Climate in the eastern Mediterranean, and adjacent regions, during the past 6000 years–A review

M Finné, K Holmgren, HS Sundqvist, E Weiberg… - Journal of …, 2011 - Elsevier
The eastern Mediterranean, with its long archaeological and historical records, provides a
unique opportunity to study human responses to climate variability. We review paleoclimate …

[HTML][HTML] Climatic changes and social transformations in the Near East and North Africa during the 'long'4th millennium BC: A comparative study of environmental and …

J Clarke, N Brooks, EB Banning… - Quaternary Science …, 2016 - Elsevier
This paper explores the possible links between rapid climate change (RCC) and social
change in the Near East and surrounding regions (Anatolia, central Syria, southern Israel …

[LIBRO][B] Reconstructing quaternary environments

JJ Lowe, M Walker - 2014 - taylorfrancis.com
This third edition of Reconstructing Quaternary Environments has been completely revised
and updated to provide a new account of the history and scale of environmental changes …

Climatic, vegetation and cultural change in the eastern Mediterranean during the mid-Holocene environmental transition

N Roberts, WJ Eastwood, C Kuzucuoğlu… - The …, 2011 - journals.sagepub.com
The eastern Mediterranean region witnessed changes in human culture of the highest
importance between~ 9000 and~ 2500 cal. BP (7000—500 BC) and over the same time …

Stable isotope records of Late Quaternary climate and hydrology from Mediterranean lakes: the ISOMED synthesis

N Roberts, MD Jones, A Benkaddour… - Quaternary Science …, 2008 - Elsevier
Lake isotope records can be used to assess the spatial coherency of Late Quaternary
climate change across the circum-Mediterranean region. We place modern and palaeo-data …

The complex history of the olive tree: from Late Quaternary diversification of Mediterranean lineages to primary domestication in the northern Levant

G Besnard, B Khadari, M Navascués… - … of the Royal …, 2013 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The location and timing of domestication of the olive tree, a key crop in Early Mediterranean
societies, remain hotly debated. Here, we unravel the history of wild olives (oleasters), and …

Seven ambiguities in the Mediterranean palaeoenvironmental narrative

PC Tzedakis - Quaternary science reviews, 2007 - Elsevier
A review of seven outstanding issues on Mediterranean palaeoenvironments is presented.
These are related to the dominant orbital pacing of climate variability, the length of the …

A review of 2000 years of paleoclimatic evidence in the Mediterranean

J Luterbacher, R García-Herrera, AR Allan… - The Climate of the …, 2012 - shs.hal.science
A review of 2000 years of paleoclimatic evidence in the Mediterranean - HAL-SHS -
Sciences de l'Homme et de la Société Accéder directement au contenu Documentation FR …

Quaternary disappearance of tree taxa from Southern Europe: Timing and trends

D Magri, F Di Rita, J Aranbarri, W Fletcher… - Quaternary Science …, 2017 - Elsevier
A hundred pollen and plant macrofossil records from the Iberian Peninsula, Southern
France, the Italian Peninsula, Greece and the Aegean, and the southwestern Black Sea area …

European forest cover during the past 12,000 years: a palynological reconstruction based on modern analogs and remote sensing

M Zanon, BAS Davis, L Marquer, S Brewer… - Frontiers in plant …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Characterization of land cover change in the past is fundamental to understand the evolution
and present state of the Earth system, the amount of carbon and nutrient stocks in terrestrial …