The influence of climatic change on the Late Bronze Age Collapse and the Greek Dark Ages

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1862-1870

  Drake, Brandon L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Bronze Age Collapse; Carbon isotopes; Climate change; Paleoclimate; Sea surface temperature; Speleothems; SST

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; BRONZE AGE; CARBON ISOTOPE; CLIMATE VARIATION; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOCLIMATE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SPELEOTHEM; STABLE ISOTOPE;

EID: 84860645545     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2012.01.029     Document Type: Article

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