The RESET project: Constructing a European tephra lattice for refined synchronisation of environmental and archaeological events during the last c. 100 ka
This paper introduces the aims and scope of the RESET project (RESponse of humans to abrupt Environmental Transitions), a programme of research funded by the Natural Environment Research Council (UK) between 2008 and 2013; it also provides the context and rationale for papers included in a special v...
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Abrupt environmental transitions (AETs) Dansgaard-Oeschger and Heinrich event Last Glacial stage Middle to Upper Palaeolithic Tephra database Tephra geochemistry Volcanic ash isochron Geology Global and Planetary Change Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematic Archeology (arts and humanities) Archeology |
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Abrupt environmental transitions (AETs) Dansgaard-Oeschger and Heinrich event Last Glacial stage Middle to Upper Palaeolithic Tephra database Tephra geochemistry Volcanic ash isochron Geology Global and Planetary Change Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematic Archeology (arts and humanities) Archeology Lowe, John J Ramsey, Christopher Bronk Housley, Rupert A. Lane, Christine S. Tomlinson, Emma L. Stringer, Chris Davies, William Barton, Nick Pollard, Mark Gamble, Clive Menzies, Martin Rohling, Eelco Roberts, Andrew Blockley, Simon Cullen, Victoria Grant, Katharine Lewis, Mark Macleod, Alison White, Dustin Albert, Paul Hardiman, Mark Lee, Sharen Oh, Anna Satow, Christopher Cross, Joanna K. Law, Cassian Bramham Todman, Anna Bourne, Anna Matthews, Ian Müller, Wolfgang Smith, Victoria Wulf, Sabine Anghelinu, M. Antl Weiser, W. Bar Yosef, O. Boric, D. BOSCATO, PAOLO RONCHITELLI, ANNA MARIA Chabai, V. Veselsky, A. Uthmeier, T. Farrand, W. Gjipali, I. Ruka, R. Güleç, E. Karavanic, I. Karkanas, P. King, T. Komšo, D. Koumouzelis, M. Kyparissi, N. Lengyel, G. Mester, Z. Neruda, P. Panagopoulou, E. Shalamanov Korobar, L. Tolevski, I. Sirakov, N. Guadelli, A. Guadelli, J. L. Ferrier, C. Skrdla, P. Slimak, L. Soler, N. Soler, J. Soressi, M. Tushabramishvilii, N. Zilhão, J. Angelucci, D. Albert, P. Bramham Law, C. Cullen, V. L. Lincoln, P. Staff, R. Flower, K. Aouadi Abdeljaouad, N. Belhouchet, L. Barker, G. Bouzouggar, A. Van Peer, P. Kindermann, K. Gerken, K. Niemann, H. Tipping, R. Saville, A. Ward, T. Clausen, I. Weber, M. J. Kaiser, K. Torksdorf, J. F. Turner, F. Veil, S. Nygaard, N. Pyne O'Donnell, S. D. F. Masojc, M. Nalepka, D. Jurochnik, A. Kabacinski, J. Antoine, P. Olive, M. Christensen, M. Bodu, P. Debout, G. Orliac, M. De Bie, M. Van Gils, M. Paulissen, E. Brou, L. Leesch, D. Hadorn, P. Thew, N. Riede, F. Heinen, M. Joris, O. Richter, J. Knipping, M. Stika, H. P. Friedrich, M. Conard, N. Malina, M. Kind, C. J. Beutelspacher, T. Mortensen, M. F. Burdukiewicz, J. M. Szynkiewicz, A. Poltowicz Bobak, M. Bobak, D. Wisniewski, A. Przezdziecki, M. Valde Nowak, P. Muzyczuk, A. Davies, L. Macleod, A. Morgan, P. Aydar, Erkan Çubukçu, Evren Brown, Richard Coltelli, Mauro Castro, Deborah Lo Cioni, Raffaello Derosa, Rosanna Donato, Paola Roberto, Alessio Di Gertisser, Ralf Giordano, Guido Branney, Mike Jordan, Nina Keller, Jörg Kinvig, Helen Gottsman, Jo Blundy, Jon Marani, Michael Orsi, Giovanni Civetta, Lucia Arienzo, Ilenia Carandente, Antonio Rosi, Mauro Zanchetta, Giovanni Seghedi, Ioan Szakacs, Alex Sulpizio, Roberto Thordarson, Thor Trincardi, Fabio Vigliotti, Luigi Asioli, Alesssandra Piva, Andrea Andric, M. Brauer, A. de Klerk, P. Filippi, M. L. Finsinger, W. Galovic, L. Jones, T. Lotter, A. Müller, U. Pross, J. Mangerud, J. Lohne, Ø. Pyne O'Donnell, S. Markovic, S. Pini, R. Ravazzi, C. Theuerkauf, M. Tzedakis, C. Margari, V. Veres, D. Wastegård, S. Ortiz, J. E. Torres, T. Díaz Bautista, A. Moreno, A. Valero Garcés, B. Lowick, S. Ottolini, Lusia The RESET project: Constructing a European tephra lattice for refined synchronisation of environmental and archaeological events during the last c. 100 ka |
