Drought stress variability in ancient Near Eastern agricultural systems evidenced by δ <sup>13</sup> C in barley grain
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- Simone Riehl
- Institute for Archaeological Science and
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- Konstantin E. Pustovoytov
- Institute of Soil Science and Land Evaluation, University of Hohenheim, 70593 Stuttgart, Germany; and
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- Heike Weippert
- Institute of Soil Science and Land Evaluation, University of Hohenheim, 70593 Stuttgart, Germany; and
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- Stefan Klett
- Institute for Archaeological Science and
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- Frank Hole
- Department of Anthropology, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06511
書誌事項
- 公開日
- 2014-08-11
- DOI
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- 10.1073/pnas.1409516111
- 公開者
- National Academy of Sciences
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<jats:title>Significance</jats:title> <jats:p>Collapse and resilience of ancient Near Eastern societies is intrinsically tied to agricultural production. Despite intensive palaeoclimate research, the role of environmental conditions in ancient agricultural production is little understood. Stable carbon isotope analysis on cereal grains from archaeological sites provides a direct evidence for drought stress. This paper demonstrates that drought stress correlated with major climatic fluctuations and affected many agricultural settlements in the ancient Near East but that its regional impact was diverse and influenced by geographic factors and human technology. The results lead to a better understanding of how ancient agricultural societies performed under fluctuating climate and regionally diverse environmental conditions.</jats:p>
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- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 111 (34), 12348-12353, 2014-08-11
National Academy of Sciences
