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DOI	10.1016/j.quascirev.2019.106115
	Early Pleistocene conifer macrofossils from Happisburgh; Norfolk; UK; and their environmental implications for early hominin occupation
	Farjon A.; Horne D.J.; Parfitt S.A.; Buckland P.I.; Lewis M.D.
发表日期	2020
ISSN	0277-3791
卷号	232
英文摘要	Continuing coastal erosion in the vicinity of Happisburgh in north Norfolk has revealed archaeological sites documenting early human presence during at least two episodes in the Early and early Middle Pleistocene. At Happisburgh 3, the oldest archaeological site in northern Europe (approximately 900,000 years old) finds include at least 80 flint artefacts and human footprints associated with abundant, well-preserved organic remains. The deposits consist of gravels and estuarine sands and silts contained within a complex of channels, which accumulated in the estuary of a large river, probably the ancestral River Thames. The environmental remains reflect a slow-flowing tidal river, at the limit of tidal influence, and a grassland valley bordered by conifer-dominated woodland. Analyses of the pollen, wood, cones and leaves have identified a diversity of coniferous taxa, with some unexpected central and southern European elements (Pinus mugo ssp. mugo, Pinus mugo ssp. rotundata and Juniperus thurifera) indicating a type of coniferous woodland no longer present in Europe today. Here we present the conifer finds and their environmental implications. A new multi-proxy consensus palaeoclimate reconstruction, using conifer and beetle mutual climatic ranges, confirms and refines previous indications of a more continental climate than today, with significantly colder winters. These results provide a new perspective for understanding the climate and environment encountered by Early Pleistocene hominins at the northernmost limit of their range. © 2019 Elsevier Ltd
英文关键词	Conifers; Europe; Hominin; Mutual Climatic Range; Palaeoenvironment; Pleistocene
语种	英语
scopus关键词	Architecture; Binary alloys; Rivers; Uranium alloys; Conifers; Europe; Hominin; Mutual climatic ranges; Palaeoenvironment; Pleistocene; Potassium alloys; climate variation; coastal erosion; coniferous forest; environmental monitoring; estuarine dynamics; flint; footprint; fossil record; hominid; occupation; paleoenvironment; Pleistocene; England; Happisburgh; Norfolk [England]; Thames River [England]; United Kingdom; Coleoptera; Coniferophyta; Juniperus thurifera; Pinus mugo
来源期刊	Quaternary Science Reviews
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/151556
作者单位	Herbarium, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Surrey, Richmond, TW9 3AE, United Kingdom; School of Geography, Queen Mary University of London, Mile End Road, London, E1 4NS, United Kingdom; Department of Earth Sciences, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Rd., London, SW7 5BD, United Kingdom; Institute of Archaeology, University College London, 31-34 Gordon Square, London, WC1H 0PY, United Kingdom; Environmental Archaeology Lab., Department of Historical, Philosophical and Religious Studies, Umeå University, Umeå, SE-901 87, Sweden
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Farjon A.,Horne D.J.,Parfitt S.A.,et al. Early Pleistocene conifer macrofossils from Happisburgh; Norfolk; UK; and their environmental implications for early hominin occupation[J],2020,232.
APA	Farjon A.,Horne D.J.,Parfitt S.A.,Buckland P.I.,&Lewis M.D..(2020).Early Pleistocene conifer macrofossils from Happisburgh; Norfolk; UK; and their environmental implications for early hominin occupation.Quaternary Science Reviews,232.
MLA	Farjon A.,et al."Early Pleistocene conifer macrofossils from Happisburgh; Norfolk; UK; and their environmental implications for early hominin occupation".Quaternary Science Reviews 232(2020).