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From nomadic herder-hunters to sedentary farmers: The relationship between climate change and ancient subsistence strategies in south-eastern Arabia
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In this paper, high-resolution palaeoclimate data from Awafi palaeolake, United Arab Emirates (UAE), with the region's archaeological record from the Neolithic through to the onset of the Bronze Age was used to investigate the relationship between climate, the environment and early human populations in the region.About:
This article is published in Journal of Arid Environments.The article was published on 2012-11-01. It has received 60 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Bronze Age & Archaeological record.read more
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Arid and Semi-Arid Geomorphology
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a survey of geomorphology in deserts: hazards, resources and the future of the future in the area of arid regions of the world.
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Human responses to climate and ecosystem change in ancient Arabia.
Michael D. Petraglia,Michael D. Petraglia,Michael D. Petraglia,Huw S. Groucutt,Maria Guagnin,Maria Guagnin,Paul S. Breeze,Nicole Boivin +7 more
TL;DR: Data from northern Arabia suggest that Holocene populations responded to environmental challenges through high mobility, managing water sources, and transforming their economies, which illustrated diverse strategies to resilience and provide important lessons for a world in which climate predictions forecast dramatic changes in temperature and precipitation.
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Orbital-scale climate variability in Arabia as a potential motor for human dispersals
Ash Parton,Tom S. White,Adrian G. Parker,Paul S. Breeze,Richard P. Jennings,Huw S. Groucutt,Michael D. Petraglia +6 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors synthesize terrestrial and marine core palaeoclimatic data in order to establish the spatial and temporal variability of humid periods in Arabia between late Marine Isotope Stage (MIS) 7 and 3.
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A multi-proxy analysis of the Holocene humid phase from the United Arab Emirates and its implications for southeast Arabia's Neolithic populations
Gareth W. Preston,David S.G. Thomas,Andrew Goudie,Oliver A.C. Atkinson,Melanie J. Leng,Melanie J. Leng,Martin J. Hodson,Helen Walkington,Vincent Charpentier,Sophie Méry,Federico Borgi,Federico Borgi,Adrian G. Parker +12 more
TL;DR: In this article, a multi-proxy lake and dune record from Wahalah in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) documents significant variations in hydrology, biological productivity and landscape stability during the first half of the Holocene.
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An early MIS 3 pluvial phase in Southeast Arabia: Climatic and archaeological implications
Ash Parton,Andrew R. Farrant,Melanie J. Leng,Jean-Luc Schwenninger,Jeffrey I. Rose,Hans-Peter Uerpmann,Adrian G. Parker +6 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present evidence from a series of relict lake deposits within southeastern Arabia, which formed at the onset of Marine Isotope Stage (MIS) 3 (ca. 61-58 ka), indicating that increased rainfall increased intermittently recharged fluvial systems within the region, leading to lake expansion in distal fan zones.
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Holocene ITCZ and Indian monsoon dynamics recorded in stalagmites from Oman and Yemen (Socotra)
Dominik Fleitmann,Stephen J. Burns,Augusto Mangini,Manfred Mudelsee,Jan Kramers,Igor M. Villa,U. Neff,Abdulkarim A. Al-Subbary,Annett Buettner,Dorothea Hippler,Albert Matter +10 more
TL;DR: In this article, high-resolution oxygen isotope (δ18O) profiles of Holocene stalagmites from four caves in Northern and Southern Oman and Yemen (Socotra) provide detailed information on fluctuations in precipitation along a latitudinal transect from 12°N to 23°N.
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Possible role of climate in the collapse of Classic Maya civilization
TL;DR: This paper used a 4.9m sediment core from Lake Chichancanab, Mexico, to reconstruct a continuous record of Holocene climate change for the central Yucatan peninsula.
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Climate change and the collapse of the Akkadian empire: Evidence from the deep sea
Heidi Cullen,Peter B deMenocal,Sidney R. Hemming,G. Hemming,Francis H. Brown,Thomas P. Guilderson,Frank Sirocko +6 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a marine sediment core from the Gulf of Oman was used to study changes in regional aridity in Mesopotamia during the late third millennium B.C. They found a very abrupt increase in eolian dust and Mesopotamian aridity, accelerator mass spectrometer radiocarbon dated to 4025 ± 125 calendar yr B.P.
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Late Quaternary Paleoclimate in the Eastern Mediterranean Region from Stable Isotope Analysis of Speleothems at Soreq Cave, Israel
TL;DR: In this article, the eastern Mediterranean continental paleoclimate during the past 25,000 years was determined by a high-resolution petrographic, stable isotopic, and age study of speleothems from Soreq Cave, Israel.
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Climate change at the 4.2 ka BP termination of the Indus valley civilization and Holocene south Asian monsoon variability
TL;DR: In this article, the authors show that the late Holocene drought cycles following the 4.2 ka BP event vary between 200 and 800 years and are coherent with the evolution of cosmogenic 14C production rates, suggesting that solar variability is one fundamental cause behind Holocene rainfall changes over south Asia.