Mediterranean culture and climatic change: Past patterns and future trends

Springer 4

Volumn 9789400767041, Issue , 2014, Pages 507-527

  Mercuri, Anna Maria ^a   Sadori, Laura ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Africa; Archaeological layers; Bronze Age cultures; Civilizations; Climate oscillations; Climatic changes; Development of the Mediterranean landscape; Dryness; Great lake; Holocene; Human activities; Human impact; Mediterranean; Mediterranean culture; Mixing of cultures; Pollen; Sahara; Sediment cores

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879794709     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-6704-1_30     Document Type: Chapter

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