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Abrupt environmental transitions (AETs) Dansgaard-Oeschger and Heinrich event Last Glacial stage Middle to Upper Palaeolithic Tephra database Tephra geochemistry Volcanic ash isochron Geology Global and Planetary Change Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematic Archeology (arts and humanities) Archeology |
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This paper introduces the aims and scope of the RESET project (RESponse of humans to abrupt Environmental Transitions), a programme of research funded by the Natural Environment Research Council (UK) between 2008 and 2013; it also provides the context and rationale for papers included in a special volume of Quaternary Science Reviews that report some of the project's findings. RESET examined the chronological and correlation methods employed to establish causal links between the timing of abrupt environmental transitions (AETs) on the one hand, and of human dispersal and development on the other, with a focus on the Middle and Upper Palaeolithic periods. The period of interest is the Last Glacial cycle and the early Holocene (c. 100e8 ka), during which time a number of pronounced AETs occurred. A long-running topic of debate is the degree to which human history in Europe and the Mediterranean region during the Palaeolithic was shaped by these AETs, but this has proved difficult to assess because of poor dating control. In an attempt to move the science forward, RESET examined the potential that tephra isochrons, and in particular non-visible ash layers (cryptotephras), might offer for synchronising palaeo-records with a greater degree of finesse. New tephrostratigraphical data generated by the project augment previously-established tephra frameworks for the region, and underpin a more evolved tephra ‘lattice’ that links palaeo-records between Greenland, the European mainland, sub-marine sequences in the Mediterranean and North Africa. The paper also outlines the significance of other contributions to this special volume: collectively, these illustrate how the lattice was constructed, how it links with cognate tephra research in Europe and elsewhere, and how the evidence of tephra isochrons is beginning to challenge long-held views about the impacts of environmental change on humans during the Palaeolithic. |
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Lowe, John J Ramsey, Christopher Bronk Housley, Rupert A. Lane, Christine S. Tomlinson, Emma L. Stringer, Chri Davies, William Barton, Nick Pollard, Mark Gamble, Clive Menzies, Martin Rohling, Eelco Roberts, Andrew Blockley, Simon Cullen, Victoria Grant, Katharine Lewis, Mark Macleod, Alison White, Dustin Albert, Paul Hardiman, Mark Lee, Sharen Oh, Anna Satow, Christopher Cross, Joanna K. Law, Cassian Bramham Todman, Anna Bourne, Anna Matthews, Ian Müller, Wolfgang Smith, Victoria Wulf, Sabine Anghelinu, M. Antl Weiser, W. Bar Yosef, O. Boric, D. Boscato, Paolo Ronchitelli, ANNA MARIA Chabai, V. Veselsky, A. Uthmeier, T. Farrand, W. Gjipali, I. Ruka, R. Güleç, E. Karavanic, I. Karkanas, P. King, T. Komšo, D. Koumouzelis, M. |
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The RESET project: Constructing a European tephra lattice for refined synchronisation of environmental and archaeological events during the last c. 100 ka |
