claim · claim_climate_monsoon_not_single_driver

Climate and monsoon variability should not be treated as a single deterministic cause of settlement, irrigation or political change across Southern Arabia and the Horn.

Evidence confidence: high

Review and provenance

Specialist reviewer: not recorded. Review date: not recorded.

Dataset workflow: proposed. This is separate from specialist review.

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Evidence and sources

supports · provides archaeological observation
Holocene Paleoclimates of Southern Arabia from Lacustrine Deposits of the Dhamar Highlands, Yemen — Caroline P. Davies (2006)
Provides a regional proxy record.

Locator: Highland palaeohydrology results

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informs · proposes interpretation
Soil Erosion and Valley Fills in the Yemen Highlands and Southern Turkey: Integrating Settlement, Geoarchaeology, and Climate Change — Tony J. Wilkinson (2005)
Provides a multi-causal landscape model.

Locator: Integrated settlement, erosion and climate discussion
informs · contextualizes
Bronze Age to Early Iron Age Water Harvesting and Management in the Ancient Oasis of Salūt (Bisya, Sultanate of Oman) — Michele Degli Esposti, Mauro Cremaschi, Andrea Zerboni (2025)
Shows technological and local responses rather than passive climate determinism.

Locator: Oasis adaptation and water-management discussion