Environmental conditions in the SE Balkans since the Last Glacial Maximum and their influence on the spread of agriculture into Europe

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 68, Issue , 2013, Pages 200-215

  Connor, Simon E ^a,b   Ross, Shawn A ^c   Sobotkova, Adela ^c   Herries, Andy I R ^d   Mooney, Scott D ^c   Longford, Catherine ^e   Iliev, Ilia ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^f Yambol Regional Historical Museum   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Charcoal; Early agriculture; Late Quaternary; Magnetic susceptibility; Neolithic transition; Pollen

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL EXPANSION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; LACUSTRINE SEDIMENTATIONS; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; LATE QUATERNARY; NEOLITHIC TRANSITION; POLLEN;

CHARCOAL; DEFORESTATION; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; SEA LEVEL; VEGETATION;

AGRICULTURE;

AGRICULTURAL HISTORY; AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; ARIDITY; BIOMASS BURNING; CHARCOAL; CLIMATE VARIATION; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DEFORESTATION; DESERT; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FIRE HISTORY; GRAZING; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; MOISTURE CONTENT; NEOLITHIC; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; POLLEN; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEASONALITY; STEPPE;

AGRICULTURE; BALKANS; CHARCOAL; DEFORESTATION; MAGNETIC PROPERTIES; PLANTS; POLLEN;

AEGEAN SEA; BALKANS; EUROPE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; THRACIAN SEA;

THRACIA;

EID: 84875625924     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2013.02.011     Document Type: Article

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