Holocene regional population dynamics and climatic trends in the Near East: A first comparison using archaeo-demographic proxies

Holocene regional population dynamics and climatic trends in the Near East: A first comparison using archaeo-demographic proxies

This paper illustrates long-term trends in human population and climate from the Late Pleistocene to the Late Holocene (14,000–2500 cal. yr. BP) in order to assess to what degree climate change impacted human societies in the Near East. It draws on a large corpus of archaeo-demographic data, includi...

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Main Authors: Bevan, A. (Author), de Gruchy, M.W (Author), Lawrence, D. (Author), Palmisano, A. (Author), Shennan, S. (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier Ltd 2021
Subjects:
Anatolia
Arabian Peninsula
Archaeological site
Archaeological survey
Caucasus
Climate change
Climate dynamics
climate variation
Climatic conditions
Cyprus
demography
Holocene
Iran
Levant
Logistical infrastructure
Mediterranean Region
Mesopotamia
Middle East
Palaeoclimatic record
Paleodemography
Pleistocene
population dynamics
Population dynamics
Population levels
Population statistics
Radiocarbon dates
Radiocarbon summed probability distribution
Rapid climate change
Regional variation
regionalization
Speleothems
trend analysis
Turkey
vulnerability
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