HET ONTSTAAN VAN HET VEENTJE VAN HET MEISJE VAN YDE (DR.)

Samenvatting

The origin of the small peatbog near Yde (pro­vince of Drenthe), known from the find of a bog body (Bandel et al., this volume), was investi­gated by pollen analysis. The depression was filled in with sand during reclamation, but 70 cm of Sphagnum peat is still present in the cen­tral part. The pollen indicates that the depres­sion contained some water during the latter half of the Allerød, after which mass peat developed. The depression is definitely a pingo scar, which can be correlated palynologically with a large pingo scar 500 m to the south. The small peat­bog had completely filled with peat by the time the body was buried, about 2000 years ago.