991): Paleo-aktueel 3; 14-25 1572-6622 |
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https://ugp.rug.nl/Paleo-aktueel/article/view/36799/34272 https://ugp.rug.nl/Paleo-aktueel/article/view/36799 |
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