Was there a '4.2 ka event'in Great Britain and Ireland? Evidence from the peatland record

TP Roland, CJ Caseldine, DJ Charman… - Quaternary Science …, 2014 - Elsevier
Palaeoenvironmental and archaeological data from several regions around the world show
evidence of a multi-centennial climatic event occurring approximately 4200ácal yr BP (4.2 …

Holocene fluctuations in human population demonstrate repeated links to food production and climate

A Bevan, S Colledge, D Fuller, R Fyfe… - Proceedings of the …, 2017 - pnas.org
We consider the long-term relationship between human demography, food production, and
Holocene climate via an archaeological radiocarbon date series of unprecedented sampling …

Abrupt Holocene climate shifts in coastal East Asia, including the 8.2 ka, 4.2 ka, and 2.8 ka BP events, and societal responses on the Korean peninsula

J Park, J Park, S Yi, J Cheul Kim, E Lee, J Choi - Scientific Reports, 2019 - nature.com
Holocene abrupt cooling events have long attracted attention in academia due to public
concern that similar rapid changes may reappear in the near future. Thus, considerable …

Seasonal temperature variability of the Neoglacial (3300–2500 BP) and Roman Warm Period (2500–1600 BP) reconstructed from oxygen isotope ratios of limpet …

T Wang, D Surge, S Mithen - Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology …, 2012 - Elsevier
Seasonal sea-surface temperature variability for the Neoglacial (3300–2500BP) and Roman
Warm Period (RWP; 2500–1600BP), which correspond to the Bronze and Iron Ages …

Rapid climate change did not cause population collapse at the end of the European Bronze Age

I Armit, GT Swindles, K Becker, G Plunkett… - Proceedings of the …, 2014 - pnas.org
The impact of rapid climate change on contemporary human populations is of global
concern. To contextualize our understanding of human responses to rapid climate change it …

Rewilding–a new paradigm for nature conservation in Scotland?

C Brown, R McMorran, MF Price - Scottish Geographical Journal, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
Rewilding is a strategy for the conservation of complete, self-sustaining ecosystems,
primarily involving the protection and, where necessary, reintroduction, of populations of …

Refined chronology of prehistoric cultures and its implication for re-evaluating human-environment relations in the Hexi Corridor, northwest China

Y Yang, S Zhang, C Oldknow, M Qiu, T Chen… - Science China Earth …, 2019 - Springer
The reconstruction of high-resolution chronologies for prehistoric cultures is a prerequisite
for understanding the history of human evolution and its relationship with environmental …

The D0‐14/D ratio: A new paleodemographic index and equation for estimating total fertility rates

C McFadden, MF Oxenham - American Journal of Physical …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives The objectives of this study were to develop a new subadult–adult ratio for
application to sites with good infant representation and to produce an equation to estimate …

An improved method for paleoflood reconstruction and flooding phase identification, applied to the Meuse River in the Netherlands

F Peng, MA Prins, C Kasse, KM Cohen… - Global and Planetary …, 2019 - Elsevier
This study investigates Holocene floodplain evolution and flooding phases as experienced
in the Lower Meuse catchment, primarily based on grain-size distributions of channel-fill and …

Bronze Age landscape dynamics: spatially detailed pollen analysis from a ceremonial complex

RM Fyfe - Journal of Archaeological Science, 2012 - Elsevier
The late Neolithic and early Bronze Age are periods marked by the construction of
conspicuous concentrations of 'ritual'complexes, used for funerary rituals, seasonal …