Environment and stratigraphy of the archaeological site Lipovo in the Biebrza valley (Poland)

  • Martin Frączek Jan Kochanowski University in Kielce, Institute of Geography, 5 Stefana Zheromskogo Street, Kielce 25-369, Poland
  • Tomasz Kalicki Jan Kochanowski University in Kielce, Institute of Geography, 5 Stefana Zheromskogo Street, Kielce 25-369, Poland
  • Adam Wawrusiewicz Podlaskie Museum, 10 Market Square Kosciuszko, Bialystok 15-426, Poland
  • Aleksander F. Sanko Belarusian State University, 4 Niezaliežnasci Avenue, Minsk 220030, Belarus

Abstract

Study area is located in NE part of Poland in middle Biebrza Basin. Geological, geomorphological and geoarchaeological studies were conducted at the Lipowo site. A beginning of peat accumulation in the valley floor was radiocarbon dated at 8490 ± 80 BP (MKL­3275) 7658­7347 cal. BC. Results of studies at Lipowo indicates some periods of climatic changes and an increase of morphogenetic processes. Climate fluctuations correlate very well with phases distinguished in Centraleuropean river valleys. Sub­Neolithic population inhabited the dry elevation at the bottom of river valleys. The Lipowo site should be attributed to hunting settlements. Such sites have a certain spatial arrangement. The impact of the population on the environment was insignificant. The research of the sub­Neolithic site on a sandy form surrounded by wetlands captured the homogeneity of the artifacts of the Neman culture. Organogenic layers with well­preserved remains
of plants and animals allowed to determine the economic and food specifics of the studied society. The well­preserved organic remains have made to determine the environmental conditions of the settlements and to obtain definitions of the radiocarbon age.

Author Biographies

Martin Frączek, Jan Kochanowski University in Kielce, Institute of Geography, 5 Stefana Zheromskogo Street, Kielce 25-369, Poland

PhD; assistant professor at the department of geomorphology, geoarchaeology and environmental management

Tomasz Kalicki, Jan Kochanowski University in Kielce, Institute of Geography, 5 Stefana Zheromskogo Street, Kielce 25-369, Poland

assistant at the department of archaeology

Adam Wawrusiewicz, Podlaskie Museum, 10 Market Square Kosciuszko, Bialystok 15-426, Poland

assistant at the department of archaeology

Aleksander F. Sanko, Belarusian State University, 4 Niezaliežnasci Avenue, Minsk 220030, Belarus

doctor of science (geology and mineralogy), docent; professor at the department of regional geology, faculty of geography

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Published
2019-01-19
Keywords: Biebrza Basin, Neman culture, hunter-­gatherers community, Late Neolithic
How to Cite
Frączek, M., Kalicki, T., Wawrusiewicz, A., & Sanko, A. F. (2019). Environment and stratigraphy of the archaeological site Lipovo in the Biebrza valley (Poland). Journal of the Belarusian State University. Geography and Geology, 2, 86-96. Retrieved from https://journals.bsu.by/index.php/geography/article/view/825
Issue
No 2 (2018): Journal of the Belarusian State University. Geography and Geology
Section
Geology

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