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Reiss, Lilian; Stüwe, Christian; Einwögerer, Thomas; Händel, Marc; Maier, Andreas; Meng, Stefan; Pasda, Kerstin; Simon, Ulrich; Zolitschka, Bernd; Mayr, Christoph (2022): Geochemical data from loess records at the archaeological site Kammern-Grubgraben, Lower Austria [dataset bundled publication]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.943245

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Abstract:
Two loess sections from the Upper Palaeolithic site of Kammern-Grubgraben (Lower Austria) were analysed to test geochemical proxies, as well as radiocarbon data of different components for their reliability and consistency in an archaeological context. Only a reliable basal age (28.9  27.8 ka cal BP) was obtained from charcoal fragments derived from a tundra gley underlying the archaeological horizons and assigned to Greenland Interstadials 3 or 4. Grain size, organic and inorganic geochemistry, and stable isotopes of the fine organic fraction (13Corg) and of rhizoconcretions (13C, 18O) were analysed to provide information on palaeoenvironmental conditions. Low-resolution geochemical and sedimentological analyses document a humidity-related variability, while 13Corg values indicate a predominant C3 vegetation. High-resolution elemental variations derived from X-ray fluorescence scanning exhibit increasing Ca and decreasing Fe and Ti values indicating drier conditions towards the top. Secondary pedogenic carbonate concretions provide post-sedimentary (Holocene) ages and are not suitable for assessing climate and environmental changes for the Palaeolithic.
Keyword(s):
14C dating; Last Glacial Maximum; secondary carbonates; Stable isotopes; Upper Palaeolithic; XRF-core scanning
Supplement to:
Reiss, Lilian; Stüwe, Christian; Einwögerer, Thomas; Händel, Marc; Maier, Andreas; Meng, Stefan; Pasda, Kerstin; Simon, Ulrich; Zolitschka, Bernd; Mayr, Christoph (2022): Evaluation of geochemical proxies and radiocarbon data from a loess record of the Upper Palaeolithic site Kammern-Grubgraben, Lower Austria. E&G - Quaternary Science Journal, 71(1), 23-43, https://doi.org/10.5194/egqsj-71-23-2022
Funding:
German Research Foundation (DFG), grant/award no. 424736737: Success, limits and failure of subsistence strategies in eastern Central Europe during the early Gravettian and the Last Glacial Maximum
Coverage:
Latitude: 48.480000 * Longitude: 15.720000
License:
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC-BY-4.0)
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  1. Reiss, L; Stüwe, C; Einwögerer, T et al. (2022): Grain size, organic and inorganic geochemistry, and stable isotopes of loess profile KG-5753. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.943236
  2. Reiss, L; Stüwe, C; Einwögerer, T et al. (2022): X-ray fluorescence (XRF) analyses of loess profile KG-5753. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.942914
  3. Reiss, L; Stüwe, C; Einwögerer, T et al. (2022): Grain size, organic and inorganic geochemistry, and stable isotopes of loess profile KG-5756 and KG-5757. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.943244
  4. Reiss, L; Stüwe, C; Einwögerer, T et al. (2022): X-ray fluorescence (XRF) analyses of loess profiles KG-5756 and KG-5757. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.942926