Climate change and the expansion of the Scythian culture after 850 BC: A hypothesis

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1735-1742

  van Geel, B ^a   Bokovenko, N A ^b   Burova, N D ^b   Chugunov, K V ^c   Dergachev, V A ^d   Dirksen, V G ^e   Kulkova, M ^b   Nagler, A ^f   Parzinger, H ^f   van der Plicht, J ^g   Vasiliev, S S ^d   Zaitseva, G I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b INSTITUTE FOR THE HISTORY OF MATERIAL CULTURE   (Russian Federation)

^c The State Hermitage Museum   (Russian Federation)

^d IOFFE INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^e INSTITUTE OF VOLCANOLOGY AND SEISMOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^f GERMAN ARCHAEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Carrying capacity; Chronology; Climate change; Eurasia; Migration; Scythian culture; Solar forcing

Indexed keywords

CHRONOLOGY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CULTURAL CHANGE; NOMADIC PEOPLE; POPULATION MIGRATION;

EURASIA; SIBERIA;

EID: 5144233432     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2004.05.004     Document Type: Article

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