11th millennium BC Chr.
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Map with all linked sites: | system | series | step | ≈ age ( mya ) |
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| quaternary | Holocene | Meghalayum | 0 ⬍ 0.012 |
| Northgrippium | |||
| Greenlandium | |||
| Pleistocene |
Young Pleistocene (Tarantium) |
0.012 ⬍ 0.126 |
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Middle Pleistocene (Ionian) |
0.126 ⬍ 0.781 |
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| Calabrium | 0.781 ⬍ 1.806 |
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| Gelasium | 1,806 ⬍ 2,588 |
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| deeper | deeper | deeper | older |
The 11th millennium BC Chr. Describes the period from 11000 BC. BC to 10000 BC Chr.
Calendar / epoch
- January 1, 10001 BC Chr .: Beginning of the year zero in the Holocene calendar
Events
- Around 10930 BC The volcano of the Laacher See erupts in the Eifel . In large parts of Europe , the ejected material is detectable in sediments as a characteristic thin pumice layer and can be used for dating.
- From 10700 BC. The Ahrensburg culture arises in northern Central Europe .
- Around 10600 BC The Icelandic volcano Katla erupts . This event, called the Sólheimar eruption , was one of the largest known volcanic eruptions in Iceland. Traces can be found around the North Atlantic .
- Around 10500 BC BC: The Jomon culture in Japan , named after its typical ceramics decorated with string patterns ( Japanese jomon ) , flourishes in Japan. Small clay figures are set up, which are mostly female. In addition to the clay figures, vertical stones and phallic symbols are venerated. The final resting places of the deceased are always in the middle of the settlements.
Trivia
Fantasy author Robert E. Howard settles his Hyborian age , in which the adventures of Conan the Cimmerian (also known as: Conan the barbarian ) take place in the time around 10,000 BC. Chr.
See also
- Geological timescale and historical geology
- Stone Age or Paleolithic and Epipalaeolithic of human history before the 11th millennium BC Chr.
Web links
Commons : 11th millennium BC Chr. - collection of pictures, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ^ Thomas Litt, Karl-Ernst Behre, Klaus-Dieter Meyer, Hans-Jürgen Stephan, Stefan Wansa: Stratigraphic terms for the Quaternary of the north German glaciation area . In: Ice Age and the Present - Quaternary Science Journal . tape 56 , no. 1/2 , March 1, 2007, ISSN 0424-7116 , p. 7-65 , doi : 10.23689 / fidgeo-1278 ( issuu.com [accessed August 11, 2014]).
- ↑ The Hyborian Age in the Eridu Wiki.