Settlement Development in the Shadow of Coastal Changes – Case Studies from the Baltic Rim - The Baltic Sea Basin - page 310

Fig. 15.4 History of the Baltic Basin during the Saltic Ice lake and the Yoldia Sea (13,000-
9,000 cal. BC). 1 The Baltic Ice Lake around 12,500 cal. BC in its completely up-dammed stage.
2 The Baltic Ice Lake around 11,000 cal. BC connected by a subglacial drainage or by an open
strait to the Kattegat. 3 The Baltic Ice Lake around 9,800 cal. BC, just prior to the final drainage.
4 The Yoldia Sea 9,400 cal. BC with several outlets in central Sweden, north of a large land bridge
(after Lemke 2004 , fig. 1, 1-4, modified by the author)
flooding over large areas along the south-western shore of the lake. As a result of the
isostatic uplift in the eastern part of the Baltic area, the shoreline was continuously
displaced towards the sea and new land emerged.
As far as we know today, all the settlements of the Hamburgian group, as well
as those of the following Brommian and Federmesser groups, were located inland,
far from the coast, so that these communities were presumably not affected by the
changes in the level of the Baltic Ice Lake.