Was the Black Sea Catastrophically Flooded during the Holocene? – geological evidence and archaeological impacts
Journal: INSTITUTIONAL REPOSITORY OF ODESSA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY NAMED I.I. Mechnykova (Odesa I.I.Mechnikov National University)
Year: 2011

Two hypothetical fl ood scenarios have been proposed for the Black Sea, describing events that&#13;\nmay have profoundly aff ected prehistoric settlement in Eastern Europe and adjacent parts&#13;\nof Asia. Th e fi rst, a Late Pleistocene ‘Great Flood’ (Chepalyga 2003, 2007), suggests that&#13;\nthe brackish Neoeuxinian Lake in the Black Sea basin was rapidly inundated by Caspian&#13;\nSea overfl ow via the Manych Spillway shortly after the Late Glacial Maximum (LGM),&#13;\nc. 17–14 ka BP. Th e s