Settlement, environment, and climate change in SW Anatolia: Dynamics of regional variation and the end of Antiquity
This paper develops a regional dataset of change at 381 settlements for Lycia-Pamphylia in southwest Anatolia (Turkey) from volume 8 of the Tabula Imperii Byzantini–a compilation of historical toponyms and archaeological evidence. This region is rich in archaeological remains and high-quality paleo-...
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| author | Matthew J. Jacobson Jordan Pickett Alison L. Gascoigne Dominik Fleitmann Hugh Elton |
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| description | This paper develops a regional dataset of change at 381 settlements for Lycia-Pamphylia in southwest Anatolia (Turkey) from volume 8 of the Tabula Imperii Byzantini–a compilation of historical toponyms and archaeological evidence. This region is rich in archaeological remains and high-quality paleo-climatic and -environmental archives. Our archaeological synthesis enables direct comparison of these datasets to discuss current hypotheses of climate impacts on historical societies. A Roman Climatic Optimum, characterized by warmer and wetter conditions, facilitating Roman expansion in the 1st-2nd centuries CE cannot be supported here, as Early Byzantine settlement did not benefit from enhanced precipitation in the 4th-6th centuries CE as often supposed. However, widespread settlement decline in a period with challenging archaeological chronologies (c. 550–650 CE) was likely caused by a “perfect storm” of environmental, climatic, seismic, pathogenic and socio-economic factors, though a shift to drier conditions from c. 460 CE appears to have preceded other factors by at least a century. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-7e2d16b17ef547bca973f93924eeb9c92022-12-22T00:34:32ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032022-01-01176Settlement, environment, and climate change in SW Anatolia: Dynamics of regional variation and the end of AntiquityMatthew J. JacobsonJordan PickettAlison L. GascoigneDominik FleitmannHugh EltonThis paper develops a regional dataset of change at 381 settlements for Lycia-Pamphylia in southwest Anatolia (Turkey) from volume 8 of the Tabula Imperii Byzantini–a compilation of historical toponyms and archaeological evidence. This region is rich in archaeological remains and high-quality paleo-climatic and -environmental archives. Our archaeological synthesis enables direct comparison of these datasets to discuss current hypotheses of climate impacts on historical societies. A Roman Climatic Optimum, characterized by warmer and wetter conditions, facilitating Roman expansion in the 1st-2nd centuries CE cannot be supported here, as Early Byzantine settlement did not benefit from enhanced precipitation in the 4th-6th centuries CE as often supposed. However, widespread settlement decline in a period with challenging archaeological chronologies (c. 550–650 CE) was likely caused by a “perfect storm” of environmental, climatic, seismic, pathogenic and socio-economic factors, though a shift to drier conditions from c. 460 CE appears to have preceded other factors by at least a century.https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9236232/?tool=EBI |
| spellingShingle | Matthew J. Jacobson Jordan Pickett Alison L. Gascoigne Dominik Fleitmann Hugh Elton Settlement, environment, and climate change in SW Anatolia: Dynamics of regional variation and the end of Antiquity PLoS ONE |
| title | Settlement, environment, and climate change in SW Anatolia: Dynamics of regional variation and the end of Antiquity |
| title_full | Settlement, environment, and climate change in SW Anatolia: Dynamics of regional variation and the end of Antiquity |
| title_fullStr | Settlement, environment, and climate change in SW Anatolia: Dynamics of regional variation and the end of Antiquity |
| title_full_unstemmed | Settlement, environment, and climate change in SW Anatolia: Dynamics of regional variation and the end of Antiquity |
| title_short | Settlement, environment, and climate change in SW Anatolia: Dynamics of regional variation and the end of Antiquity |
| title_sort | settlement environment and climate change in sw anatolia dynamics of regional variation and the end of antiquity |
| url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9236232/?tool=EBI |
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