Late Holocene sea-level changes seen from prehistoric settlements

Abstract

Helskog, K. 1978. Late Holocene sea-level changes seen from prehistoric settlements. Norsk geogr. Tidsskr. Vol. 32, 111–119. ISSN 0029-1951. Radiocarbon dates from prehistoric human settlements in Varanger, Finnmark, North Norway, are used to examine Holocene relative sea-level changes. The altitudes and the dates of these settlements indicate that the Holocene tide levels reconstructed by Donner, Eronen & Jungner in Norsk geogr. Tidsskr., vol. 31, pp. 103–128, should be at a lower altitude than these authors have suggested. An alternative mean tide line which is, at a maximum, approximately 4 metres lower than indicated by Donner et al., is proposed for this span.