Realising consilience: How better communication between archaeologists, historians and natural scientists can transform the study of past climate change in the Mediterranean

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 136, Issue , 2016, Pages 5-22

  Izdebski, Adam ^a   Holmgren, Karin ^b,c   Weiberg, Erika ^d   Stocker, Sharon R ^e   Büntgen, Ulf ^f,g,h   Florenzano, Assunta ⁱ   Gogou, Alexandra ^j   Leroy, Suzanne A G ^k   Luterbacher, Jürg ^l   Martrat, Belen ^m   Masi, Alessia ⁿ   Mercuri, Anna Maria ⁱ   Montagna, Paolo ^o   Sadori, Laura ⁿ   Schneider, Adam ^p   Sicre, Marie Alexandrine ^q   Triantaphyllou, Maria ^r   Xoplaki, Elena ^l  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c Navarino Environmental Observatory   (Greece)

^d UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^f SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^h Global Change Research Centre AS CR   (Czech Republic)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^j INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

^k BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^l JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^m INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND WATER RESEARCH   (Spain)

ⁿ SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^o ISMAR CNR   (Italy)

^p UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^q SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^r UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

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Author keywords

Archaeology; Climate change; Consilience; History; Interdisciplinary collaboration; Mediterranean; Natural sciences; Palaeoecology

Indexed keywords

HISTORY; NATURAL SCIENCES;

ARCHAEOLOGY; CONSILIENCE; INTERDISCIPLINARY COLLABORATIONS; MEDITERRANEAN; PALAEOECOLOGY;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ARCHAEOLOGY; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY; INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH; JOINT; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PROJECT DESIGN; RESEARCH WORK; SOCIAL IMPACT;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 84959098476     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2015.10.038     Document Type: Article

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