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Holocene 13 (2)
Title
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Title:
Holocene 13 (2)
Series
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Series:
The Holocene
Volume
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Volume:
13 (2)
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Publication Type:
Journal
Editor
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Editor:
John A Matthews
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Publisher:
Sage Publications
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Year of Publication:
2003
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BIAB (The British & Irish Archaeological Bibliography (BIAB))
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http://hol.sagepub.com/content/vol13/issue2/
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Created Date:
01 Aug 2007
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Abstract
Rhyolitic tephra horizons in northwestern Europe and Iceland from the AD 700s--800s: a potential alternative for dating first human imp...
Stefan Wastegård
Valerie A Hall
Gina E Hannon
Christel van den Bogaard
Jonathan R Pilcher
Magnús à Sigurgeirsson
Margrét Hermanns-Auoardóttir
277 - 283
The distribution and geochemistry of four rhyolitic tephra horizons from Iceland dated to the ad 700s--800s is assessed. These include the rhyolitic phase of the Landnám tephra (ad 870s), the ad 860 layer, a previously unrecorded tephra called the GA4--85 layer (c. ad 700--800) and the Tjïrnuvík tephra (c. ad 800s). The ad 860 and GA4--85 layers were first found in peat bogs in north Ireland. They are here correlated with equivalent horizons on Iceland which were found below the Landnám tephra (c. ad 870s). This time period is considered important in the North Atlantic region, because it coincides with a phase of human settlement in Iceland and the Faroe Islands. The establishment of a detailed tephrochronology may provide a tool for exact dating of sediment successions and sediments associated with archaeological excavations.
