A review of palaeoclimates and palaeoenvironments in the Levant and Eastern Mediterranean from 25,000 to 5000 years BP
Setting the environmental background for the evolution of human civilisation
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23340875 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Stuart A Robinson (0000-0003-4329-1058, University of Reading, corresponding author), Stuart Black (0000-0003-1396-4821, University of Reading), Bruce W Sellwood (University of Reading), Paul J Valdes (0000-0002-1902-3283, University of Bristol) |
| Year | 2006 |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue | 13-14 |
| Pages | 1517-1541 |
| Publication date | 2006-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Quaternary Science Reviews (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0277-3791 • E-ISSN: 1873-457X |
| Publisher | Elsevier BV (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.quascirev.2006.02.006 |
| OpenAlex | W2057362566 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 103 |
| References cited | 104 |
Archaeology · Climate change · Climate model · Climatology · Geography · Glacial period · Holocene · Last Glacial Maximum · Mediterranean climate · Northern Hemisphere · Physical geography · Pleistocene · Proxy (statistics) · Temperate climate · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Ecology · Geology · Geology and Paleoclimatology Research · Oceanography · Paleontology · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
Building WF16
Water management of a Late Chalcolithic pastoral culture in Jordan's south-eastern desert
New insights on plant domestication, production intensification, and food storage
Hunting Practices at an Eastern Jordanian Epipalaeolithic Aggregation Site
Epipalaeolithic and Neolithic gazelle hunting in the Badia of north-east Jordan. Reconstruction of seasonal movements of herds by stable isotope and dental microwear analyses
Paleoclimatic and archeological implications of Pleistocene and Holocene environments in Azraq, Jordan
Evidence for Holocene environmental changes in the northern Fertile Crescent provided by pedogenic carbonate coatings
Implications of submonthly oxygen and carbon isotope variations in late Pleistocene Melanopsis shells for regional and local hydroclimate in the upper Jordan River valley
Quantifying climatic change through the last glacial–interglacial transition based on lake isotope palaeohydrology from central Turkey
Faunal turnover in the Azraq Basin, eastern Jordan 28,000 to 9000 cal yr BP, signalling climate change and human impact
Modern and late Quaternary clay mineral distribution in the area of the SE Mediterranean Sea
The origin and disappearance of the late Pleistocene–early Holocene short-lived coastal wetlands along the Carmel coast, Israel
Climate variability in the northern Levant from the highly resolved Qadisha record (Lebanon) during the Holocene optimum
Paleoclimate reconstruction in the Levant region from the geochemistry of a Holocene stalagmite from the Jeita cave, Lebanon
Pleistocene amphibians and squamates from the Upper Jordan Rift Valley, Gesher Benot Ya’aqov and Nahal Mahanayeem Outlet (MIS 20–18 and MIS 4/3)
Oasis or Mirage? Assessing the Role of Abrupt Climate Change in the Prehistory of the Southern Levant
Early Holocene woodland vegetation and human impacts in the arid zone of the southern Levant
Identifying ancient water availability through phytolith analysis
Effects of tidal amplitude on intertidal resource availability and dispersal pressure in prehistoric human coastal populations
Reconciling Nature and Culture after « Naissance des divinités, Naissance de l’agriculture
Possible paleohydrologic and paleoclimatic effects on hominin migration and occupation of the Levantine Middle Paleolithic☆
Environmental Sampling in Mediterranean Archaeology
Environmental Sampling in Mediterranean Archaeology
Abu Hureyra
A coastal reservoir of biodiversity for Upper Pleistocene human populations
Drought stress variability in ancient Near Eastern agricultural systems evidenced by δ 13 C in barley grain
Realising consilience
Climate change, adaptive cycles, and the persistence of foraging economies during the late Pleistocene/Holocene transition in the Levant
Holocene Climate and Cultural Evolution in Late Prehistoric–Early Historic West Asia
Evidence of resilience to past climate change in Southwest Asia
The climatic and physiographic controls of the eastern Mediterranean over the late Pleistocene climates in the southern Levant and its neighboring deserts
Processing and storage of tree fruits, cereals and pulses at PPNA Sharara, southern Jordan
Agropastoral practices and woodland management shaped the Irano-Turanian steppe-forest vegetation during the Transitional PPNA/B–Early PPNB (8895–8210 cal bce) at Kharaysin, Jordan
Phased human-nature interactions for the past 10 000 years in the Hexi Corridor, China
Millennial multi-proxy reconstruction of oasis dynamics in Jordan, by the Dead Sea
