Macrophysical Climate Modeling, economy, and social organization in Early Bronze Age Anatolia

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 38-54

  Arikan, Bülent ^a  

^a ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Bronze age; Euphrates and tigris basins; GIS; Macrophysical climate model; Pastoralism

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; BRONZE AGE; CLIMATE MODELING; GIS; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; PALEOCLIMATE; PASTORALISM; SETTLEMENT PATTERN; SOCIAL ORGANIZATION;

ANATOLIA; EUPHRATES BASIN; MESOPOTAMIA; TIGRIS BASIN; TURKEY;

EID: 84891900608     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2013.12.008     Document Type: Article

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