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Chapter Two When the Going Gets Tough

Risk Minimization Responses to the 8.2 Event in the Near East and Their Role in Emergence of the Halaf Cultural Phenomenon
  • Mandy Mottram
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Climate and Cultural Change in Prehistoric Europe and the Near East
This chapter is in the book Climate and Cultural Change in Prehistoric Europe and the Near East
© 2016 State University of New York

© 2016 State University of New York

Chapters in this book

  1. Front Matter i
  2. Contents v
  3. Illustrations ix
  4. Acknowledgments xix
  5. Climate and Culture Change in Archaeology 1
  6. Near East
  7. The Oasis of Palmyra in Prehistory 13
  8. When the Going Gets Tough 37
  9. The 8.2 Event in Upper Mesopotamia 67
  10. The Aftermath of the 8.2 Event 95
  11. Managing Risk through Diversification in Plant Exploitation during the Seventh Millennium B.C. 117
  12. The 8.2 Event and the Neolithic Expansion in Western Anatolia 135
  13. Europe
  14. “Singing in the Rain” 153
  15. Early Holocene Climatic Fluctuations and Human Responses in Greece 169
  16. Rapid Climate Change and Radiocarbon Discontinuities in the Mesolithic–Early Neolithic Settlement Record of the Iron Gates 195
  17. Climate Fluctuations, Human Migrations, and the Spread of Farming in Western Eurasia 211
  18. Economic and Social Changes and Climate between 3200 and 2500 B.C. 237
  19. Climate and the Definition of Archaeological Periods in Sweden 257
  20. Commentary
  21. Epilogue to a Prologue 279
  22. Contributors 293
  23. Index 295
https://doi.org/10.1515/9781438461847-005

Chapters in this book

  1. Front Matter i
  2. Contents v
  3. Illustrations ix
  4. Acknowledgments xix
  5. Climate and Culture Change in Archaeology 1
  6. Near East
  7. The Oasis of Palmyra in Prehistory 13
  8. When the Going Gets Tough 37
  9. The 8.2 Event in Upper Mesopotamia 67
  10. The Aftermath of the 8.2 Event 95
  11. Managing Risk through Diversification in Plant Exploitation during the Seventh Millennium B.C. 117
  12. The 8.2 Event and the Neolithic Expansion in Western Anatolia 135
  13. Europe
  14. “Singing in the Rain” 153
  15. Early Holocene Climatic Fluctuations and Human Responses in Greece 169
  16. Rapid Climate Change and Radiocarbon Discontinuities in the Mesolithic–Early Neolithic Settlement Record of the Iron Gates 195
  17. Climate Fluctuations, Human Migrations, and the Spread of Farming in Western Eurasia 211
  18. Economic and Social Changes and Climate between 3200 and 2500 B.C. 237
  19. Climate and the Definition of Archaeological Periods in Sweden 257
  20. Commentary
  21. Epilogue to a Prologue 279
  22. Contributors 293
  23. Index 295
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