causal hypothesis · hyp_iberia1_climate_heterogeneity
Regional climate and land-use heterogeneity
Climate and environmental change affected Iberian regions differently and interacted with local water, agriculture and settlement systems.
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Research assessment
statement
Climate and environmental change affected Iberian regions differently and interacted with local water, agriculture and settlement systems.proposed mechanism
Regional hydroclimate, soils, vegetation and social responses produced asynchronous outcomes rather than one peninsula-wide collapse.chronology test
Proxy and settlement changes should not align at one date across all regions.geography test
The model predicts stronger local correlations than peninsula-wide synchrony.supporting evidence
Eastern Iberian proxy comparisons and La Mancha water-management evidence support regional variation.Research description
Regional hydroclimate, soils, vegetation and social responses produced asynchronous outcomes rather than one peninsula-wide collapse.
Evidence and sources
Supporting sources
- supports · contextualizes
The Culture of the Motillas in La Mancha: witness to the 4.2 ka cal BP Climate Event — M. Mejías Moreno, L. Benítez de Lugo Enrich, J. A. López-Sáez, K. T. Lillios (2020)Provides a specific regional climate model.
Locator: pp. 89–108 - supports · supports
Prehistoric palaeodemographics and regional land cover change in eastern Iberia — Ralph M. Fyfe, Jessie Woodbridge, Alessio Palmisano, Andrew Bevan, Stephen Shennan, Francesc Burjachs, Borja Legarra Herrero, Oreto García Puchol, José-Sebastián Carrión, Jordi Revelles, C. Neil Roberts (2019)Provides regional proxy comparison.
Locator: pp. 799–815
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