Abstract
The history of nature since the Ice Age has occupied Scandinavian researchers for more than a century: it is probably no exaggeration to say that Scandinavia during the whole of this period has been a centre for such research. The most important techniques were developed here, and the crucial ideas were formulated and made the subject of lively, even violent debate, all whilst a great number of observations was being accumulated. The peat bogs with their abundant remains, the plant growth of previous ages, animal life, and human activity, were an especially prized object of study. The ability of peat to preserve organic material makes peat bogs a valuable archive in which everything is stored in chronological order, the oldest at the bottom and the youngest at the top.
Highlights
This fruitful research began in Denmark. This is naturally not unrelated to the great importance of peat as a fuel in our rather treeless country. The fact that this practically orientated interest in peat bogs developed into a flourishing new branch of science is due to the work of three highly gifted men: Heinrich Dau, Japetus Steenstrup, and Christian Vaupel!
Heinrich Dau (1790-1831)was born in Holstein, which at that time belonged to the Danish kingdom
The most interesting fact, is that at this dwelling site we find the dog, the oldest domesticated animal in Northern Europe, for the first time
Summary
The history of nature since the Ice Age has occupied Scandinavian researchers for more than a century: it is probably no exaggeration to say that Scandinavia during the whole of this period has been a centre for such research. The ability of peat to preserve organic material makes peat bogs a valuable archive in which everything is stored in chronological order, the oldest at the bottom and the youngest at the top. This is naturally not unrelated to the great importance of peat as a fuel in our rather treeless country. The fact that this practically orientated interest in peat bogs developed into a flourishing new branch of science is due to the work of three highly gifted men: Heinrich Dau, Japetus Steenstrup, and Christian Vaupel! Dau was the real pioneer, the founder of bog investigations
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