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

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 July 2016

P M Dolukhanov*
Affiliation:
School of Historical Studies, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7RU, United Kingdom
A M Shukurov
Affiliation:
School of Mathematics and Statistics, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7RU, United Kingdom
Kh A Arslanov
Affiliation:
Institute of Geography, St. Petersburg State University, Russia
D A Subetto
Affiliation:
Institute of Limnology, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia Novgorod State University, Novgorod, Russia
G I Zaitseva
Affiliation:
Institute for History of Material Culture, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia
E N Djinoridze
Affiliation:
Institute of Geography, St. Petersburg State University, Russia
D D Kuznetsov
Affiliation:
Institute of Limnology, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia
A V Ludikova
Affiliation:
Institute of Limnology, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia
T V Sapelko
Affiliation:
Institute of Limnology, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia
L A Savelieva
Affiliation:
Institute of Geography, St. Petersburg State University, Russia
*
Corresponding author. Email: pavel.dolukhanov@ncl.ac.uk
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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 (∼1100–1000 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.

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