GEOARCHAEOLOGICAL CONTEXT OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE AT KRAKÓW-STRADOM (SOUTHERN POLAND)

Abstract

The Vistula flood plain has a very complicated structure both in horizontal and vertical layout. This applies to both the facies' formation of the sediments and their stratigraphy. Within the site, two areas with distinctly different types of sediments can be distinguished (Fig. 6). The first refers to the extensive zone of sandy-gravel channel sediments from Late Glacial in the lower part and Subatlantic in the upper part. The second area includes the oxbow lake sequences. The Early Atlantic series, both the channel and the oxbow lake sequences of „Old Vistula”. The study confirmed the position suggested by Bąkowski [11], that the „Old Vistula" has been excavated, taking into account previous morphology. It was probably a lowering of the Early Atlantic abandoned channel.