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Sea-level change and prehistoric coastal societies
Will take place in Chemicum, Ravia 14A, Tartu, Estonia in December 3, 2014
The seminar is addressed to doctoral students of Earth Sciences and Archaeology and is aimed
to give knowledge and to discuss challenges to reconstruct Holocene sea-level changes. We also
discuss how prehistoric coastal societies adapted with sea-level and coastal change. The seminar
consists of introductory lectures and poster session. Poster session will be organized by
participants of the seminar to introduce their research. The seminar is organized by the Institute
of Ecology and Earth Sciences, University of Tartu and supported by Doctoral School of Earth
Sciences and Ecology, University of Tartu and by Estonian Research Council.
List of lecturers:
Dr. Alar Rosentau (Department of Geology, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia)
Prof. Aivar Kriiska (Institute of History and Archaeology, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia)
Dr. Gösta Hoffmann (Department of Applied Geoscience, German University of Technology in
Oman, Athaibah, Oman)
Prof. Dmitry A. Subetto (Northern Water Problems Institute, Karelian Research Centre of
Russian Academy of Sciences, Petroskoi, Russia)
Dr. Jan Risberg (Department of Physical Geography and Quaternary Geology, Stockholm
University, Stockholm, Sweden)
Dr. Aleksei Tarasov (Institute of Language, Literature and History, Karelian Research Centre of
Russian Academy of Sciences, Petroskoi, Russia)
Prof. Albertas Bitinas (Marine Science and Technology Center, Klaipeda University, Klaipeda,
Lithuania)
Dr. Dmitry Gerasimov (KUNSTKAMERA, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia)
Prof. Jaak Jaagus (Department of Geography, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia)
Dr. Lembi Lõugas (Institute of History, Tallinn University, Tallinn Estonia)
Dr. Nataliya Zaretskaya (Geological Institute of Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia)
Tõnis Oja (Estonian Land Board, Tallinn, Estonia)
Sea-level change and prehistoric coastal societies
Program
Wednesday (December 3)
9.00-9.30 Sea-level change and prehistoric coastal settlements in Baltic Sea region (Alar
Rosentau)
9.30-10.00 Stone Age coastal societies and settlements (Aivar Kriiska)
10.00-10.30 Geo-archaeological evidence for a Holocene extreme flooding event within the
Arabian Sea (Ras al Hadd, Oman) ( Gösta Hoffmann)
10.30-11. 00 Coffee break and posters
11.00-11.30 Holocene sea-level change in Solovetski area, White Sea (Dmitry A. Subetto)
11.30-12.00 Reconstruction of sea level changes in the South-Eastern Baltic: methodological
approach (Albertas Bitinas)
12.00-12.30 Stone Age settlements in Baltic-Ladoga waterway (Dmitry Gerasimov)
12.30-13.00 The Holocene history of the North Dvina river Delta (Dvinskoy bay of the White
Sea): advancement rates and colonization (Nataliya Zaretskaya)
13.00-14.00 Lunch
14.00-14.30 The Kjula project: Archaeology and Quaternary geology prior to the establishment of
a logistic park (Jan Risberg)
14.30-15.00 GIA modelling in Fennoscandia (Tõnis Oja)
15.00-15.30 Holocene shore-line displacement and human settling in the Lake Onega region
(Aleksei Tarasov)
15.30-16.00 Coffee break and posters
16.00-16.30 Sea level variations at the coast of Estonia related to large-scale atmospheric
circulation (Jaak Jaagus)
16.30-17.00 Resource utilization at the coastal zone of the Baltic Sea in connection with the
changes in sea level, landscape and culture (Lembi Lõugas)
17.00-18.00 Poster session
19.00 Dinner for participants of the seminar
For further information please contact Alar Rosentau (e-mail: alar.rosentau@ut.ee)