The Archaeology of Iran from the Palaeolithic to the Archaemenid Empire is the first modern
academic study to provide a synthetic, diachronic analysis of the archaeology and early …

To settle in a given area, man has to deal with the surrounding environment and the
geomorphological processes that shaped it. Landscape defines the available resources and …

The scarcity of high‐resolution palaeoclimate records from the interior of West Asia has
limited our understanding of the mechanisms of past climate change and their potential …

In order to understand the pattern and trends of the environmental evolution of Lake Urmia
(Iran), one of the largest terminal lakes in Western Asia before its level drop over the past …

The ongoing changes affecting Lake Urmia (NW Iran) are revealed by the lake water level
decrease (~ 7 m in the last 20 yr) that was attributed to natural and anthropogenic causes …

Glacial periods and their terminations are useful for assessing the full scale of natural
climate variability in the diverse climate regions of West Asia (ie deserts, mountains, alluvial …

Abstract The Firuzabad Plain in south Fars (Iran) is well known due to the circular city of
Ardashir-Xurra, the first Sasanian (220–651 CE) capital, built by Ardashir Papakan around …

While humic lakes are common in northern Europe, in central Europe they are rare and our
understanding of their ontogeny is insufficient. Here, we present the reconstruction of the …

Palaeoecology is increasingly contributing to conservation biology and restoration ecology
by extending the recent annual to decennial records of ecological observations to centennial …

Unpredictable climate changes are affecting water resources, especially in karst arid and
semiarid areas. In such locations, the need for additional sources of water always arises …