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Climate and agriculture in the ancient Near East

A synthesis of the archaeobotanical and stable carbon isotope evidence

Bibliographic Data

ID12199980
AuthorsSimone Riehl (0000-0002-1744-0032, University of Tübingen, corresponding author)
Year2008
Volume17
IssueS1
Pages43-51
Publication date2008-05-15
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueVegetation History and Archaeobotany (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0939-6314 • E-ISSN: 1617-6278
PublisherSpringer Science+Business Media (PUBLISHER • DE)
DOI10.1007/s00334-008-0156-8
OpenAlexW2005199572
LanguageEN
Citations received40
References cited27

Agriculture · Archaeology · Arid · Biogeosciences · Biology · Bronze Age · Climate change · Earth science · Geography · Holocene · Isotopes of carbon · Mesopotamia · Paleoclimatology · Physical geography · Proxy (statistics · Stable isotope ratio · Total organic carbon · δ13C · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Geology and Paleoclimatology Research · Isotope Analysis in Ecology · Ecology · Geology · Paleontology

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Unique citing works40
Citations per year2,35
Citation span2009 - 2026 (18)
Citation velocitycurrent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 39
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