Evidence of resilience to past climate change in Southwest Asia: Early farming communities and the 9.2 and 8.2 ka events

P Flohr, D Fleitmann, R Matthews, W Matthews… - Quaternary Science …, 2016 - Elsevier
Climate change is often cited as a major factor in social change. The so-called 8.2 ka event
was one of the most pronounced and abrupt Holocene cold and arid events. The 9.2 ka …

Abrupt climate variability since the last deglaciation based on a high-resolution, multi-proxy peat record from NW Iran: The hand that rocked the Cradle of Civilization?

A Sharifi, A Pourmand, EA Canuel, E Ferer-Tyler… - Quaternary Science …, 2015 - Elsevier
We present a high-resolution (sub-decadal to centennial), multi-proxy reconstruction of
aeolian input and changes in palaeohydrological conditions based on a 13000 Yr record …

[图书][B] The archaeology of Iran from the Palaeolithic to the Achaemenid empire

R Matthews, HF Nashli - 2022 - taylorfrancis.com
The Archaeology of Iran from the Palaeolithic to the Archaemenid Empire is the first modern
academic study to provide a synthetic, diachronic analysis of the archaeology and early …

[HTML][HTML] Holocene vegetation history and sea level changes in the SE corner of the Caspian Sea: relevance to SW Asia climate

SAG Leroy, AA Kakroodi, S Kroonenberg… - Quaternary Science …, 2013 - Elsevier
The palynological investigation of core TM (27.7 m long) taken in a dried out lagoon reveals
both Holocene vegetation history in the north-eastern foothills of the Alborz Mountains and …

[HTML][HTML] Late Pleistocene and Holocene palaeoenvironments in and around the middle Caspian basin as reconstructed from a deep-sea core

SAG Leroy, L López-Merino, A Tudryn, F Chalié… - Quaternary Science …, 2014 - Elsevier
Abstract Late Pleistocene and/or Holocene high-resolution palynological studies are
available for the south basin of the Caspian Sea (CS), the world's largest lake. However, the …

Holocene stable isotope record of insolation and rapid climate change in a stalagmite from the Zagros of Iran

JE Andrews, SA Carolin, EN Peckover, A Marca… - Quaternary Science …, 2020 - Elsevier
We explore Holocene climatic changes recorded by geochemical proxies in a single, well-
dated, stalagmite from the northern Zagros Mountains of Iran, a region where stalagmite …

Diffusion of Anatolian and Caucasian obsidian in the Zagros Mountains and the highlands of Iran: Elements of explanation in'least cost path'models

O Barge, HA Kharanaghi, F Biglari, B Moradi… - Quaternary …, 2018 - Elsevier
Diffusion of Anatolian and Caucasian obsidian in the Zagros Mountains and the highlands of
Iran: Elements of explanation in 'least cost path' models - ScienceDirect Skip to main contentSkip …

A framework of Holocene and Late Pleistocene environmental change in eastern Iran inferred from the dating of periods of alluvial fan abandonment, river terracing …

RT Walker, M Fattahi - Quaternary Science Reviews, 2011 - Elsevier
We review studies of the Holocene and Late Pleistocene stratigraphy of eastern Iran to infer
past changes in the environment within this presently arid region. We build a scenario of …

[图书][B] The earliest Neolithic of Iran: 2008 excavations at Sheikh-e Abad and Jani

R Matthews, W Matthews, Y Mohammadifar, O Books - 2013 - torrossa.com
CHAPTER ONE Fig. 1.1. Map to show location of region and key Neolithic sites. Fig. 1.2.
Screen shot from IADB. Fig. 1.3. Processing of heavy residue from flotation. Fig. 1.4. Project …

[HTML][HTML] Towards modeling the regional rainfall changes over Iran due to the climate forcing of the past 6000 years

B Fallah, S Sodoudi, E Russo, I Kirchner… - Quaternary …, 2017 - Elsevier
We present a climate modeling approach to reproduce the rainfall patterns over Iran due to
the climatic forcings during the past 6000 years. The selected periods are simulated using a …