From nomadic herder-hunters to sedentary farmers: The relationship between climate change and ancient subsistence strategies in south-eastern Arabia

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 86, Issue , 2012, Pages 122-130

  Preston, G W ^a   Parker, A G ^a   Walkington, H ^a   Leng, M J ^b   Hodson, M J ^a  

^a OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arabia; Bronze Age; Climate change; Holocene; Neolithic; Subsistence strategies

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL HISTORY; ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; ARIDITY; BRONZE AGE; CLIMATE VARIATION; DATA SET; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; HUNTER-GATHERER; HUNTING; NEOLITHIC; NOMADIC PEOPLE; OASIS; OCCUPATION; PALEOCLIMATE; PIEDMONT; STRATEGIC APPROACH; SUBSISTENCE AGRICULTURE;

ARABIAN PENINSULA; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

EID: 84865153583     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2011.11.030     Document Type: Article

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