Göbeklitepe in Palaeoclimate Context
Human Responses to Climate Change in the Upper Tigris and Euphrates Basins from the Younger Dryas to the Early Holocene
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19489795 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Lee Clare (0000-0001-8187-2078, Türkisch-Deutsche Universität, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2026 |
| Volume | 9 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 179 |
| Publication date | 2026-04-30 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Heritage (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2571-9408 • E-ISSN: 2571-9408 |
| Publisher | MDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT) |
| DOI | 10.3390/heritage9050179 |
| OpenAlex | W7160044771 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 84 |
The upper Euphrates and Tigris basins are located in modern-day Southeast Türkiye, on the northern periphery of the Fertile Crescent. From the eleventh to the eighth millennium calBC, during the Younger Dryas and the Early Holocene, human communities in this region transitioned from mobile hunter-foragers to settled agriculturalists. This process went hand in hand with the construction of the first monumental buildings, such as those at Göbeklitepe and its sister site Karahantepe. Although the Early Holocene is broadly understood as a phase of climate amelioration following the Younger Dryas climate reversal, it also featured short and abrupt phases of climatic instability, so-called rapid climate change (RCC) intervals. This contribution examines demographic trends against the backdrop of climate change to highlight potential impacts on human communities in this key region of Neolithisation, placing Göbeklitepe in its broader cultural and palaeoclimate context
Abrupt climate change · Climate change · Climate oscillation · Climate system · Environmental change · Holocene · Younger Dryas · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Geology and Paleoclimatology Research · Marine and environmental studies
Evidence for Holocene environmental changes in the northern Fertile Crescent provided by pedogenic carbonate coatings
Mean July Temperatures during the Younger Dryas in Northwestern and Central Europe as Inferred from Climate Indicator Plant Species
Göbekli Tepe
Centennial-scale climate cooling with a sudden cold event around 8,200 years ago
Major features and forcing of high‐latitude northern hemisphere atmospheric circulation using a 110,000‐year‐long glaciochemical series
Climate Change Vulnerability Assessments
Holocene atmosphere-ocean interactions
Evidence of resilience to past climate change in Southwest Asia
Holocene climate variability
Formal subdivision of the Holocene Series/Epoch
Holocene Climate Variability and Cultural Evolution in the Near East from the Dead Sea Sedimentary Record
Monumentalising Life in the Neolithic
Mardin İli Derik, Mazıdağı ve Savur İlçeleri 2020 Yılı Yüzey Araştırması Tarihöncesi Dönem Buluntuları
Towards Robust Demographic Models
At Risk
Handbook of Hazards and Disaster Risk Reduction
The Impact of Rapid Climate Change on Prehistoric Societies during the Holocene in the Eastern Mediterranean
Niche Construction and Theory of Agricultural Origins. Case studies in punctuated equilibrium
Statistical Inference of Prehistoric Demography from Frequency Distributions of Radiocarbon Dates
Towards a theoretical framework for analyzing integrated socio-environmental systems
Adaptive cycles in archaeology
Social and biophysical vulnerability of prehistoric societies to Rapid Climate Change
Archaeology, rapid climate changes in the Holocene, and adaptive strategies
Mediterranean landscape change during the Holocene
Tracing adaptive cycles and resilience strategies within the Sagalassos settlement record, SW Türkiye
Evidence for plant exploitation and vegetation history from three Early Neolithic pre-pottery sites on the Euphrates (Syria)
Subsistence strategies and vegetation development at Aceramic Neolithic Körtik Tepe, southeastern Anatolia, Turkey
Soils and soil sediments at Göbekli Tepe, southeastern Turkey
Vulnerability to environmental hazards
Adaptions in subsistence strategy to environment changes across the Younger Dryas - Early Holocene boundary at Körtiktepe, Southeastern Turkey
Sowing, harvesting and tilling at the end of the Pleistocene/beginning of the Holocene in northern Syria
Cultural cycles in Central Europe during the Holocene
University of Pennsylvania Radiocarbon Dates XI
Middle East Technical University (Metu) Radiocarbon Dates I
Methodological Implications of New Radiocarbon Dates from the Early Holocene Site of Körtik Tepe, Southeast Anatolia
Chronology of the Early Pre-Pottery Neolithic Settlement Tell Qaramel, Northern Syria, in the Light of Radiocarbon Dating
The IntCal20 Northern Hemisphere Radiocarbon Age Calibration Curve (0–55 cal kBP)
Stable isotopes and dietary adaptations in humans and animals at pre-pottery Neolithic Nevallı Çori, southeast Anatolia
A 14C age calibration curve for the last 60 ka
Oasis or Mirage? Assessing the Role of Abrupt Climate Change in the Prehistory of the Southern Levant
A small-scale cult centre in Southeast Turkey
Contrasting pathways to domestication and agriculture around Southwest Asia
Human-bird interactions in the Levant during the Late Pleistocene to Early Holocene
Gazelle behaviour and human presence at early Neolithic Göbekli Tepe, south-east Anatolia
The Sayburç reliefs
Lithic analysis and the transition to the Neolithic in the Upper Tigris Valley
Mass-hunting in South-west Asia at the dawn of sedentism
The Beginning of the Neolithic in Southeast Anatolia
Sayburç a mid-9th millennium BC site in the foothills of the Eastern Taurus
Inspired individuals and charismatic leaders
Beyond the sum
Resilience Theory in Archaeology
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |