Article ; Online: Rapid climate change did not cause population collapse at the end of the European Bronze Age.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
2014 Volume 111, Issue 48, Page(s) 17045–17049
Abstract: ... with societal collapse at the end of the northwestern European Bronze Age. We apply new methods to interrogate ... downturn did not initiate population collapse and highlight the nondeterministic nature of human responses ... The impact of rapid climate change on contemporary human populations is of global concern ...
| Abstract | The impact of rapid climate change on contemporary human populations is of global concern. To contextualize our understanding of human responses to rapid climate change it is necessary to examine the archeological record during past climate transitions. One episode of abrupt climate change has been correlated with societal collapse at the end of the northwestern European Bronze Age. We apply new methods to interrogate archeological and paleoclimate data for this transition in Ireland at a higher level of precision than has previously been possible. We analyze archeological (14)C dates to demonstrate dramatic population collapse and present high-precision proxy climate data, analyzed through Bayesian methods, to provide evidence for a rapid climatic transition at ca. 750 calibrated years B.C. Our results demonstrate that this climatic downturn did not initiate population collapse and highlight the nondeterministic nature of human responses to past climate change. |
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| MeSH term(s) | Archaeology/methods ; Bayes Theorem ; Carbon Radioisotopes ; Climate ; Climate Change ; Ecosystem ; Geography ; Humans ; Ireland ; Population Dynamics ; Radiometric Dating/methods |
| Chemical Substances | Carbon Radioisotopes |
| Language | English |
| Publishing date | 2014-12-02 |
| Publishing country | United States |
| Document type | Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't |
| ZDB-ID | 209104-5 |
| ISSN | 1091-6490 ; 0027-8424 |
| ISSN (online) | 1091-6490 |
| ISSN | 0027-8424 |
| DOI | 10.1073/pnas.1408028111 |
| Database | MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE |
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