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The RESET project: Constructing a European tephra lattice for refined synchronisation of environmental and archaeological events during the last c. 100 ka |
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The RESET project: Constructing a European tephra lattice for refined synchronisation of environmental and archaeological events during the last c. 100 ka |
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The RESET project: Constructing a European tephra lattice for refined synchronisation of environmental and archaeological events during the last c. 100 ka |
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ftunivsiena:oai:usiena-air.unisi.it:11365/983354 2024-04-21T08:04:04+00:00 The RESET project: Constructing a European tephra lattice for refined synchronisation of environmental and archaeological events during the last c. 100 ka Lowe, John J Ramsey, Christopher Bronk Housley, Rupert A. Lane, Christine S. Tomlinson, Emma L. Stringer, Chris Davies, William Barton, Nick Pollard, Mark Gamble, Clive Menzies, Martin Rohling, Eelco Roberts, Andrew Blockley, Simon Cullen, Victoria Grant, Katharine Lewis, Mark Macleod, Alison White, Dustin Albert, Paul Hardiman, Mark Lee, Sharen Oh, Anna Satow, Christopher Cross, Joanna K. Law, Cassian Bramham Todman, Anna Bourne, Anna Matthews, Ian Müller, Wolfgang Smith, Victoria Wulf, Sabine Anghelinu, M. Antl Weiser, W. Bar Yosef, O. Boric, D. BOSCATO, PAOLO RONCHITELLI, ANNA MARIA Chabai, V. Veselsky, A. Uthmeier, T. Farrand, W. Gjipali, I. Ruka, R. Güleç, E. Karavanic, I. Karkanas, P. King, T. Komšo, D. Koumouzelis, M. Kyparissi, N. Lengyel, G. Mester, Z. Neruda, P. Panagopoulou, E. Shalamanov Korobar, L. Tolevski, I. Sirakov, N. Guadelli, A. Guadelli, J. L. Ferrier, C. Skrdla, P. Slimak, L. Soler, N. Soler, J. Soressi, M. Tushabramishvilii, N. Zilhão, J. Angelucci, D. Albert, P. Bramham Law, C. Cullen, V. L. Lincoln, P. Staff, R. Flower, K. Aouadi Abdeljaouad, N. Belhouchet, L. Barker, G. Bouzouggar, A. Van Peer, P. Kindermann, K. Gerken, K. Niemann, H. Tipping, R. Saville, A. Ward, T. Clausen, I. Weber, M. J. Kaiser, K. Torksdorf, J. F. Turner, F. Veil, S. Nygaard, N. Pyne O'Donnell, S. D. F. Masojc, M. Nalepka, D. Jurochnik, A. Kabacinski, J. Antoine, P. Olive, M. Christensen, M. Bodu, P. Debout, G. Orliac, M. De Bie, M. Van Gils, M. Paulissen, E. Brou, L. Leesch, D. Hadorn, P. Thew, N. Riede, F. Heinen, M. Joris, O. Richter, J. Knipping, M. Stika, H. P. Friedrich, M. Conard, N. Malina, M. Kind, C. J. Beutelspacher, T. Mortensen, M. F. Burdukiewicz, J. M. Szynkiewicz, A. Poltowicz Bobak, M. Bobak, D. Wisniewski, A. Przezdziecki, M. Valde Nowak, P. Muzyczuk, A. Davies, L. Macleod, A. Morgan, P. Aydar, Erkan Çubukçu, Evren Brown, Richard Coltelli, Mauro Castro, Deborah Lo Cioni, Raffaello Derosa, Rosanna Donato, Paola Roberto, Alessio Di Gertisser, Ralf Giordano, Guido Branney, Mike Jordan, Nina Keller, Jörg Kinvig, Helen Gottsman, Jo Blundy, Jon Marani, Michael Orsi, Giovanni Civetta, Lucia Arienzo, Ilenia Carandente, Antonio Rosi, Mauro Zanchetta, Giovanni Seghedi, Ioan Szakacs, Alex Sulpizio, Roberto Thordarson, Thor Trincardi, Fabio Vigliotti, Luigi Asioli, Alesssandra Piva, Andrea Andric, M. Brauer, A. de Klerk, P. Filippi, M. L. Finsinger, W. Galovic, L. Jones, T. Lotter, A. Müller, U. Pross, J. Mangerud, J. Lohne, Ø. Pyne O'Donnell, S. Markovic, S. Pini, R. Ravazzi, C. Theuerkauf, M. Tzedakis, C. Margari, V. Veres, D. Wastegård, S. Ortiz, J. E. Torres, T. Díaz Bautista, A. Moreno, A. Valero Garcés, B. Lowick, S. Ottolini, Lusia Lowe, John J Ramsey, Christopher Bronk Housley, Rupert A. Lane, Christine S. Tomlinson, Emma L. Stringer, Chri Davies, William Barton, Nick Pollard, Mark Gamble, Clive Menzies, Martin