Faunal turnover in the Azraq Basin, eastern Jordan 28,000 to 9000 cal yr BP, signalling climate change and human impact

Quaternary Research (United States)

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 200-219

  Martin, Louise ^a   Edwards, Yvonne H ^a   Roe, Joe ^a   Garrard, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate change; Epipalaeolithic; Hunting pressure; Palaeoenvironment; PPNB; Prey exploitation; Southern Levant

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHY; LIME; POPULATION STATISTICS;

EPIPALAEOLITHIC; PALAEOENVIRONMENT; PPNB; PREY EXPLOITATION; SOUTHERN LEVANTS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ARCHAEOLOGY; CLIMATE VARIATION; EXPLOITATION; HUNTING; NEOLITHIC; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOLITHIC;

AZRAQ BASIN; JORDAN; LEVANT; MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

BOS; EQUIDAE;

EID: 84995400124     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: 10960287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2016.07.001     Document Type: Article

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