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Radiocarbon Sample Information

Gd-596 J. Żarnowieckie 4    Age:  8090 ± 70 BP 
Sample name:  J. Żarnowieckie 4
Submitter:  Latałowa Małgorzata
Institution:
 
 
 Uniwersytet Gdański
 Instytut Biologii
     Gdynia

Collector:
Date of collection:
 Latałowa Małgorzata
 1976

Additional information:  From depth 288 to 298cm, somewhat below rational Tilia limit, Boreal/Atlantic boundary, just above boundary of PAZs Tilia-Ulmus-Pinus and Corylus-Pinus.
Material of sample:  peat
Contamination:   
Type of site:  core
Field of study:  botany

Sample location:
Site name:  Żarnowiec
Latitude:  54 43 00N
Longitude:  18 07 00E
Detailed description of the sample location:
highly decomp peat, depth 0.45 to 0.50m, settlement phase of Early Bronze age,
PAZ Quercus-Corylus
Environment description:
core taken from shore in bog in Lake Zarnowiec tunnel valley; Lake Zarnowiec
channel is surrounded by moraine hills and covered by beech and oak forest

References to literature:  Radiocarbon Data List X

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