Sub-Atlantic period
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The Sub-Atlantic period is a part of the current geological epoch known as Holocene; the Sub-Atlantic period has an assigned beginning time at about 1000 to 500 BC, depending on the research source and method of dating. The Sub-Atlantic continues to the present.
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Divisions of the Holocene
The Holocene epoch began about 11,700 years ago (~9700 BC) and continues up to the present. The major divisions of the Holocene are as follows:
- Pre-Boreal period (8300 to 7000 BC)
- Boreal period (7000 to 6000 BC)
- Atlantic period (6000-3000 BC)
- Sub-Boreal period (3000 to 1000-500 BC)
- Sub-Atlantic period (1000-500 BC to Present)
References
- Jens Bischof. 2000. Ice drift, ocean circulation, and climate change. (Google eBook). Springer. 215 pages
- Jacquetta Hawkes. 1965. Prehistory. New York: the New American Library (a Mentor Book).
- Grahame Clark and Stuart Piggott. 1967. Prehistoric Societies. New York: Alfred A. Knopf. ISBN 0140211497.
- H. H. Lamb. 1985. Climatic History and the Future. Princeton Univ. Press, 1985.
