The socio-environmental history of the Peloponnese during the Holocene: Towards an integrated understanding of the past

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 136, Issue , 2016, Pages 40-65

  Weiberg, Erika ^a   Unkel, Ingmar ^b   Kouli, Katerina ^c   Holmgren, Karin ^d,e   Avramidis, Pavlos ^f   Bonnier, Anton ^a,g   Dibble, Flint ^h   Finné, Martin ^d,e   Izdebski, Adam ⁱ   Katrantsiotis, Christos ^d,e   Stocker, Sharon R ⁱ   Andwinge, Maria ^d   Baika, Kalliopi ^j,k   Boyd, Meighan ^d,e   Heymann, Christian ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^d STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e Navarino Environmental Observatory   (Greece)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^g UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

ⁱ JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^j AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^k Ministry of Culture Greece   (Greece)

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Author keywords

Archaeology; Greece; History; Human environment climate interaction; Palaeoclimate; Paleoenvironment; Peloponnese

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; HISTORY; TECTONICS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ARCHAEOLOGY; GREECE; HUMAN ENVIRONMENT; PALAEOCLIMATE; PALEO-ENVIRONMENT; PELOPONNESE;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ARCHAEOLOGY; CLIMATE VARIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; INTEGRATED APPROACH; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PREHISTORIC; SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL HISTORY;

GREECE; PELOPONNESE;

EID: 84959090859     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2015.10.042     Document Type: Article

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