A Late Pleistocene Eastern Mediterranean palaeoclimate record based on stable carbon isotopes (Δ13C) of archaeological charcoal
Intensive olive production at Levantine sites. New data from Fadous-Kfarabida and Khirbet-ez Zeraqon
Tracing post-depositional processes and preservation of architectural materials and deposits in the semi-arid environment of southern Cyprus
Ancient runoff agriculture at Early Bronze Age Jawa (Jordan)
Canals and water supply in the lower Euphrates valley
Using Phytolith, Geochemical and Ethnographic Analysis to Inform on Site Construction and Activities in the Neolithic of Southwest Asia
The Seasonal Mobility of Prehistoric Gazelle Herds in the Azraq Basin, Jordan
Tolerating change at Late Chalcolithic Tell Brak
Reassessing the evidence for the cultivation of wild crops during the Younger Dryas at Tell Abu Hureyra, Syria
The Holocene fluvial history of the Tremithos river (south central Cyprus) and its linkage to archaeological records
Persistent Place-Making in Prehistory
Modeling foraging ranges and spatial organization of Late Pleistocene hunter–gatherers in the southern Levant – A least-cost GIS approach
Wedded to wetlands
Vegetation changes during the late Pleistocene and Holocene in Lebanon
Radiocarbon dating of thin pedogenic carbonate laminae from Holocene archaeological sites
Evidences for centennial dry periods at ~3300 and ~2800 cal. yr BP from micro-facies analyses of the Dead Sea sediments
Changes in Mediterranean climate during the Holocene
Holocene hydro-climatic variability in the Mediterranean
Mid- to late-Holocene coastal vegetation patterns in Northern Levant (Tell Sukas, Syria)
A multistory gigantic subaerial debris flow in an active fault scarp in NW Anatolia, Turkey
A high-resolution study of planktonic foraminifera during the Holocene at the Tilos-Symi sea basin in the SE Aegean Sea
Lake Kinneret (Israel)
Ecological-cultural inheritance in the wetlands
Vegetation development and human occupation in the Damascus region of southwestern Syria from the Late Pleistocene to Holocene
Yield stability
The climate of the Younger Dryas as a boundary for Einkorn domestication
Reconstructing paleolandscapes and prehistoric occupation of Wadi Ziqlab, northern Jordan
Palaeolithic occupation of the Anatolian High Plateau during a cold period
Modelling of hydrology and potential population levels at Bronze Age Jawa, Northern Jordan
New insights into the palaeoenvironmental evolution of Magdala ancient harbour (Sea of Galilee, Israel) from ostracod assemblages, geochemistry and sedimentology
Age determination of Petra's engineered landscape – optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) and radiocarbon ages of runoff terrace systems in the Eastern Highlands of Jordan
Reaching the human scale
Malaria and the Early Holocene Wet Phase
Addressing the Desert Kites Phenomenon and Its Global Range Through a Multi-proxy Approach
Mediterranean and north-African cultural adaptations to mid-Holocene environmental and climatic changes
Cyprus’s Earliest Prehistory
Resisters, Vacillators or Laggards? Reconsidering the First Farmer-Herders in Prehistoric Egypt
Nubian Cores along the Coast of the Central Levantine Corridor
Technological complexity and the global dispersal of modern humans
The Early History of the Western Palmyra Desert region. The Change in the Settlement patterns and the Adaptation of subsistence Strategies to encroaching Aridity
Local Holocene environmental indicators in Upper Mesopotamia
What do we mean by wet? Geoarchaeology and the reconstruction of water availability
The Late-Holocene climate change, vegetation dynamics, lake-level changes and anthropogenic impacts in the Lake Urmia region, NW Iran
Fluvial response to climate change during and after the Last Glacial Maximum in Central Anatolia, Turkey
The emergence of the Neolithic in the Near East
Holocene paleoenvironmental, paleoclimatic and geoarchaeological significance of the Sheikh El-Obeiyid area (Farafra Oasis, Egypt)
Late Glacial to mid-Holocene palaeoclimate development of Southern Greece inferred from the sediment sequence of Lake Stymphalia (NE-Peloponnese)
Landscapes, climate and choice
Multiple environmental change at the time of the Modern Human passage through the Middle East
Climate, Black Sea levels and human settlements in Caucasus Littoral 50,000–9000 BP
Vegetation and climate of Anatolia and adjacent regions during the Last Glacial period
Palaeo-environmental archive of groundwater–surface water interaction zone, the Kebara wetlands, Carmel coast, Israel
The evolution of caprine herding in the hyper-arid zone of the southern Levant viewed through Niche Construction Theory
Tectono-climatic signatures during Late Quaternary in the Yunam basin, Baralacha Pass (upper Lahaul valley, India), derived from multi-proxy records
Pollen, plant macrofossil and charcoal records for palaeovegetation reconstruction in the Mediterranean-Black Sea Corridor since the Last Glacial Maximum
Desert agricultural systems at EBA Jawa (Jordan)
