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Behre, K.-E.. Die Schwankungen des mittleren Tidehochwassers an der deutschen Nordseeküste in den letzten 3000 Jahren nach archäologischen Daten. In: Schernewski, G., Dolch, T. (eds.). Geographie der Meere und Küsten. Coastline Reports (1), pp. 1-7. 2004.

Zusammenfassung:

Numerous archaeological excavations have been carried out along the German North Sea coast during the last decades. Together with new evidence from archaeological surveys, they provide a large number of new sea-level data. As the archaeological settlements were adapted to the level of the highest storm floods in the respective periods, these archaeological dates indicate this level. Three sites from different regions gave the opportunity to find out the difference between MHW and the storm flood level before the start of diking. It turned out that there was only 1 m between this levels, which is much less than nowadays. From the many habitation layers in the Clay District the height position only of the lowermost buildings can be used as sea-level indicators. This is particular important for the use of data from dwelling mounds – wurten – where there often is a considerable height difference between houses from the same habitation layer.- Based on these archaeological dates and controlled by new geological evidence a new sea- level curve for the last millennia was constructed. It shows 7 regression phases which represent clear declines in MHW, during which occupation took place. At first the settlements were abandoned as soon as the sea rose again, but from the first century AD the settlement bases were raised to dwelling mounds and continuously adapted to the rising storm floods. After the completion of the continuous dike line in the 13th century, settlements did not reflect the sea-level changes any more.

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