causal hypothesis · hyp_aridification_contributed_to_wadi_howar_mobility_shift
Aridification contributed to Wadi Howar mobility reorganization
Progressive drying reduced the viability of permanent settlement in lower Wadi Howar and contributed to greater mobility and corridor use between 1600 and 1000 BCE.
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Progressive drying reduced the viability of permanent settlement in lower Wadi Howar and contributed to greater mobility and corridor use between 1600 and 1000 BCE.Evidence and sources
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Wadi Howar: Settlement Area and Thoroughfare at the Southern Margin of the Libyan Desert — University of Cologne ACACIA Project A2Links increasing aridity to herd and settlement changes.
Locator: Handessi Horizon and Lower Wadi Howar settlement discussion - informs · contextualizes
Wadi Hower National Park – Gala Abou Ahmed — UNESCO World Heritage Centre, Republic of the Sudan (2022)Provides a wider synthesis.
Locator: Criterion (iii); end-second-millennium permanent settlement decline - informs · contextualizes
Holocene climatic change and human settlement between the central Sahara and the Nile Valley: Archaeological and geomorphological results — Bubenzer, Olaf, Riemer, Heiko (2007)Provides comparative geoarchaeological support and limitations.
Locator: Regional climate-settlement synthesis