The environmental setting of Epipalaeolithic aggregation site Kharaneh IV
Climate in the eastern Mediterranean, and adjacent regions, during the past 6000 years – A review
Estimated Reservoir Ages of the Black Sea Since the Last Glacial
Employing Tl Methods for the Verification of Macroscopically Determined Heat Alteration of Flint Artefacts From Palaeolithic Contexts
Mid-Holocene climate over the Mediterranean, North Africa, and Middle East simulated using a regional climate model
Vegetation History and the Exploitation and Use of Plant Resources in Aceramic Neolithic Cyprus
Hunting in the skies
Reconstructing Mid-Pleistocene paleovegetation and paleoclimate in the Golan Heights using the δ13C values of modern vegetation and soil organic carbon of paleosols
Broad spectrum or specialised activity? Birds and tortoises at the Epipalaeolithic site of Wadi Jilat 22 in the eastern Jordan steppe
Rainfall in the Negev Desert during the Middle Holocene, Based on 13 C of Organic Matter in Land Snail Shells
Continental Oxygen Isotopic Record of the Last 170,000 Years in Jerusalem
The late Quaternary limnological history of Lake Kinneret (Sea of Galilee), Israel
Holocene Trends in 18 O in Land Snail Shells from the Negev Desert and Their Implications for Changes in Rainfall Source Areas
Late Holocene climates of the Near East deduced from Dead Sea level variations and modern regional winter rainfall
Late Quaternary Geological History of the Dead Sea Area, Israel
Lake Levels and Sequence Stratigraphy of Lake Lisan, the Late Pleistocene Precursor of the Dead Sea
Paleoclimate reconstruction based on the timing of speleothem growth and oxygen and carbon isotope composition in a cave located in the rain shadow in Israel
Historic Dead Sea Level Fluctuations Calibrated with Geological and Archaeological Evidence
Holocene Earthquakes Inferred from a Fan-Delta Sequence in the Dead Sea Graben
Modeling a 200-Yr Interruption of the Holocene Sapropel S 1
The Origins And Spread Of Agriculture And Pastoralism In Eurasia
Evidence for massive discharges of icebergs into the North Atlantic ocean during the last glacial period
Centennial-scale climate cooling with a sudden cold event around 8,200 years ago
The Younger Dryas cold interval as viewed from central Greenland
The Holocene climatic optimum and pollen records of sapropel 1 in the eastern Mediterranean, 9000–6000BP
The Eastern Mediterranean paleoclimate as a reflection of regional events
Sea–land oxygen isotopic relationships from planktonic foraminifera and speleothems in the Eastern Mediterranean region and their implication for paleorainfall during interglacial intervals
Sea-level fluctuations during the last glacial cycle
Sea-land correlation of pollen records in the Eastern Mediterranean for the glacial-interglacial transition
Variability of the western Mediterranean Sea surface temperature during the last 25,000 years and its connection with the Northern Hemisphere climatic changes
Correlations between climate records from North Atlantic sediments and Greenland ice
The isotopic geochemistry of speleothems—I. The calculation of the effects of different modes of formation on the isotopic composition of speleothems and their applicability as palaeoclimatic indicators
Late Quaternary Paleoclimate in the Eastern Mediterranean Region from Stable Isotope Analysis of Speleothems at Soreq Cave, Israel
Environmental processes of the ice age
The Surface of the Ice-Age Earth
Palaeo-climate reconstruction from stable isotope variations in speleothems
Mediterranean Moisture Source for an Early-Holocene Humid Period in the Northern Red Sea
The 8k event
Climate Change — Environment and Civilization in the Middle East
The Macrobotanical evidence for vegetation in the Near East, c. 18 000/16 000 B.C to 4 000 B.C
The earliest record of major anthropogenic deforestation in the Ghab Valley, northwest Syria
Geochemistry of the Lisan and Damya Formations in Jordan, and implications for palaeoclimate
Early-Holocene environments in the Wadi Faynan, Jordan
A Holocene millennial-scale climatic cycle from a speleothem in Nahal Qanah Cave, Israel
The Younger Dryas episode and the radiocarbon chronologies of the Lake Huleh and Ghab Valley pollen diagrams, Israel and Syria
Petrography, strontium, barium and uranium concentrations, and strontium and uranium isotope ratios in speleothems as palaeoclimatic proxies
The Holocene climatic record of the salt caves of Mount Sedom Israel
Intcal04 Terrestrial Radiocarbon Age Calibration, 0–26 Cal Kyr BP
Radiocarbon Chronology of the Holocene Dead Sea
Radiocarbon Calibration and Analysis of Stratigraphy
The Impact of Radiocarbon Dating on Old World Archaeology
The Destruction of Sodom, Gomorrah, and Jericho
The Pleistocene to Holocene Transition and Human Economy in Southwest Asia
| Unique citing works | 103 |
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| Citations per year | 5,15 |
| Citation span | 2006 - 2026 (21) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | Yes |
| Citation types | Neutral: 82 |