Rohling, Eelco Roberts, Andrew Blockley, Simon Cullen, Victoria Grant, Katharine Lewis, Mark Macleod, Alison White, Dustin Albert, Paul Hardiman, Mark Lee, Sharen Oh, Anna Satow, Christopher Cross, Joanna K. Law, Cassian Bramham Todman, Anna Bourne, Anna Matthews, Ian Müller, Wolfgang Smith, Victoria Wulf, Sabine Anghelinu, M. Antl Weiser, W. Bar Yosef, O. Boric, D. Boscato, Paolo Ronchitelli, ANNA MARIA Chabai, V. Veselsky, A. Uthmeier, T. Farrand, W. Gjipali, I. Ruka, R. Güleç, E. Karavanic, I. Karkanas, P. King, T. Komšo, D. Koumouzelis, M. 2015 STAMPA http://hdl.handle.net/11365/983354 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2015.04.006 http://www.journals.elsevier.com/quaternary-science-reviews/ eng eng info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/wos/WOS:000356116000001 volume:118 firstpage:1 lastpage:17 numberofpages:17 journal:QUATERNARY SCIENCE REVIEWS http://hdl.handle.net/11365/983354 doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2015.04.006 info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/scopus/2-s2.0-84938207548 http://www.journals.elsevier.com/quaternary-science-reviews/ info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess Abrupt environmental transitions (AETs) Dansgaard-Oeschger and Heinrich event Last Glacial stage Middle to Upper Palaeolithic Tephra database Tephra geochemistry Volcanic ash isochron Geology Global and Planetary Change Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematic Archeology (arts and humanities) Archeology info:eu-repo/semantics/article 2015 ftunivsiena https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2015.04.006 2024-03-28T00:46:28Z This paper introduces the aims and scope of the RESET project (RESponse of humans to abrupt Environmental Transitions), a programme of research funded by the Natural Environment Research Council (UK) between 2008 and 2013; it also provides the context and rationale for papers included in a special volume of Quaternary Science Reviews that report some of the project's findings. RESET examined the chronological and correlation methods employed to establish causal links between the timing of abrupt environmental transitions (AETs) on the one hand, and of human dispersal and development on the other, with a focus on the Middle and Upper Palaeolithic periods. The period of interest is the Last Glacial cycle and the early Holocene (c. 100e8 ka), during which time a number of pronounced AETs occurred. A long-running topic of debate is the degree to which human history in Europe and the Mediterranean region during the Palaeolithic was shaped by these AETs, but this has proved difficult to assess because of poor dating control. In an attempt to move the science forward, RESET examined the potential that tephra isochrons, and in particular non-visible ash layers (cryptotephras), might offer for synchronising palaeo-records with a greater degree of finesse. New tephrostratigraphical data generated by the project augment previously-established tephra frameworks for the region, and underpin a more evolved tephra ‘lattice’ that links palaeo-records between Greenland, the European mainland, sub-marine sequences in the Mediterranean and North Africa. The paper also outlines the significance of other contributions to this special volume: collectively, these illustrate how the lattice was constructed, how it links with cognate tephra research in Europe and elsewhere, and how the evidence of tephra isochrons is beginning to challenge long-held views about the impacts of environmental change on humans during the Palaeolithic. Article in Journal/Newspaper Greenland Università degli Studi di Siena: USiena air Quaternary Science Reviews 118 1 17 |