Palaeoclimates, Palaeoenvironments and Human Communities in the Eastern Mediterranean Region in Later Prehistory /
Palaeoclimates, Palaeoenvironments and Human Communities in the Eastern Mediterranean Region in Later Prehistory /
edited by John L. Bintliff and Willem Van Zeist .
- Oxford : British Archaeological Reports, 1982.
- 2 v. : ill., maps, ; 29 cm.
- BAR International Series ; 133. .
- BAR International Series ; 133. .
Includes bibliographical references.
Vol. One. Introduction -- Part One. Palaeoclimatology, Deep Sea Cores -- Climate of the Eastern Mediterranean and Near East / T. M. L. Wigley -- Palaeoclimatic Interpretation of the Last 20, 000 yr Record of Deep-Sea Cores around the Middle East / B. Luz -- Modifications des Climat et des Environnements en Afrique du Nord et au Moyen Orient depuis 20, 000 B. P. / P. Rognon -- Part Two. Macrofauna -- Faunal Responses to Environmental Changes in the Eastern Mediterranean during the Last 20,000 Years / E. Tchernov -- Changes in the Distribution of some Ungulates in the Middle East in Relation to Environmental Change (Discussion Only) / H. P. Uerpmann -- Faunal Evidence for Environmental-Climatic Change at Francthi Cave (Southern Greece), 25,000 to 5,000 BP-Preliminary Result (Abstract) / S. Payne -- The Impact of Domestic Animals on the Vegetation during the first Phases of Animal Husbandry in the Mediterranean and Near East / A. T. Clason and J. Clutton-Brock -- The Climatic Interpretation of Macrofaunal Assemblages in the Near East / S. Bökönyi -- The Environmental Implications of a Reanalysis of the Lage Mammal Fauna from the Wadi El-Mughara Caves, Palestine / A. N. Garrard -- Part Three. Geomorphology -- Geomorphological Evidence for Climatic Change in Iran during the last 20,000 Years / I. A. Brookes -- Geologic Evidence of Late Quaternary Climate Change in Western Saudi Arabia (Abstract) / J. W. Whitney -- Lake Levels as an Indicator of Near Eastern palaeoclimates : A Preliminary Appraisal / N. Roberts -- Palaeoenvironments from 25,000 to 5,000 B. P. in Southern Greece as seen from Sediments in Francthi Cave (Argolidos) (Abstract) / W. R. Farrand -- Vol. Two. Part Four. Palaeobotany -- Vegetational History of the Eastern Mediterranean and the Near East during the Last 20.000 Years / W. Van Zeist and S. Bottema -- Vegetational and Climatic History of the Western Part of Kura River Basin (Georgia) / L. K. Gogichaishvili -- The Late Quaternary Vegetational History of the Zagros and Taurus Mountains in the Regions of Mirabad, Lake Zeribar and Lake Van- A Reappraisal / A. P. El-Moslimany -- Palynological Research of Near Eastern Archaeological Sites / A. Leroi-Gourhan -- Part Five. Archaeology, History and Palaeoenvironmental Research -- Archaeological Evidence for Settlements Patterns in Mesopotamia and Eastern Arabia in Relation to Possible Environmental Conditions / J. Oates -- Environmental and Archaeological Evidence for Climatic Change in the Southern Levant / P. Goldberg and O. Bar-Yosef -- Prehistoric Settlement Patterns in the Levant in Relation to Environmental Coditions / F. Hours -- Holozan-Geoligie und Archaologie : Gedanken und Fragen zur Korrelation der Resultate zweier Wissenschaften / B. Brentjes -- Palaeoclimatic Modelling of Environmental Changes in the East Mediterranean Region since the Last Glaciation / J. L. Bintliff -- Part Six. Concluding Discussion (Final Invited Comments)
Contributions in English, One in French and one German.
0860541649
Paleoclimate.
Environmental change--Mediterranean Region.
Climatic geomorphology--Mediterranean Region.
Mediterranean Region--Climate.
QC993.8 / P35 1982,v.1-2
Includes bibliographical references.
Vol. One. Introduction -- Part One. Palaeoclimatology, Deep Sea Cores -- Climate of the Eastern Mediterranean and Near East / T. M. L. Wigley -- Palaeoclimatic Interpretation of the Last 20, 000 yr Record of Deep-Sea Cores around the Middle East / B. Luz -- Modifications des Climat et des Environnements en Afrique du Nord et au Moyen Orient depuis 20, 000 B. P. / P. Rognon -- Part Two. Macrofauna -- Faunal Responses to Environmental Changes in the Eastern Mediterranean during the Last 20,000 Years / E. Tchernov -- Changes in the Distribution of some Ungulates in the Middle East in Relation to Environmental Change (Discussion Only) / H. P. Uerpmann -- Faunal Evidence for Environmental-Climatic Change at Francthi Cave (Southern Greece), 25,000 to 5,000 BP-Preliminary Result (Abstract) / S. Payne -- The Impact of Domestic Animals on the Vegetation during the first Phases of Animal Husbandry in the Mediterranean and Near East / A. T. Clason and J. Clutton-Brock -- The Climatic Interpretation of Macrofaunal Assemblages in the Near East / S. Bökönyi -- The Environmental Implications of a Reanalysis of the Lage Mammal Fauna from the Wadi El-Mughara Caves, Palestine / A. N. Garrard -- Part Three. Geomorphology -- Geomorphological Evidence for Climatic Change in Iran during the last 20,000 Years / I. A. Brookes -- Geologic Evidence of Late Quaternary Climate Change in Western Saudi Arabia (Abstract) / J. W. Whitney -- Lake Levels as an Indicator of Near Eastern palaeoclimates : A Preliminary Appraisal / N. Roberts -- Palaeoenvironments from 25,000 to 5,000 B. P. in Southern Greece as seen from Sediments in Francthi Cave (Argolidos) (Abstract) / W. R. Farrand -- Vol. Two. Part Four. Palaeobotany -- Vegetational History of the Eastern Mediterranean and the Near East during the Last 20.000 Years / W. Van Zeist and S. Bottema -- Vegetational and Climatic History of the Western Part of Kura River Basin (Georgia) / L. K. Gogichaishvili -- The Late Quaternary Vegetational History of the Zagros and Taurus Mountains in the Regions of Mirabad, Lake Zeribar and Lake Van- A Reappraisal / A. P. El-Moslimany -- Palynological Research of Near Eastern Archaeological Sites / A. Leroi-Gourhan -- Part Five. Archaeology, History and Palaeoenvironmental Research -- Archaeological Evidence for Settlements Patterns in Mesopotamia and Eastern Arabia in Relation to Possible Environmental Conditions / J. Oates -- Environmental and Archaeological Evidence for Climatic Change in the Southern Levant / P. Goldberg and O. Bar-Yosef -- Prehistoric Settlement Patterns in the Levant in Relation to Environmental Coditions / F. Hours -- Holozan-Geoligie und Archaologie : Gedanken und Fragen zur Korrelation der Resultate zweier Wissenschaften / B. Brentjes -- Palaeoclimatic Modelling of Environmental Changes in the East Mediterranean Region since the Last Glaciation / J. L. Bintliff -- Part Six. Concluding Discussion (Final Invited Comments)
Contributions in English, One in French and one German.
0860541649
Paleoclimate.
Environmental change--Mediterranean Region.
Climatic geomorphology--Mediterranean Region.
Mediterranean Region--Climate.
QC993.8 / P35 1982,v.1-2