The relationship between Early Holocene climate change and Neolithic settlement in central Anatolia, Turkey: current issues and prospects for future research
Episodes of global climate change have traditionally been invoked as explanations for settlement re-organisation and socio-economic transformation in the prehistory of the Middle East (e.g., the Neolithic period). By focusing on the 8.2K event, this paper presents a theoretical and methodological ar...
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| description | Episodes of global climate change have traditionally been invoked as explanations for settlement re-organisation and socio-economic transformation in the prehistory of the Middle East (e.g., the Neolithic period). By focusing on the 8.2K event, this paper presents a theoretical and methodological argument against the assumption of unilinear, passive responses by prehistoric societies to global climate change, using as a case study datasets recently obtained from the Konya Plain in Central Anatolia, Turkey. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-fd2b5ed4122747adbad8b9bb6c8cd0502023-01-18T09:21:22ZengUniversity of Ljubljana Press (Založba Univerze v Ljubljani)Documenta Praehistorica1408-967X1854-24922009-12-013610.4312/dp.36.1The relationship between Early Holocene climate change and Neolithic settlement in central Anatolia, Turkey: current issues and prospects for future researchEleni Asouti0School of Archaeology, Classics and Egyptology – University of LiverpoolEpisodes of global climate change have traditionally been invoked as explanations for settlement re-organisation and socio-economic transformation in the prehistory of the Middle East (e.g., the Neolithic period). By focusing on the 8.2K event, this paper presents a theoretical and methodological argument against the assumption of unilinear, passive responses by prehistoric societies to global climate change, using as a case study datasets recently obtained from the Konya Plain in Central Anatolia, Turkey.https://journals.uni-lj.si/DocumentaPraehistorica/article/view/2032climate change8.2k eventCentral AnatoliaKonya Plain |
| spellingShingle | Eleni Asouti The relationship between Early Holocene climate change and Neolithic settlement in central Anatolia, Turkey: current issues and prospects for future research Documenta Praehistorica climate change 8.2k event Central Anatolia Konya Plain |
| title | The relationship between Early Holocene climate change and Neolithic settlement in central Anatolia, Turkey: current issues and prospects for future research |
| title_full | The relationship between Early Holocene climate change and Neolithic settlement in central Anatolia, Turkey: current issues and prospects for future research |
| title_fullStr | The relationship between Early Holocene climate change and Neolithic settlement in central Anatolia, Turkey: current issues and prospects for future research |
| title_full_unstemmed | The relationship between Early Holocene climate change and Neolithic settlement in central Anatolia, Turkey: current issues and prospects for future research |
| title_short | The relationship between Early Holocene climate change and Neolithic settlement in central Anatolia, Turkey: current issues and prospects for future research |
| title_sort | relationship between early holocene climate change and neolithic settlement in central anatolia turkey current issues and prospects for future research |
| topic | climate change 8.2k event Central Anatolia Konya Plain |
| url | https://journals.uni-lj.si/DocumentaPraehistorica/article/view/2032 |
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