About the Authors

Thomas Giesecke

thomas.giesecke@biologie.uni-goettingen.de

Affiliation Department of Palynology and Climate Dynamics, Albrecht-von-Haller-Institute for Plant Sciences, Georg-August-University Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany

Steffen Wolters

Affiliation Lower Saxony Institute for Historical Coastal Research, Wilhelmshaven, Germany

Susanne Jahns

Affiliation Brandenburg Department of Cultural Heritage and Archaeological State Museum, Zossen, Germany

Arthur Brande

Affiliation Department of Ecology, Technical University Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TG. Analyzed the data: TG. Wrote the paper: TG. Provided pollen data: AB SJ SW TG. Contributed to interpretations and edited the manuscript: AB SW SJ.