Shoreline development and Swedish colonisation of north-west Estonia during the Middle Ages

Auteurs :
HOPPE, G.
NÕULIK, I.
PUNNING, J.-M.

Description :
This paper focuses on how landscape development in areas of land uplift has come to direct the primary human colonisation on the coastal areas in north-western Estonia. On the basis of an estimation of the rate of land uplift, the shoreline development and topography of a section of the coast was reconstructed. The results presented allow the selection of primary research sites for field studies of the early settlement history of this ancient Estonian minority.


Type de document :
Article de périodique

Source :
GeoJournal, issn : 0343-2521, 2002, vol. 56, n°. 3, p. 185-190, nombre de pages : 6, Collation : Illustration, Références bibliographiques : 19 ref.

Date :
2002

Editeur :
Pays édition : Allemagne, Heidelberg, Springer