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

Holocene

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 189-206

  Mercuri, Anna Maria ^a   Sadori, Laura ^b   Ollero, Paloma ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c UNED C Mediodía Grande   (Spain)

Author keywords

archaeobotany; charcoal; human impact; Mediterranean area; mid Holocene climate changes; on site pollen

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ARCHAEOLOGY; BRONZE AGE; CHARCOAL; CLIMATE OSCILLATION; CLIMATE VARIATION; CULTURAL CHANGE; NEOLITHIC; OVERGRAZING; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALYNOLOGY;

ANATOLIA; ITALY; LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; PO PLAIN; SPAIN; TURKEY; WADI TESHUINAT;

EID: 79251474395     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: 14770911     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959683610377532     Document Type: Article

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