DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2015.06.022
Scopus记录号: 2-s2.0-84959170317
论文题名: Evidence of resilience to past climate change in Southwest Asia: Early farming communities and the 9.2 and 8.2 ka events
作者: Flohr P. ; Fleitmann D. ; Matthews R. ; Matthews W. ; Black S.
刊名: Quaternary Science Reviews
ISSN: 2773791
出版年: 2016
卷: 136 起始页码: 23
结束页码: 39
语种: 英语
英文关键词: 8.2 ka event
; 9.2 ka event
; Climate and society
; Neolithic
; Resilience
; Southwest Asia
Scopus关键词: Geology
; Natural sciences
; 8.2 ka event
; 9.2 ka event
; Climate and society
; Neolithic
; Resilience
; Southwest Asia
; Climate change
英文摘要: Climate change is often cited as a major factor in social change. The so-called 8.2 ka event was one of the most pronounced and abrupt Holocene cold and arid events. The 9.2 ka event was similar, albeit of a smaller magnitude. Both events affected the Northern Hemisphere climate and caused cooling and aridification in Southwest Asia. Yet, the impacts of the 8.2 and 9.2 ka events on early farming communities in this region are not well understood. Current hypotheses for an effect of the 8.2 ka event vary from large-scale site abandonment and migration (including the Neolithisation of Europe) to continuation of occupation and local adaptation, while impacts of the 9.2 ka have not previously been systematically studied. In this paper, we present a thorough assessment of available, quality-checked radiocarbon (14C) dates for sites from Southwest Asia covering the time interval between 9500 and 7500 cal BP, which we interpret in combination with archaeological evidence. In this way, the synchronicity between changes observed in the archaeological record and the rapid climate events is tested. It is shown that there is no evidence for a simultaneous and widespread collapse, large-scale site abandonment, or migration at the time of the events. However, there are indications for local adaptation. We conclude that early farming communities were resilient to the abrupt, severe climate changes at 9250 and 8200 cal BP. © 2015 Elsevier Ltd. Citation statistics:
资源类型: 期刊论文
标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/59655
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作者单位: University of Reading, Department of Archaeology, United Kingdom; University of Reading, Centre for Past Climate Change, United Kingdom
Recommended Citation:
Flohr P.,Fleitmann D.,Matthews R.,et al. Evidence of resilience to past climate change in Southwest Asia: Early farming communities and the 9.2 and 8.2 ka events[J]. Quaternary Science Reviews,2016-01-01,136