Abstract Explanations for the Late Bronze Age crisis and collapse in the eastern
Mediterranean are legion: migrations, predations by external forces, political struggles within …

Ecosystems influence human societies, leading people to manage ecosystems for human
benefit. Poor environmental management can lead to reduced ecological resilience and …

Bayesian models have proved very powerful in analyzing large datasets of radiocarbon
(14C) measurements from specific sites and in regional cultural or political models. These …

We consider the long-term relationship between human demography, food production, and
Holocene climate via an archaeological radiocarbon date series of unprecedented sampling …

History and archaeology have a well-established engagement with issues of premodern
societal development and the interaction between physical and cultural environments; …

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 …

One of the goals of climate scientists is to understand how climate shifts may have changed
the course of history and influenced culture at millennial timescales. Repeatedly …

Holocene abrupt cooling events have long attracted attention in academia due to public
concern that similar rapid changes may reappear in the near future. Thus, considerable …

In archaeology, the meta-analysis of scientific dating information plays an ever-increasing
role. A common thread among many recent studies contributing to this has been the …

A continental-scale model of Holocene Australian hunter-gatherer demography and mobility
is generated using radiocarbon data and geospatial techniques. Results show a delayed …