The Impact of Late Pleistocene—Early Holocene Climatic Changes on Humans in Southwest Asia

1996 ◽  
pp. 61-78 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ofer Bar-Yosef
Keyword(s):  
Late Pleistocene ◽  
Climatic Changes ◽  
Early Holocene ◽  
Southwest Asia ◽  
The Impact

scholarly journals The Impact of Accelerator Dating at the Early Village of Abu Hureyra on the Euphrates

Radiocarbon ◽  
1992 ◽  
Vol 34 (3) ◽  
pp. 850-858 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. M. T. Moore
Keyword(s):  
Late Pleistocene ◽  
Cultural Change ◽  
Early Holocene ◽  
Southwest Asia ◽  
Way Of Life ◽  
Radiocarbon Dates ◽  
Hunting And Gathering ◽  
New Information ◽  
Wild Progenitors ◽  
The Impact

The early village of Abu Hureyra is significant because of its great size (ca. 11.5 ha) and long sequence of occupation (ca. 11,500–7000 bp) that spans the transition from late Pleistocene hunting and gathering to early Holocene farming, and the cultural change from Epipaleolithic to Neolithic. The 40 accelerator dates obtained for Abu Hureyra provide new information on the development of agriculture in Southwest Asia. The dates have demonstrated that the site was inhabited for much longer than the few conventional radiocarbon dates for the site had suggested. The gap between the Epipaleolithic and Neolithic villages seems to have been brief. A change in climate and vegetation, dated at ca. 10,600 BP, during the span of occupation of the Epipaleolithic village, precipitated an adjustment in the foraging way of life of its inhabitants just before the inception of agriculture. Dating of individual bones and seeds has shown that the wild progenitors of sheep and several cereals were present near Abu Hureyra in the late Pleistocene and early Holocene, well outside their present areas of distribution. This has implications for where those species may have been domesticated. A rapid switch from exploitation of the gazelle to herding of sheep and goats during the Neolithic occupation occurred ca. 8300 bp.

scholarly journals Beyond the Jordan

2020 ◽  
Vol 47 ◽  
pp. 54-75
Author(s):  
Bill Finlayson ◽  
Cheryl A. Makarewicz
Keyword(s):  
Late Pleistocene ◽  
Early Holocene ◽  
Southwest Asia ◽  
Growing Body ◽  
Population Aggregation

Recent excavations in Jordan have demonstrated a long sequence of development from the late Pleistocene Epipalaeolithic through the early Holocene Pre-Pottery Neolithic. Superficially, the growing body of social and subsistence evidence suggests Neolithic communities emerged from traditions rooted in the early Epipalaeolithic. However, while developments such as the construction of shelters, population aggregation, and subsistence intensification may be essential for the emergence of a Southwest Asian Neolithic, they are typical of contemporary hunter-gatherer societies and not inherently Neolithic. Notably, the Neolithic in Southwest Asia was not a homogenous entity, but instead supported diverse expressions of subsistence, symbolic behaviours, and cultural trajectories across the region. To understand the emergence and development of the Neolithic, we need to examine this richly diverse history and its many constituent pathways.

scholarly journals Late Pleistocene and Early Holocene aeolian deposits of Tasmania and their climatic implications – Corrigendum

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-2
Author(s):  
Peter D. McIntosh ◽  
Christina Neudorf ◽  
Olav B. Lian ◽  
Adrian J. Slee ◽  
Brianna Walker ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Late Pleistocene ◽  
Early Holocene ◽  
Aeolian Deposits

A multi-proxy reconstruction of climate during the late-Pleistocene to early Holocene transition in the northeastern, USA

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-17
Author(s):  
Laurie D. Grigg ◽  
Kevin J. Engle ◽  
Alison J. Smith ◽  
Bryan N. Shuman ◽  
Maximilian B. Mandl
Keyword(s):  
Late Pleistocene ◽  
Climatic Variability ◽  
Warming Trend ◽  
Early Holocene ◽  
Individual Species ◽  
Environmental Preferences ◽  
The North ◽  
Show Evidence ◽  
Dry Conditions ◽  
Components Analysis

Abstract A multiproxy record from Twin Ponds, VT, is used to reconstruct climatic variability during the late Pleistocene to early Holocene transition. Pollen, ostracodes, δ18O, and lithologic records from 13.5 to 9.0 cal ka BP are presented. Pollen- and ostracode-inferred climatic reconstructions are based on individual species’ environmental preferences and the modern analog technique. Principal components analysis of all proxies highlights the overall warming trend and centennial-scale climatic variability. During the Younger Dryas cooling event (YD), multiple proxies show evidence for cold winter conditions and increasing seasonality after 12.5 cal ka BP. The early Holocene shows an initial phase of rapid warming with a brief cold interval at 11.5 cal ka BP, followed by a more gradual warming; a cool, wet period from 11.2 to 10.8 cal ka BP; and cool, dry conditions from 10.8 to 10.2 cal ka BP. The record ends with steady warming and increasing moisture. Post-YD climatic variability has been observed at other sites in the northeastern United States and points to continued instability in the North Atlantic during the final phases of deglaciation.

Inland shell midden site-formation: Investigation into a late Pleistocene to early Holocene midden from Tràng An, Northern Vietnam

2011 ◽  
Vol 239 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 153-169 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ryan Rabett ◽  
Joanna Appleby ◽  
Alison Blyth ◽  
Lucy Farr ◽  
Athanasia Gallou ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Late Pleistocene ◽  
Early Holocene ◽  
Site Formation ◽  
Shell Midden ◽  
Northern Vietnam

scholarly journals Late Pleistocene Boulder Slumps Eroded from a Basalt Shoreline at El Confital Beach on Gran Canaria (Canary Islands, Spain)

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 138
Author(s):  
Inés Galindo ◽  
Markes E. Johnson ◽  
Esther Martín-González ◽  
Carmen Romero ◽  
Juana Vegas ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Late Pleistocene ◽  
Historical Record ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Marine Biota ◽  
Gran Canaria ◽  
Basaltic Rocks ◽  
Individual Wave ◽  
Wave Heights ◽  
Scientific Value ◽  
The Impact

This study examines the role of North Atlantic storms degrading a Late Pleistocene rocky shoreline formed by basaltic rocks overlying hyaloclastite rocks on a small volcanic peninsula connected to Gran Canaria in the central region of the Canary Archipelago. A conglomerate dominated by large, ellipsoidal to angular boulders eroded from an adjacent basalt flow was canvassed at six stations distributed along 800 m of the modern shore at El Confital, on the outskirts of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. A total of 166 individual basalt cobbles and boulders were systematically measured in three dimensions, providing the database for analyses of variations in clast shape and size. The goal of this study was to apply mathematical equations elaborated after Nott (2003) and subsequent refinements in order to estimate individual wave heights necessary to lift basalt blocks from the layered and joint-bound sea cliffs at El Confital. On average, wave heights in the order of 4.2 to 4.5 m are calculated as having impacted the Late Pleistocene rocky coastline at El Confital, although the largest boulders in excess of 2 m in diameter would have required larger waves for extraction. A review of the fossil marine biota associated with the boulder beds confirms a littoral to very shallow water setting correlated in time with Marine Isotope Stage 5e (Eemian Stage) approximately 125,000 years ago. The historical record of major storms in the regions of the Canary and Azorean islands indicates that events of hurricane strength were likely to have struck El Confital in earlier times. Due to its high scientific value, the outcrop area featured in this study is included in the Spanish Inventory of Geosites and must be properly protected and managed to ensure conservation against the impact of climate change foreseen in coming years.

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