The use of summed radiocarbon probability distributions in archaeology: a review of methods

AN Williams - Journal of Archaeological Science, 2012 - Elsevier
Using a database of Australian archaeological radiocarbon dates (n= 2996), this paper
explores three key methodological issues associated with the use of summed probability …

Evidence of resilience to past climate change in Southwest Asia: Early farming communities and the 9.2 and 8.2 ka events

P Flohr, D Fleitmann, R Matthews, W Matthews… - Quaternary Science …, 2016 - Elsevier
Climate change is often cited as a major factor in social change. The so-called 8.2 ka event
was one of the most pronounced and abrupt Holocene cold and arid events. The 9.2 ka …

Formal subdivision of the Holocene Series/Epoch: a Discussion Paper by a Working Group of INTIMATE (Integration of ice‐core, marine and terrestrial records) and …

MJC Walker, M Berkelhammer, S Björck… - Journal of …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
This discussion paper, by a Working Group of INTIMATE (Integration of ice‐core, marine and
terrestrial records) and the Subcommision on Quaternary Stratigraphy (SQS) of the …

Expected trends and surprises in the Lateglacial and Holocene vegetation history of the Iberian Peninsula and Balearic Islands

JS Carrión, S Fernández, P González-Sampériz… - Review of Palaeobotany …, 2010 - Elsevier
Recent, high-resolution palaeoecological records are changing the traditional picture of post-
glacial vegetation succession in the Iberian Peninsula. In addition to the influence of …

Holocene flooding and climate change in the Mediterranean

G Benito, MG Macklin, C Zielhofer, AF Jones… - Catena, 2015 - Elsevier
Mediterranean fluvial hydrology is characterised by decadal-to-multi-centennial length wet
and dry episodes with abrupt transitions related to changes in atmospheric circulation. Since …

Environmental and climate change in the southern Central Pyrenees since the Last Glacial Maximum: A view from the lake records

P González-Sampériz, J Aranbarri, A Pérez-Sanz… - Catena, 2017 - Elsevier
In this contribution we compile and summarize the available paleo-environmental lacustrine
data for the last 20,000 years from the southern Central Pyrenees (from west to east: El …

Prehistoric demographic fluctuations in China inferred from radiocarbon data and their linkage with climate change over the past 50,000 years

C Wang, H Lu, J Zhang, Z Gu, K He - Quaternary Science Reviews, 2014 - Elsevier
Historic human–climate interactions have been of interest to scholars for a long time.
However, exploring the long-term relation between prehistoric demography and climate …

Lateglacial and Holocene palaeohydrology in the western Mediterranean region: the Lake Estanya record (NE Spain)

M Morellon, B Valero-Garces… - Quaternary Science …, 2009 - Elsevier
The multi-proxy analysis of sediment cores recovered in karstic Lake Estanya (42° 02′ N,
0° 32′ E; 670m asl, NE Spain), located in the transitional area between the humid …

Circum-Mediterranean fire activity and climate changes during the mid-Holocene environmental transition (8500-2500 cal. BP)

B Vannière, MJ Power, N Roberts, W Tinner… - The …, 2011 - journals.sagepub.com
A mid-to late-Holocene synthesis of fire activity from the Mediterranean basin explores the
linkages among fire, climate variability and seasonality through several climatic and …

Mediterranean and north-African cultural adaptations to mid-Holocene environmental and climatic changes

AM Mercuri, L Sadori, P Uzquiano Ollero - The Holocene, 2011 - journals.sagepub.com
In Mediterranean and north-African regions, cultural trajectories have shown trends
sometimes coincident with climatic changes. The mid Holocene was a period of intense …