Abstract
The cause of the mid-Holocene elm decline in northwestern Europe and its relation to the contemporaneous transition from Mesolithic to Neolithic economy are still unclear, partly owing to the lack of a precise, calibrated chronology. Matching of a sequence of 14C dates to the calibration curve in combination with accurate 14C dating allows high-precision dating of paleoecological events. We have completed high-resolution dating of a Sphagnum-peat sequence from Ageröds Mosse in southernmost Sweden. The basis for selecting 14C samples was pollen analysis at 1 cm intervals. Nine 14C dates, covering an interval of ca. 500 calendar years around the elm decline, showed that this event occurred in Ageröds Mosse within a few decades ca. 3770 bc.
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