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The 4.2 ka BP event in the Levant
David Kaniewski
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Université Paul Sabatier-Toulouse 3, EcoLab (Laboratoire
d'Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Environnement), Bâtiment 4R1, 118 Route de
Narbonne, 31062 Toulouse cedex 9, France
CNRS, EcoLab (Laboratoire d'Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Environnement),
31062 Toulouse cedex 9, France
Institut Universitaire de France, Secteur
Biologie-Médecine-Santé, 103 boulevard Saint Michel, 75005 Paris,
France
Nick Marriner
CNRS, Laboratoire Chrono-Environnement UMR6249, MSHE Ledoux, USR
3124, Université de Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, UFR ST, 16 Route de
Gray, 25030 Besançon, France
Rachid Cheddadi
Université Montpellier II, CNRS-UM2-IRD, ISEM, France
Joël Guiot
Aix-Marseille Université, CEREGE, CNRS, UM34, Europôle de
l'Arbois BP80, 13545 Aix-en-Provence, France
Elise Van Campo
Université Paul Sabatier-Toulouse 3, EcoLab (Laboratoire
d'Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Environnement), Bâtiment 4R1, 118 Route de
Narbonne, 31062 Toulouse cedex 9, France
CNRS, EcoLab (Laboratoire d'Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Environnement),
31062 Toulouse cedex 9, France
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Short summary
Studies have long suggested that a protracted drought phase, termed the 4.2 ka BP event, directly impacted subsistence systems (dry farming agro-production, pastoral nomadism, and fishing) and outlying nomad habitats, forcing rain-fed cereal agriculturalists into habitat-tracking when agro-innovations were not available. Here, we focus on this crucial period to examine whether drought was active in the eastern Mediterranean Old World, especially in the Levant.
Studies have long suggested that a protracted drought phase, termed the 4.2 ka BP event,...
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