Social and biophysical vulnerability of prehistoric societies to Rapid Climate Change

Documenta Praehistorica

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 283-292

  Clare, Lee ^a   Weninger, Bernhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anatolia; Biophysical vulnerability; Coping strategies; Neolithic; Rapid Climate Change (RCC); Social vulnerability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899566324     PISSN: 1408967X     EISSN: 18542492     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4312/dp.37.24     Document Type: Article

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