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Research article
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13 Nov 2018
Research article |
| 13 Nov 2018
| 13 Nov 2018
Neoglacial climate anomalies and the Harappan metamorphosis
Liviu Giosan
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Geology & Geophysics, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods
Hole, MA, USA
William D. Orsi
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Paleontology &
Geobiology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany
GeoBio-CenterLMU, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität
München, Munich, Germany
Marco Coolen
Faculty of Science and Engineering, Curtin University, Perth,
Australia
Cornelia Wuchter
Faculty of Science and Engineering, Curtin University, Perth,
Australia
Ann G. Dunlea
Geology & Geophysics, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods
Hole, MA, USA
Kaustubh Thirumalai
Department of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences, Brown
University, Providence, RI, USA
Samuel E. Munoz
Geology & Geophysics, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods
Hole, MA, USA
Peter D. Clift
Geology & Geophysics, Louisiana State University, USA
Jeffrey P. Donnelly
Geology & Geophysics, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods
Hole, MA, USA
Valier Galy
Marine Chemistry & Geochemistry, Woods Hole Oceanographic
Institution, Woods Hole, MA, USA
Dorian Q. Fuller
Institute of Archaeology, University College London, London, UK
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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.
Climate reorganization during the early neoglacial anomaly (ENA) may explain the Harappan...
