Articles | Volume 14, issue 11
https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-14-1669-2018
https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-14-1669-2018
Research article
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13 Nov 2018
Research article |  | 13 Nov 2018

Neoglacial climate anomalies and the Harappan metamorphosis

Liviu Giosan, William D. Orsi, Marco Coolen, Cornelia Wuchter, Ann G. Dunlea, Kaustubh Thirumalai, Samuel E. Munoz, Peter D. Clift, Jeffrey P. Donnelly, Valier Galy, and Dorian Q. Fuller

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ED: Reconsider after major revisions (21 Aug 2018) by Hans Linderholm
AR by Liviu Giosan on behalf of the Authors (14 Sep 2018)  Author's response    Manuscript
ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (17 Sep 2018) by Hans Linderholm
RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (09 Oct 2018)
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ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (16 Oct 2018) by Hans Linderholm
AR by Liviu Giosan on behalf of the Authors (17 Oct 2018)  Author's response    Manuscript
ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (18 Oct 2018) by Hans Linderholm
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Short summary
Climate reorganization during the early neoglacial anomaly (ENA) may explain the Harappan civilization metamorphosis from an urban, expansive culture to a rural, geographically-confined one. Landcover change is a candidate for causing this climate instability. During ENA agriculture along the flood-deficient floodplains of the Indus became too risky, which pushed people out. In the same time the Himalayan piedmont received augmented winter rain and steady summer precipitation, pulling people in.