We explore the impact of a millennium-long period of decreased rainfall during the transition
from the Middle to Late Holocene on human diet and population dynamics in the northern …

Drought, as a natural and intricate climatic phenomenon, poses challenges with implications
for both natural ecosystems and socioeconomic conditions. Evaluating the characteristics of …

The study of collapse in archaeology and history has continued to grow and develop in the
last decade and is a respectable target of investigation in and beyond these fields …

Drought events are increasingly impacting Europe. The study of past droughts helps
disentangle the different factors that trigger hydrological drought, hel** to forecast future …

Speleothems (cave stalagmites) contain inorganic and organic substances that can be used
to infer past changes in local and regional paleoenvironmental conditions. Specific …

Abstract This article addresses Postclassic Maya population recovery in the aftermath of the
collapse of Terminal Classic period political centers by 1100 CE in northern Yucatan …

The Ludlow epoch of the Silurian period was a time of significant geobiological
perturbations, the most significant being the mid-Ludfordian Lau Event and associated huge …

Abstract El Niño–Southern Oscillation dynamics affect global weather patterns, with
regionally diverse hydrological responses posing critical societal challenges. The lack of …

The recurrence plot and the recurrence quantification analysis (RQA) are well-established
methods for the analysis of data from complex systems. They provide important insights into …

Broomcorn millet (Panicum miliaceum) was one of the most important and enigmatic crops
of the ancient world. The integration of millet into existing crop systems drove significant …