Climate Forcing Due to the 8200 Cal yr BP Event Observed at Early Neolithic Sites in the Eastern Mediterranean
Abstract We explore the hypothesis that the abrupt drainage of Laurentide lakes and associated rapid switch of the North Atlantic thermohaline circulation 8200 yr ago had a catastrophic influence on Neolithic civilisation in large parts of southeastern Europe, Anatolia, Cyprus, and the Near East. Th...
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crcambridgeupr:10.1016/j.yqres.2006.06.009 2024-09-30T14:39:40+00:00 Climate Forcing Due to the 8200 Cal yr BP Event Observed at Early Neolithic Sites in the Eastern Mediterranean Weninger, Bernhard Alram-Stern, Eva Bauer, Eva Clare, Lee Danzeglocke, Uwe Jöris, Olaf Kubatzki, Claudia Rollefson, Gary Todorova, Henrieta van Andel, Tjeerd 2006 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.yqres.2006.06.009 http://api.elsevier.com/content/article/PII:S0033589406000949?httpAccept=text/xml http://api.elsevier.com/content/article/PII:S0033589406000949?httpAccept=text/plain https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0033589400004580 en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms Quaternary Research volume 66, issue 3, page 401-420 ISSN 0033-5894 1096-0287 journal-article 2006 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yqres.2006.06.009 2024-09-11T04:05:04Z Abstract We explore the hypothesis that the abrupt drainage of Laurentide lakes and associated rapid switch of the North Atlantic thermohaline circulation 8200 yr ago had a catastrophic influence on Neolithic civilisation in large parts of southeastern Europe, Anatolia, Cyprus, and the Near East. The event at 8200 cal yr BP is observed in a large number of high-resolution climate proxies in the Northern Hemisphere, and in many cases corresponds to markedly cold and arid conditions. We identify the relevant archaeological levels of major Neolithic settlements in Central Anatolia, Cyprus, Greece and Bulgaria, and examine published stratigraphic, architectural, cultural and geoarchaeological studies for these sites. The specific archaeological events and processes we observe at a number of these sites during the study interval 8400–8000 cal yr BP lead us to refine some previously established Neolithisation models. The introduction of farming to South-East Europe occurs in all study regions (Thrace, Macedonia, Thessaly, Bulgaria) near 8200 cal yr BP. We observe major disruptions of Neolithic cultures in the Levant, North Syria, South-East Anatolia, Central Anatolia and Cyprus, at the same time. We conclude that the 8200 cal yr BP aridity event triggered the spread of early farmers, by different routes, out of West Asia and the Near East into Greece and Bulgaria. Article in Journal/Newspaper North Atlantic North atlantic Thermohaline circulation Cambridge University Press Thrace ENVELOPE(161.117,161.117,-77.500,-77.500) Quaternary Research 66 3 401 420 |
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Abstract We explore the hypothesis that the abrupt drainage of Laurentide lakes and associated rapid switch of the North Atlantic thermohaline circulation 8200 yr ago had a catastrophic influence on Neolithic civilisation in large parts of southeastern Europe, Anatolia, Cyprus, and the Near East. The event at 8200 cal yr BP is observed in a large number of high-resolution climate proxies in the Northern Hemisphere, and in many cases corresponds to markedly cold and arid conditions. We identify the relevant archaeological levels of major Neolithic settlements in Central Anatolia, Cyprus, Greece and Bulgaria, and examine published stratigraphic, architectural, cultural and geoarchaeological studies for these sites. The specific archaeological events and processes we observe at a number of these sites during the study interval 8400–8000 cal yr BP lead us to refine some previously established Neolithisation models. The introduction of farming to South-East Europe occurs in all study regions (Thrace, Macedonia, Thessaly, Bulgaria) near 8200 cal yr BP. We observe major disruptions of Neolithic cultures in the Levant, North Syria, South-East Anatolia, Central Anatolia and Cyprus, at the same time. We conclude that the 8200 cal yr BP aridity event triggered the spread of early farmers, by different routes, out of West Asia and the Near East into Greece and Bulgaria. |
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Weninger, Bernhard Alram-Stern, Eva Bauer, Eva Clare, Lee Danzeglocke, Uwe Jöris, Olaf Kubatzki, Claudia Rollefson, Gary Todorova, Henrieta van Andel, Tjeerd |
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Weninger, Bernhard Alram-Stern, Eva Bauer, Eva Clare, Lee Danzeglocke, Uwe Jöris, Olaf Kubatzki, Claudia Rollefson, Gary Todorova, Henrieta van Andel, Tjeerd Climate Forcing Due to the 8200 Cal yr BP Event Observed at Early Neolithic Sites in the Eastern Mediterranean |
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Weninger, Bernhard Alram-Stern, Eva Bauer, Eva Clare, Lee Danzeglocke, Uwe Jöris, Olaf Kubatzki, Claudia Rollefson, Gary Todorova, Henrieta van Andel, Tjeerd |
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Climate Forcing Due to the 8200 Cal yr BP Event Observed at Early Neolithic Sites in the Eastern Mediterranean |
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Climate Forcing Due to the 8200 Cal yr BP Event Observed at Early Neolithic Sites in the Eastern Mediterranean |
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Climate Forcing Due to the 8200 Cal yr BP Event Observed at Early Neolithic Sites in the Eastern Mediterranean |
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Climate Forcing Due to the 8200 Cal yr BP Event Observed at Early Neolithic Sites in the Eastern Mediterranean |
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Climate Forcing Due to the 8200 Cal yr BP Event Observed at Early Neolithic Sites in the Eastern Mediterranean |
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climate forcing due to the 8200 cal yr bp event observed at early neolithic sites in the eastern mediterranean |
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